Category Archives: crime

Can We All Get Along? Apparently Not

Sports betting, smartphones in school, campus demonstrations, Trump on trial…so much to talk about and only so much time to discuss them. Another Halitics videocast produced by Hal Ginsberg with me like we do every Monday. Can we all get … Continue reading

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Is SCOTUS in on the Coup and Trying to End American Democracy?

By Thom Hartmann/ TheHartmannReport.com/ April 26, 2022 The simple reality is that conservatives throughout modern history have viewed democracy with a jaundiced eye, and the Supreme Court’s Republican appointees are no exception… Many Americans are confused by the spectacle they … Continue reading

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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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Merrick Garland Needs to Go

My weekly (Mondays) appearance on Hal Ginsberg’s Halitics Videocast. Lots to talk about, of course: Ukraine, Putin, Navalny, Merrick Garland, and Robert Hur’s over-the-top report on Biden’s case re: official documents (By the way, when will we hear about Trump’s … Continue reading

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Why Didn’t Someone Think of This Before?

Amazing! Two Days Into His New job, and he already has a solution to this horrible problem in America: Prayer! Why Didn’t Anyone Else Think of This? After mass shooting, new speaker calls for prayer that ‘senseless violence can stop’ … Continue reading

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No “Get Out of Jail Free” Card

Letter to the Editor, Monterey Herald, July 3, 2023 Anybody who’s name isn’t Donald Trump would get decades behind bars if convicted of all the present and future crimes the 45th President is accused of. At least that would be true … Continue reading

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Where is the Accountability for the Killers Ushering in the Climate Apocalypse?

Today’s climate crisis dwarfs the 1940s threat of Nazism, the 9/11 attack, or the massive bank robberies that took place during the Reagan & Bush administrations. It threatens all life on earth… By Thom Hartmann/ hartmannreport.com/ May 25, 20 If … Continue reading

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The Democrats Will Probably Lose the Midterms, Because Our Society Is Falling Apart BYLIZA FEATHERSTONE/ Jacobin/ November 2, 2022 The Democrats are too beholden to the rich, and they face structural obstacles that are too daunting, to address the profound … Continue reading

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THE TRUMP EMPIRE’S LAST STAND

By Arlen Grossman/ Published on Daily Kos dailykos.com/ August 18, 2022 Published In OpEdNews, August 27 ,2022 (revised and updated) I hope it is becoming obvious why Donald Trump went so overboard with his baseless claims that the 2020 election … Continue reading

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Sorry, I can’t confirm that is Ted Cruz behind the mask…but it could be!

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