Tag: politics
A quiet conspiracy of billionaires
For decades, the Koch brothers have led a secret coup for the billionaire class.
Democrats who vote for Pompeo will disgrace themselves and their party
If the party can’t even take a stand against hate, does it stand for anything?
Why the DNC is fighting WikiLeaks and not Wall Street
With eyes on the prizes from corporate largesse, DNC officials don’t see downsides to whacking at WikiLeaks and undermining press freedom in the process.
A plutocratic coup
We tend to believe that plots to overthrow the government are totally foreign to our national character. But we do do coups.
Totalitarian dream: Fatherland/homeland
Of course, the embedded with empire mainstream media only allows discourse from writers and citizens who express within the spectrum of the Republican & Democratic parties.
This union nurse and outspoken progressive could become Iowa’s next governor
Cathy Glasson is running an insurgent campaign on a platform of Medicare for all, a $15 minimum wage and ending “right to work” laws.
Binary pablum for the masses
The use of simplistic binary rhetoric has been the modus operandi of Populist leaders throughout history.
The shameful silence of the CEOs
Today’s CEOs finance a larger part of our political system, yet they won’t take a stand to save it.
Can Trump fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller?
If Rosenstein refused, Trump could fire Rosenstein, and direct the next official in line to fire Mueller.
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Trump removal calls grow after Iran threat as Democrats debate 25th Amendment and impeachment...
Calls to remove President Donald Trump intensified after he warned that “a whole civilization will die tonight,” but constitutional requirements and political alignment within the executive branch make immediate removal highly unlikely.
How Iran won the Iran War
It is a pyrrhic victory in many ways, since Iran has new enemies among its neighbors and it has lost industrial capacity. But it is a victory of sorts.
The American Medical Association has an obligation it’s failing on.
Our government is killing people in cold blood, and the institutions meant to advocate for us remain silent even when it is their peers being forced into tanks, handcuffed, and locked away and tortured.
Trump budget expands domestic surveillance powers alongside record $1.5 trillion military request
New budget documents reveal expanded FBI authority to monitor domestic extremism while the White House seeks historic increases in Pentagon spending and significant cuts to social programs.
Exposing discredited ‘alpha male’ dominance myths driving the worst toxic MAGA Trump masculinity
The crackbrained, suicidal Make America Grim Again carnival impedes the next alpha male wannabee from crawling from the swampy ooze, bellowing toxic masculinity and gaining public office.