Category Archives: America

The Rot At The Top

Posted on October 1, 2026 by Arlen Grossman

The real reason Americans are paying more under Trump Republicans By Robert Reich/ RobertReich.substack.com/ October 1, 2026 Democratic candidates should be talking about ONLY two things in these last five weeks before the midterms, and show how they’re connected: higher … Continue reading →

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Trump Continues To Ruin GOP Chances And Help Dems

Posted on September 19, 2026 by Arlen Grossman

{Democrats will have a wave election, winning the House and Senate. But only if Donald Trump allows a free and fair election. He will try every trick he can to sabotage and deny the legality of the vote. And we … Continue reading →

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The biggest problem facing the U.S. economy

Posted on September 4, 2026 by Arlen Grossman

Hint: It’s not jobs By Robert Reich/ September 4 2026 The Labor Department reported this morning that the United States added 162,000 jobs in August. That’s more than expected, especially given how few jobs the country has added over the … Continue reading →

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Are We On the Verge of a Progressive Revolution Like the New Deal?

Posted on August 23, 2026 by Arlen Grossman

Organized people can overcome organized money as we saw with Angie Nixon’s primary victory in Florida and Dr. Abdul El-Sayed’s in Michigan… By Thom Hartmann/ HartmannReport.com/ August 21, 2026 {Like Bernie in the previous post, Thom Hartmann likes the idea … Continue reading →

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Why are progressives winning across the United States? It’s not complicated

Posted on August 20, 2026 by Arlen Grossman

Poll after poll shows the same thing. The American people know that the current economic system is rigged By Sen. Bernie Sanders/ The Guardian/ August 19, 2026 {Bernie Sanders has basically been saying the same things for years–and he’s always … Continue reading →

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Republicans Rigged America’s Debt: Now We’re Paying the Billionaires Forever

Posted on August 17, 2026 by Arlen Grossman

They called themselves fiscal conservatives while running up trillions in debt — and sticking working Americans with the bill… By Thom Hartmann/ HartmannReport.com/ July 17, 2026 {And Americans are surprised young voters prefer socialism to capitalism! Capitalism has abandoned most … Continue reading →

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Remember His Nazi Salute?

Posted on July 29, 2026 by Arlen Grossman

“The Turner Diaries” is a work of white supremacist agitprop. It purports to be the diary of a neo-Nazi militant, Earl Turner, who is working to overthrow the United States government — or as the book calls it, “the System” … Continue reading →

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Which Party Has the Most Money?

Posted on July 18, 2026 by Arlen Grossman

{I shake my head when anybody claims our country to be a “Democracy.” How can we be one when a candidate with the most votes for president can and has lost several presidential elections? It’s happened a number of times … Continue reading →

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Can the GOP Say No?

Posted on July 17, 2026 by Arlen Grossman

{The NYTimes Editorial Board is challenging GOP senators to do something they’ve been unable to do in the 2nd Trump Administration. Trump has been given a free rein to do whatever he wants to because the Republican Congress has been … Continue reading →

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Thought Crimes: The Knock on the Door Has Arrived

Posted on June 19, 2026 by Arlen Grossman

The pre-crime apparatus is no longer theoretical. Americans are now being prosecuted for meetings, messages, and protest activity… {Just how far away are we from a fascist police state? Very close for sure, and some would say we’re already there. … Continue reading →

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