Category Archives: ethics

Robert Reich: What We Must Do Now

Posted on April 18, 2025 by Arlen Grossman

By Robert Reich/ RobertReich.substack.com/ April 18, 2025 Robert Reich: If you don’t like living in a dysfunctional fascist dictatorship serious action is needed. It’s time for a national civic uprising. A general strike? Perhaps. (TBPR Editor) Friends, If the Trump … Continue reading →

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The GOP’s 60-Year Conspiracy to Kill Our Democracy: None Dare Call It Treason—But I Will

Posted on January 31, 2025 by Arlen Grossman

It all traces back to billionaire-backed fearmongering in the 1960s—weaponizing panic around socialism and communism to crush unions, cut taxes, and hoard profits… By Thom Hartmann/ HartmannReport.com/ January 31, 2025 In Wednesday’s Daily Take here on Hartmann Report, I mentioned Russell Kirk and … Continue reading →

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The Reason Corporations Rule America

Posted on December 19, 2024 by Arlen Grossman

The 5-4 Court that granted personhood to corporations in the 2010 Citizens United vs FEC decision. Images supplied by Gary Kohls In Case Anybody Hasn’t Noticed, Corporations Rule the World, They Fit Mussolini’s Definition of Fascist Entities and They Aren’t … Continue reading →

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Trump Is A Whisker Away From the Presidency–How Is This Possible?

Posted on October 8, 2024 by Arlen Grossman

By Thom Hartmann/ ThomHartmann.com/ October 8, 2024 This election may be America’s last stand against this country becoming, like Hungary and Russia, a full-on oligarchy run of, by, and for the morbidly rich… “The evil man is a source of … Continue reading →

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The Real Issue for Biden: 44,000 Vigilante Vote Challengers

Posted on July 14, 2024 by Arlen Grossman

By Greg Palast/ GregPalast.com/ July 13, 2024 Instead of counting Joe Biden’s brain cells, we need to be counting “vigilantes,” the self-proclaimed vote fraud hunters who, under new state laws, can challenge the vote of their fellow Americans and stop … Continue reading →

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The News Heats Up

Posted on April 15, 2024 by Arlen Grossman

Lots of important news for Hal Ginsberg and me to discuss and argue about. Trump goes on trial and Israel and Iran exchange weapon power. Here’s our weekly Monday YouTube videocast:

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The Adventures of Clarence Thomas

Posted on March 7, 2024 by Arlen Grossman
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When was Bribery Legalized in America?

Posted on November 15, 2023 by Arlen Grossman

By Thom Hartmann/ HartmannReport.com/ November 15, 2023 “When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over the course of time they create for themselves a legal system that authorizes it and a moral … Continue reading →

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THE TRUMP EMPIRE’S LAST STAND

Posted on August 17, 2022 by Arlen Grossman

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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Joe Manchin’s Wife, Gayle, Has Her Own Conflicts of Interest

Posted on March 24, 2022 by Arlen Grossman

By Daniel Boguslaw and David Moore/ Jacobin/ March 24, 2022 Joe Manchin’s wife, Gayle (left), cochairs a commission that distributes federal infrastructure grants across thirteen states, including West Virginia. (Dimitrios Kambouris / Getty Images for the New Yorker) Senator Joe … Continue reading →

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