Did Trump Attack Syria for Personal Profit?
At any other time, the questions raised by (fill in the blank) would be the scandal of the decade. Now, with Donald Trump as president, we call it Monday.Thursday evening, Trump attacked Syria, a...
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United Incident Shows Why Democracy Needs To Re-Regulate Corporations
In a democracy, We the People are in charge. We are the boss of the corporations. At least that's how it's supposed to work.Apparently, that isn't so much the way it is anymore. The United States used...
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Tax Cuts Defund The Very Things That Boost The Economy
After 8 years of complaining about "Obama deficits," Republicans are proposing huge, dramatic, unprecedented tax cuts, especially for corporations. President Trump wants the rate cut from 35% down to...
View ArticleImpeachment Is Not Enough
The problem with impeachment is it doesn't really solve our problem. The problem we have goes so far beyond just Trump and into flaws in the the design of our system.George Washington established rule...
View ArticleLiving with the UK's National Health Service as right-wingers work to defund it
This was a stream of consciousness rant I sent to someone… I originally posted this at Government Cheese — Chronicling the collapse of democracyLast year I moved to England. The “Tories” (Conservative...
View ArticleUK "Conservatives" Killing the NHS for Private Profit
This is a follow-up to yesterday’s post, Living with the UK's National Health Service as right-wingers work to defund it.I live in the UK now. The “conservative” UK government is engaged in a...
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