Category Archives: democracy

Elections, Polls, Budgets, Speaker Johnson, and More

Another Monday morning Halitics videocast, with lots of political topics for Hal and Arlen to talk about…..

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So Much to Talk About

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Without the Infrastructure of Democracy, America Will Slide First Into Oligarchy and Then Racism

Voters who believe in democracy, a free press & a public education committed to honest inquiry & intellectual integrity must also step up and let their reps how important these things are to them… By Thom Hartmann/ HartmannReport.com/ October 23, … Continue reading

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TRUMP WILL NOT BE PRESIDENT AGAIN—IT WILL BE HIS CHOICE

By Arlen Grossman/ DailyKos.com/ September 27, 2023 Also: OpEdNews/ October 2, 2023 None of us knows what will happen election night, 2024. But if I were in Las Vegas and could make a bet on the outcome, I would bet … Continue reading

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Too Old to Run: Biden, Trump, Both, Neither?

Monday’s Halitics YouTube videocast with Hal Ginsberg and Arlen Grossman.

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WHY AMERICAN ELECTIONS ARE A SHAM

By Arlen Grossman / DailyKos.com/ September 1, 2023 Also published at OpEdNews.com September 3                  We are a democracy, and we prove it with periodic elections, including presidential elections every four years. At least, that’s what we’re told. But every … Continue reading

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The Shocking GOP Plan to Dismantle the American Government Revealed

By Thom Hartmann/ Hartmannreport.com/ August 31, 2023 As we learned from last week’s Republican debates, the leading candidates for the GOP nomination all appear to agree on a broad plan to gut American government and replace it with a strongman … Continue reading

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Donald Trump, His Crazy Cult and Much More

Another Monday Halitics Videocast — Hal and Arlen discuss the week’s political issues and what’s next for Biden, Trump, the GOP Wannabes, Ukraine, Cornel West and other progressives, and much more….

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Donald Trump, David Brooks, Cornel West and More….

This is my appearance on Halitics, Hal Ginsberg’s daily YouTube Videocast about political issues. Hal and I go back a long ways. He started a progressive talk radio station in Monterey, CA in 2005. I participated when I could and … Continue reading

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What if We’re the Bad Guys Here?

By David Brooks/ NewYork Times/ August 2, 2023 Donald Trump seems to get indicted on a weekly basis. Yet he is utterly dominating his Republican rivals in the polls, and he is tiedwith Joe Biden in the general election surveys. Trump’s poll numbers … Continue reading

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