Category Archives: government

Why are Trump and the GOP Working So Hard to Ruin America?

Posted on July 18, 2025 by Arlen Grossman

Why has the GOP declared war on everything: healthcare, Democracy, science, and you? By Thom Hartmann/ The Hartmann Report/ July 18, 2025 Every day, it seems, we see or hear about another way in which Trump and his lickspittles in … Continue reading →

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What Every Washington Lobbyist Now Knows

Posted on July 18, 2025 by Arlen Grossman

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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All Trump, All the Time

Posted on July 16, 2025 by Arlen Grossman

President Trump found out this week he isn’t invincible. Much of his MAGA base couldn’t understand his reluctance to show the Epstein records. But soon enough they began to forgave their leader. Hal Ginsberg and I covered many topics Tuesday … Continue reading →

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Can This Planet Survive MAGA?

Posted on July 13, 2025 by Arlen Grossman

In an effort to shrink the federal government, President Trump and congressional Republicans have taken steps that are diluting the country’s ability to anticipate, prepare for and respond to catastrophic flooding and other extreme weather events, disaster experts say. Staff … Continue reading →

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This Is What A Police State Looks Like

Posted on July 10, 2025 by Arlen Grossman

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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How the FBI Has Turned MAGA

Posted on July 9, 2025 by Arlen Grossman

Only 11 days after President Trump was inaugurated for a second term, his administration began a purge of the F.B.I. that now threatens some of the bureau’s most important missions. His appointees ousted eight of its most experienced managers, including … Continue reading →

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Can Trump Cancel the Next Election?

Posted on July 9, 2025 by Arlen Grossman

Political problems are everywhere, so Hal Ginsberg and I made efforts to solve some of them on my weekly appearance on Hal’s YouTube videocast Halitics. As usual, we talked about the problems facing the Democratic Party, including the rapid changes … Continue reading →

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This is Fascism 

Posted on July 4, 2025 by Arlen Grossman

Trump’s Big Ugly Bill is fascist — not only in what it does and authorizes, but in how it got enacted By Robert Reich/ robertreich.com.substack/ July 3, 3025 Friends, Trump’s 940-page Big Ugly Bill was passed today by the House … Continue reading →

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The Rich Got Richer

Posted on June 29, 2025 by Arlen Grossman

World’s richest 1% raised their wealth by $33.9 trillion in 10 years By Heather Miller/ Fox26Houston.com/ June 26, 2025 The wealth of just 3,000 people could “eliminate annual poverty 22 times over,” a new paper says, but global goals are … Continue reading →

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US strikes set Iran’s nuclear program back a few months, Pentagon assessment says

Posted on June 25, 2025 by Arlen Grossman

But we know Trump and his stooges will deny the result was anything less than perfect, and will never back down, despite all the evidence {TBPR editor} By Cybele Mayes-Osterman, Tom Vanden Brook, Josh Meyer and Zac Anderson, USA Today/ … Continue reading →

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