Category Archives: elections

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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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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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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OUR TROUBLED STATE

Posted on June 4, 2026 by Arlen Grossman

(As a lifetime Californian, I didn’t enjoy reading Josh Barros’ analysis of why my great state has so many problems. But I know he’s right. Judging by the weak candidates for governor, you have to believe any competent politician would … 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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Posted on May 7, 2026 by Arlen Grossman

Was the 2024 Election Stolen, Not by Ballots, but by Algorithms? By Thom Hartmann/ HartmannReport.com/ May 7, 2026 New data suggests social media algorithms didn’t just influence voters; they may have tilted the entire outcome… {Do you believe Thom Hartmann’s … Continue reading →

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