Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Pandering to deficit hawks is a losing strategy

The silencing of dissenting voices could be called many things, but “democratic” isn’t one of them.
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Why we need to break up big tech

Monopolies aren’t good for anyone except for the monopolists.

Buying homeland insecurity

America’s $50-plus billion annual boondoggle.

Russia is from Mars, Ukraine is from Venus

Russia is acting like an abusive husband in this gendered conflict.

Trump’s apology tour

Trump's version of making up with Muslims apparently involves selling $110 billion worth of arms to the most reactionary Muslim country on the planet.

Nike, Obama, and the Fiasco of the Trans Pacific Partnership

Obama will be delivering his defense of the proposed TPP at the Nike headquarters in Oregon thinking it is a good example of what he is hoping to accomplish. Unfortunately, Nike is not a solution but is, in fact, the very problem with this TPP proposal.
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Why are there fees on everything? 

They hide the true cost when you buy a good or service.

On Patriotism

True patriots don’t hate the government of the United States. They’re proud of it. They may not like everything it does, and they justifiably worry when special interests gain too much power over it. But true patriots work to improve our government, not destroy it.

Bernie Sanders’ Manhattan project: The game-changing Green New Deal

The selfish and greedy elites of the US Establishment will attempt to kill this plan just in the same way that they are killing the planet.
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Can the U.S. establish a ‘deconfliction’ with Russia in Syria?

The U.S. said late Monday that it would try to reestablish “deconfliction” with the Russians. A lot is riding on whether they do.