Category Archives: America

The Strategy That Built America’s Middle Class Still Works, So Why Won’t Democrats Deploy It?

The same bold playbook that built the middle class can restore it, and voters are ready By Thom Hartmann/ HartmannReport.com/ April 23, 2026 {The Democratic Party is hurting, because it isn’t the political party it used to be. Thom Hartmann … Continue reading →

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Trump’s Plan? No Plan

Distracting the American People Is the Goal By Arlen Grossman Does it seem as if our invasion of Iran was poorly planned? It doesn’t matter. Most likely it wasn’t planned at all. Just a few weeks ago, the Epstein files … Continue reading →

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Tomorrow’s election merits your attention

Hopefully, Hungarians will renounce, reject, and repudiate Victor Orbán  By Robert Reich/ RobertReich.substack.com/ April 11, 2026 {Democracy is clearly in danger. We know Trump loves authoritarian leaders. His early success emboldened authorititarian leaders throughout the world. Hungary, Venezuela and Argentina … Continue reading →

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ANOTHER BRILLIANT TRUMP OFFICIAL

Waffle House Employees Didn’t See FEMA Official Who Says He Teleported to Georgia Location One longtime server said that she’s “seen it all,” but she’s “never seen that,” referring to Gregg Phillips’ teleportation claim By Bailey Richards/ People/ April 4, 2026 … Continue reading →

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From “Fake News” to Full Control: How the GOP Trained the Media to Serve Its Narrative

A 30-year campaign of intimidation turned watchdogs into lapdogs, and now the consequences are impossible to ignore… By Thom Hartmann/ HartmannReport.com/ March 25, 2026 {It is written clearly right there in our first amendment: “Congress shall make no law respecting … Continue reading →

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Trump says he can do ‘anything I want’ with Cuba

By Daniel Trotta/ Reuters/ March 16, 2026 When you talk about a country under siege, you have to consider Cuba. They’ve been under an American embargo for the last 66 years. They haven’t been antagonistic against this country, but some … Continue reading →

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The Most Dangerous Weapon Ever Aimed at America Isn’t a Missile

It’s the deliberate, systematic destruction of your ability to know what’s real… By Thom Hartmann/ Hartmann Report.com/ March 10, 2026 We got more lies this morning from the Pentagon press briefing. They’re now up to 17 different rationalizations for the attack on … Continue reading →

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Epstein prison guard made ‘suspicious’ cash deposits before financier’s death

Disclosure in US department of justice files raises further questions about whether paedophile died by suicide Janet Eastham Senior News Reporter/ The Telegraph/ March 8, 2026 The last prison guard to see Jeffrey Epstein alive made suspicious cash deposits in the … Continue reading →

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The Biggest Pro-Trump Mega-Media Monopoly Ever (it’s already distorting war coverage)

But this mega-media monopoly can be stopped. Here’s how. [I’m coming back to Robert Reich because he understands what is important and what we should be focused on (and we mostly agree on everything). This particular article is important because … Continue reading →

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Two Big Things Trump Doesn’t Want You to Know or Even Think About

(Nobody can cut to the chase better and help us understand the important factors in any political event than Robert Reich. What is Trump doing by suddenly attacking Iran? He saw he was in in trouble on several fronts and … Continue reading →

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