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Republicans want to hand over your savings to the big banks
For now, your bank deposits are guaranteed by the FDIC. Republicans want to privatize it and give the keys to the banks. What could...
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Aug 20, 20242 min read


Second Trump Term Will be America's Heart of Darkness
The first 100 days of a second Trump presidency will be a descent into darkness where the rights of the majority will be subordinated by...
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Aug 15, 20243 min read


Republican Patronage System Will Institutionalize Trumpism
The 1883 Pendleton Act was passed to promote a federal workforce based on merit, rather than the patronage system based on pollical...
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Aug 7, 20242 min read


Diplomacy and trust achieve historic prisoner exchange
“For you I will do this.”[1] Words from German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to President Biden. Serbian Prime Minister Miloš Vučević spoke with...
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Aug 2, 20242 min read


You'll Never Have to Vote Again
Speaking to Christina Nationalists, Trump said “In four years, you don’t have to vote again. We’ll have it fixed so good, you’re not...
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Jul 31, 20242 min read


Trump's Secretary of Retribution
Convicted felon Donald Trump has been clear on his plans to get revenge on his political foes. Now he has a self-appointed “Secretary of...
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Jul 27, 20242 min read


Prosecutor vs Convicted Felon
Kamala Harris has been a successful public servant for more than three decades. Before being elected to the Senate, Harris ran the...
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Jul 23, 20242 min read


JD Vance is More Dangerous Than You Think
Today’s blog is longer than usual to provide some insights into Trump’s pick for vice-president – JD Vance. Vance is more dangerous...
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Jul 18, 20243 min read


Violent Political Rhetoric is Not a Both Sides Issue
I'm thankful the ex-president is safe. But he and his party own the violent rhetoric that now masquerades as political discourse. Despite...
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Jul 17, 20242 min read


IRS Recovers $1 Billion from Wealthy Tax Cheats
Thanks to President Biden’s Inflation Recover Act the IRS reached a milestone this week collecting more than $1 billion from high income,...
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Jul 11, 20241 min read


Republican Racism, the “DEI Hire” Myth, and Kamala Harris
D0nald Trump did not make anyone a bigot. He just made bigots feel good about themselves, to say in public what they used to say behind...
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Jul 9, 20242 min read


The Imperial Presidency is Here – Long Live the King!
The Imperial Presidency is no longer rhetoric, but fact.[1] The Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision grants Trump immunity and assures that Trump...
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Jul 2, 20242 min read


Republican Playbook Calls for Lifetime Caps on Medicaid – Medicare is Next
Nearly one in five American citizens (nearly 80 million people) rely on Medicaid for their basic health care. [1] This includes...
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Jun 27, 20242 min read


Separation of Church and State is not a "Misnomer"
Mike Johnson calls the separation of church and state a “misnomer.” [1] The First Amendment to the Constitution states that “Congress...
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Jun 20, 20242 min read


Are Lobbyists and Their Corporate Clients the Real Deep State?
The John Birch Society, the MAGA of its day, referred to the Zionist Occupation Government to describe a secret Jewish cabal that control...
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Jun 18, 20242 min read


The Republican Right is Gunning for the Constitution (Part 2)
For decades Republicans on the right have been pushing for a constitutional convention. Now they are making their move. But what does it...
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Jun 14, 20242 min read


The Republican Right Is Gunning for the Constitution (Part 1)
Even if Biden and Democrats win in November, the United States is still not safe. Republicans have put their “states’ rights” strategy,...
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Jun 11, 20241 min read


Westmoreland County Property Taxes Will Rise to Unprecedented Levels When Trump Eliminates the Department of Education
Trump has long made clear that eliminating the Department of Education is a priority stating that “[w]e’re going to end education coming...
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Jun 7, 20242 min read


First Roe, Now Contraception - Republicans Push More Restrictions on Reproductive Freedom
In 1961, Estelle Griswald and Dr. C. Lee Bruxton were arrested and convicted for violating Connecticut’s 1879 Comstock law banning...
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Jun 5, 20242 min read


Meet Baby Olivia – Weaponizing Education by the Far-Right
Picture a fetus in a disembodied uterus. Pan to a sperm fertilizing an egg. A British female voice softly narrates “[t]his is where life...
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May 30, 20242 min read
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