With How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them, author Jason Stanley reminds us that any society is susceptible to fascist influences. Societies with widespread economic insecurity, such as today’s United States and much of Europe, are especially vulnerable to fascism. Stanley describes how fascism gains a foothold on power and entrenches itself in everyday […]
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Trump started the shutdown, but Gravedigger Mitch could end it today if he wanted to. If the Democrats give Trump his wall, then future Presidents will feel free to hold the country hostage in order to get things without Congressional support. Unfortunately, the potential for such a precedent exists because we elected someone entirely unfit
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This article makes the case very nicely. The Republicans are dangerous, and the Democrats are useless and will remain so as long as they are following Bill and Hillary.
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Donald Trump often calls journalists “enemies of the people” and glorifies violence against people who say anything remotely negative about him. His words and actions constitute a genuine threat to all journalists (and others) and should be roundly condemned by all decent people, some of whom just might happen to be politicians. After a California
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A noted historian of Nazi Germany makes some disheartening comparisons between Germany under Hitler and today’s USA. This is a must-read for anyone concerned about the future of this country. Notable quotes: “If the US has someone whom historians will look back on as the gravedigger of American democracy, it is Mitch McConnell.” “The notion that a
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We know he lied – a lot. Is this really the kind of dishonesty we want in our Supreme Court justices?
Kavanaugh is not worthy of the Supreme Court Read More »
“They didn’t really rescue the banking system. They transformed it into an unaccountable criminal syndicate.”
I highly recommend the book The Devil We Know: Dealing with the New Iranian Superpower by Robert Baer. It turns on its head the conventional wisdom about Iran and how we should deal with it. The author spends the first two-thirds of the book showing how Iran is increasing its power and influence, in large