Republican presidential hopefuls took to the stage in Milwaukee on Tuesday night to duke it out for the fourth time and to try and win the hearts and minds of Republican voters.

One candidate after another took their turn trying to convince Republican viewers that their policies are more conservative than any of their opponents'.

They disagreed on immigration policy, they disagreed on the role of the US military in world affairs, and they disagreed about how best to gut Obamacare and what agencies to gut in order to balance their budget.

But they could all agree on a few things.

For example, they all attacked Dodd-Frank with claims that it's killing community banks and making it easier for big banks to get bigger.

And they all had their own ideas for how to reform the tax code to even further line the coffers of corporations and the superrich.

But those ideas aren't really "conservative", and the Republican party isn't really a conservative party anymore.

This Republican party isn't the party of Barry Goldwater and Dwight D. Eisenhower conservatives anymore, it's not even the party of conservative Federalist John Adams.

It hasn't been "conservative", ever since the "Reagan Revolution".

Oh sure, they all call themselves conservatives, Donald Trump even evoked Dwight Eisenhower's conservativism during Tuesday's debate.

But if you look at the history of American conservatism, it's clear that this Republican party isn't my father's conservative Republican party.

Read more here.

-Thom

Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 7pm and 10pm... Why Do The Kochs Bros Get Welfare? (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT or Free Speech TV, and catch past shows on Youtube)

Thursday's Daily Stack

In for Thom today... Progressive Talkers Danielle & Shane-O.

Hour One: Why Ben Carson is Wrong About Wage Hikes & the Pyramids
- John Nichols, The Nation Magazine

Article: "A Billionaire, Some Millionaires, and a No-Show Senator Debate How Best to Block Wage Hikes" by John Nichols.

Article: "Ben Carson Is As Wrong About Wage Hikes As He Was About the Pyramids" by John Nichols.

Article: "HUD proposes smoking ban" by Tim Devaney.

Article: "Our Economy Is Not Working: Joseph Stiglitz on Widening Income Inequality & the Fight for $15" by Democracy Now!.

Article: "Liberté, égalité, fraternité" by Wikipedia.

Article: "GOP Candidates Battle Over Debate Demands" by Samantha-Jo Roth.

Article: "5 Unmistakable Signs That Starbucks Has Declared War On Christmas" by Judd Legum.

Hour Two: Data Caps...What Comcast Doesn't Want You To Know
- Tim Karr, Free Press

Law: "Stop Online Piracy Act" (SOPA).

Bill: "PROTECT IP Act (Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act, or PIPA)".

Article: "Comcast is Suing Net Neutrality" by Free Press.

Article: "What Comcast Doesn't Want You to Know About Data Caps" by Timothy Karr.

Article: "Behind Comcast’s New Data Cap" by Lauren C. Williams.

Site: Federal Communications Commission.

Article: "Artificial scarcity" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Just-in-time manufacturing" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Kraft Heinz moving Oscar Mayer HQ to Chicago, closing 7 plants" by Peter Frost.

Article: "Transcript: Read the Full Text of the Fourth Republican Debate in Milwaukee" by Charlotte Alter, Nov. 11, 2015.

Article: "Operation Wetback" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Solidarity (Polish trade union)" by Wikipedia.

Video: Pirate Television: Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt with Chris Hedges.

Documentary: Inequality For All - Robert Reich.

Site: Democracy At Work, Dr. Richard Wolff.

Talk Radio News Segment:
- Bob Ney

Article: "Donald Trump on Republican debate: ‘Elegant’" by Seth McLaughlin.

Article: "FBI steps up interviews in Clinton email probe" by Rachael Bade.

Article: "Republicans float controversial tactic in next round of ObamaCare repeal fight" by Chad Pergram.

Book: "Sideswiped: Lessons Learned Courtesy of the Hit Men of Capitol Hill" by Robert Ney.

Site: "Goats for the old Goat".

Site: Governor Free Don Siegelman.

Article: "TRNS News Notes — 11/12" by Victoria Jones.

Hour Three: Was Ohio's Pro-Pot Election Stolen?
- Brad Friedman, The Brad Blog

Article: "Impossible Election Results for Ohio's Marijuana Ballot Initiative?: 'BradCast' 11/10/2015" by Brad Friedman.

Article: "Kentucky demands a public hand count of every ballot that was cast for Governor on November 3rd" by Concerned Kentucky Residents.

Article: "Sanders Snags Endorsement From Postal Workers Union" by Justin Duckham.

Article: "Brew Ha Ha: Dunkin' Donuts Strikes Back After Starbucks Holiday Cup Flap" by Whitney Filloon.

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Full Show 11/11/15: How Reaganomics Killed America’s Middle Class

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