Monthly Archives: July 2017

STOLEN ELECTIONS

Posted on July 28, 2017 by Arlen Grossman

The Past 5 GOP Presidents Have Used Fraud and Treason to Steer Themselves to Electoral Victory By Thom Hartmann/ AlterNet/ July 28, 2017 People are wondering out loud about the parallels between today’s Republican Party and organized crime [3], and … Continue reading →

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Violence Ahead?

Posted on July 25, 2017 by Arlen Grossman

ALEX JONES AND OTHER CONSERVATIVES CALL FOR CIVIL WAR AGAINST LIBERALS  By Nina Burleigh/ Newsweek/ July 21, 2017 Would you go to war against your fellow Americans to show your support for President Donald Trump? For the last several months, … Continue reading →

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Arrogant Ignorance and Blind Optimism

Posted on July 21, 2017 by Arlen Grossman

By Eric Pianka/ University of Texas   Ignorance can be overcome by education, but arrogance is more difficult to combat. When combined, arrogant ignorance is virtually impossible to defeat. Because of this, it is spreading rapidly. People in denial refuse … Continue reading →

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WHY THEY LOVE TRUMP

Posted on July 21, 2017 by Arlen Grossman

Trump is doing exactly what his supporters expect him to do By Neil Steinberg/ Chicago Sun-Times/ July 18, 2017 Ah. Now I see. Finally, finally I get Donald Trump. It all makes sense to me now. Took long enough. He has … Continue reading →

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The Sorry Plight of the Worker

Posted on July 18, 2017 by Arlen Grossman

A 21st-Century Form of Indentured Servitude Has Already Penetrated Deep into the American Heartland Corporations want to make sure that laborers never again have the power to tell big business how to treat them. By Thom Hartmann/ AlterNet/ July 17,2017 … Continue reading →

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You Will Never Get Your Country Back

Posted on July 18, 2017 by Arlen Grossman

By Michael Starr Hopkins/ HuffPost/ July 6, 2017 I have spent much of my time writing for this publication talking about how complicated our politics are. Talking about the dangers of failing to acknowledge our complicated history and the need … Continue reading →

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( Why) The Resistance Is Losing

Posted on July 8, 2017 by Arlen Grossman

By Umair Haque/ Bad Words/ June 30, 2017   The Muslim ban is in effect. The info shock-troops are attacking journalists daily. There are open calls for violence from major national institutions like the NRA. Hate crimes are spiking. Sorry. … Continue reading →

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Is America Past the Point of No Return?

Posted on July 5, 2017 by Arlen Grossman

(It may be my imagination, but Thom Hartmann appears to be channeling and expanding on my June 25 Op-Ed…..) Oligarchs representing monopolistic Big Pharma, Big Banks, and Big Retail/Fast Food are devastating us. By Thom Hartmann/ AlterNet/ July 4, 2017 … Continue reading →

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Next Stop: Fascism?

Posted on July 4, 2017 by Arlen Grossman

Trump and the War on the Media: On the road to Fascism By  Steven Jonas/ OpEdNews/ July 4, 2017   Trump’s attacks on the media are getting evermore virulent. Much is known and has been written about the “what.” Not … Continue reading →

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The Death Economy

Posted on July 1, 2017 by Arlen Grossman
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