Category Archives: ethics

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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Freedom of the Press?

Should we be surprised that someone like the pro-Trump billionaire CEO of Oracle, Larry Ellison is among the American investors with major influence over content of Tik Tok? Ellison is right-wing and very pro-Israel. Will that affect the content of … Continue reading

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The Brazen Cruelty of the Trump Regime

Its plan to warehouse immigrants has shades of Nazi concentration camps and America’s shameful imprisonment of Japanese Americans during World War II. By Robert Reich/ Robert Reich.substack.com/ December 24, 2025 There have been many labels describing President Trump: hateful, racist, … Continue reading

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What Distraction Should I Use?

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Trump’s Elite Pedophile Protection Program: Who are they Protecting?

Amy Wallace says the FBI and DOJ have the list. Twenty abusers. Zero accountability. How long will we tolerate this cover-up? By Thom Hartmann/ HartmannReport.com/ October 23, 2025 When Emmett Till’s mother lifted the veil from her son’s mutilated body … Continue reading

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What Kind of People Are These?

PAUL INGRASSIA has described “straight White men” as an intellectually superior group that should be prioritized in education.[28] In October 2025, Politico published text messages from a group chat with Republican “operatives and influencers” in which Ingrassia made numerous racist … Continue reading

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A Plan For the Democrats: Don’t Fund Regressive, Harmful Policies!

Due to technical issues, my weekly appearance on Halitics (YouTube videocast) had me doing only audio, depriving America of my pretty face. But there was much to discuss. Ezra Klein’s lead story in the Sunday NY Times Opinion section advocated … Continue reading

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Is Trump Finally Losing It?

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What Every Washington Lobbyist Now Knows

By Robert Reich/ Substack.com/ July 18, 2025 Friends, I’m old enough to remember when corporate lobbyists swarmed Capitol Hill. I also remember when half the members of Congress who retired got lucrative lobbying jobs taking their old chums out for … Continue reading

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This Is What A Police State Looks Like

Typically, the F.B.I. has turned to polygraph tests to sniff out employees who might have betrayed their country or shown they cannot be trusted with secrets. Since Kash Patel took office as the director of the F.B.I., the bureau has … Continue reading

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