Tag: politics
Orban the opportunist: Hungary’s Trumpian leader wins again
Prime Minister, Viktor Orban, who was just re-elected on Sunday, April 8, in what can only be called a landslide, by using the issue of migration to spread panic for political gain.
Facebook is no friend to democracy
If democracy is to survive in this brave new world, mass movements of people will need to organize together to restrain these corporate behemoths and protect our digital commons.
The race to replace Paul Ryan says everything about party politics...
With Ryan out, Paul Nehlen, an open white supremacist, is the leading Republican, while Randy Bryce, a progressive populist, is running as a Democrat.
Former congressman found guilty of 23 felonies
Former Texas Rep. Steve Stockman's sentencing is currently scheduled for August, and he could face decades in prison for his crimes.
If Trump isn’t the best democratic plant . . . then...
The anti-president wreaks GOP havoc.
What happens when a few volunteer and the rest just watch
The American military system dissected.
As the world watches Syria, don’t forget about Yemen
The problem isn’t that the U.S. is standing by and doing nothing while this horror unfolds. It’s much worse than that.
It’s all over now baby red, white and blue
How many Apple Annies must there be on the street corners of our nation before we all get wise?
Massive broadcast merger between Sinclair, Tribune has many worried about propaganda
The Sinclair-Tribune merger would bypass the congressional cap set at 39 percent, but because of an FCC loophole, only a portion of Sinclair’s current stations are considered in the count.
The truth about an untethered Trump
We’re entering a new and more dangerous phase of Trump’s “divide and conquer” strategy, splitting the nation into warring camps.
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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.