By Drew Grant 10/10/11 8:50am

Occupy Wall Street

George Will vs. Jesse LaGreca on ABC's "This Week"

Jesse LaGreca Continues to Destroy Media Bias of Occupy Wall Street on ABC’s This Week [Video]

Occupy Wall Street’s articulate champion of the Nu-New Left, Jesse LaGreca, finally made it to air this Sunday when he was invited on ABC’s This Week with Christiane Amanpour. Watch the Daily Kos writer made famous by his un-aired Fox News interview hold his own against the likes of George Will and Peggy Noonan. We’ve also transcribed Mr. LaGreca’s segment below for those of you at work without headphones. Read More

By Drew Grant 10/05/11 8:50am

Occupy Wall Street

Jesse LaGreca (Photo via the Daily Kos)

Jesse LaGreca: The Smartest Man on Wall Street?

When Fox News turned their cameras on the 31-year-old Daily Kos writer Jesse LaGreca last Wednesday, they didn’t know what they were in for. Not only did Fox producer Griff Jenkins get schooled all over the Internet —  forcing Greta Van Susteren to respond on why they didn’t air the footage of Mr. LaGreca’s statements  – but suddenly the somewhat haphazard movement was given a clear and distinct voice.

“Fox News wants to laugh at us,” Mr. LaGreca told us in a phone interview Tuesday evening. “To say that we’re unruly, that we’re to be laughed at….because that fits into their narrative, which is that only free markets can save us. Only unregulated capitalism can save us. And anyone in opposition to that needs to be attacked and marginalized.’” Read More

By Jason Horowitz 7/21/08 2:35am

Netroots Nation Reckons With Life After the Revolution

AUSTIN, Texas—By Sunday morning, most of the speakers and bloggers attending the Netroots Nation convention had gone home. In preparation for the convention’s final key note—a plenary on "eco-equality"—volunteers in the convention center’s gaping main exhibit hall distributed leaflets against various outrages ("No Forced Vaccination" or "Put Impeachment Back on the Table.") Ed Madej, a Read More

By George Gurley and Ken Moy 10/06/03 12:00am

Meet Wesley Clark Jr.

Who tried to negotiate a pipeline deal with the Taliban AFTER they blew up the buddhas and forced jews to wear stars of David ? Who goes and works for Halliburton and the Carlyle Group when they leave office (or continue working for them while in office)? …Who has blocked and prevented any After Action Read More