Author Archives: Arlen Grossman

AOC Talks About Gaza With Stephen Colbert

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Confused Cows

An eclipse anecdote: Our nephew is a dairy farmer in Vermont. The solar eclipse confused his cows (while he and his family were looking at the eclipse elsewhere) and thinking it was nighttime, the bovines went back to the barn … Continue reading

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Should We Worship the Orange Savior?

Monday Halitics: Hal and Arlen disagree on controlling the lies and misinformation over social media. And is Trump talking and acting like a religious leader to counteract secular trends in the U.S.?

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Monday Halitics

After a bye week, when Hal was vacationing in the Yucatan, I return and discuss the current political climate with Hal: the Baltimore Bridge collapse (near Hal’s home), gun fetishes, wealth inequality and more.

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Do We Want This Man To Be President?

Does Donald Trump have the mental capacity to be President of the United States? He never really did, but his advancing age is giving America clues about his even more diminishing capabilities. Are the pressures of a tough election campaign … Continue reading

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Merrick Garland–Watch Out! He’s Almost Ready To Wake Up!

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Ongoing Media Negligence

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How Far Does Free Speech Go?

Political news of the day–Arlen’s regular Monday show on Hal Ginsberg’s Halitics YouTube videocast. How much free speech should there be allowed over social media? And who decides. Some heated discussion today.

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Former federal judge: Supreme Court ‘dangerously betrayed’ democracy with Trump disqualification decision

By Sarah Fortinsky/ The Hill/ March 14, 2024 Retired federal judge J. Michael Luttig issued a searing rebuke of the Supreme Court’s unanimous decision that Colorado could not disqualify former President Trump from the ballot under the 14th Amendment’s insurrection ban, … Continue reading

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Trump is Losing It….And It Is Getting More and More Obvious

Donald Trump’s brain is clearly deteriorating and he makes no sense with much of what he says. The news media tries to ignore the obvious…Trump is slipping into dementia! The evidence is there!

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