Category Archives: democracy

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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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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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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What Desperate Regimes Do Before They Fall

Posted on June 15, 2026 by Arlen Grossman

History leaves behind a pattern: attack the courts, discredit elections, intimidate opponents, rewrite the rules, and cling to power at any cost. The question is whether America recognizes it in time By Thom Hartmann/ TheHartmannReport/ June 15, 2026 {It’s easy … Continue reading →

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The Senate Should NOT Confirm This Person

Posted on June 11, 2026 by Arlen Grossman

Todd Blanche believes that his legal client is Trump, not the United States By Robert Reich/ RobertRice@substack,com/ June 10, 2026 Let me get right to the point. The Senate should not confirm Todd Blanche as attorney general.  Blanche, who used … Continue reading →

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All this ‘talent’ breaks my brain — and my heart

Posted on June 1, 2026 by Arlen Grossman

AI fakery is overwhelming. What will happen to human imagination? By Kathleen Parker/ Washington Post/ May 22, 2026 {Is what you are reading now a product of my own mind or was it from Artificial Intelligence?Kathleen Parker is warning us … Continue reading →

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What Happens If “They” Win?

Posted on May 20, 2026 by Arlen Grossman

The generations that defeated fascism in the 1770s, 1860s, and 1940s understood something simple but profound: democracy survives only if ordinary people are willing to defend it. Are we today? By Thom Hartmann/ The Hartmann Report/ May 18, 2026 {In … Continue reading →

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