Category Archives: politics

Bathroom Reading at Mar-a-Lago

Posted on June 11, 2023 by Arlen Grossman

By Maureen Dowd/ New York Times/ June 11, 2023 WASHINGTON — It’s shocking how easy it is to imagine Donald Trump campaigning for the presidency from prison. He’d have the joint wired, like the mob guys in “Goodfellas.” He’d be … Continue reading →

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What Happens When Corporations are Taxed at 90% – Like Before the Reagan Revolution?

Posted on June 5, 2023 by Arlen Grossman

By Thom Hartmann/ HartmannReport.com/ June 5, 2023 Last week on Hartmann Report I proposed we raise the top personal income tax bracket — paid only by people making over (for example) around $50 million a year, and only on the money above … Continue reading →

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Where is the Accountability for the Killers Ushering in the Climate Apocalypse?

Posted on May 25, 2023 by Arlen Grossman

Today’s climate crisis dwarfs the 1940s threat of Nazism, the 9/11 attack, or the massive bank robberies that took place during the Reagan & Bush administrations. It threatens all life on earth… By Thom Hartmann/ hartmannreport.com/ May 25, 20 If … Continue reading →

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THE CRIME OF VOTING

Posted on May 14, 2023 by Arlen Grossman

Trump’s Townhall Ballot-Box BS Is a Bigger Threat Than You Think by Greg Palast /Gregpalast.com/ May 11, 2023 It’s easy to make fun of Donald Trump’s brain vomit unleashed on CNN Wednesday.  But one of his Big Fibs is seriously threatening the … Continue reading →

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Rachel Maddow Names Pro-Hitler Speakers Appearing At Same Event As Eric Trump

Posted on May 9, 2023 by Arlen Grossman

“I can’t really believe they are going ahead with it,” the MSNBC anchor said of the upcoming “ReAwaken America” tour being hosted at a Donald Trump hotel.

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Why Donald Trump Is Responsible For the Tennessee Travesty

Posted on April 14, 2023 by Arlen Grossman

By Arlen Grossman/ OpEdNews/ April 13, 2023 * *Moved Up to Top Headline–April 14 Tennessee GOP legislators showed the world their depravity by expelling two Black Democratic state representatives merely for using bullhorns and joining forces with young protestors nonviolently … Continue reading →

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IS DONALD TRUMP OUR WORST PRESIDENT?

Posted on April 3, 2023 by Arlen Grossman

I believe Donald Trump is the worst president in American history. Videocaster Hal Ginsberg disagrees. We will debate this topic on Halitics, Hal’s relatively new YouTube program. You can watch it live (or on YouTube later) and even participate on … Continue reading →

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BPR Editor Talks Ukraine on Videocast

Posted on March 26, 2023 by Arlen Grossman

Hal Ginsberg, former head honcho at Monterey’s KRXA Progressive talk radio show, has invited me on his new YouTube broadcast, Halitics, tomorrow (Friday) starting at 11am ET/8amPT. We will discuss my recent letter to the editor in the Monterey Herald … Continue reading →

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We Can’t Underestimate Putin

Posted on March 22, 2023 by Arlen Grossman

By Arlen Grossman/ Letters, Monterey Herald, March 22, 2023 A confused letter writer recently wrote that since the U.S. won its independence from England without asking for help from other countries (not true, by the way), Ukraine shouldn’t be asking … Continue reading →

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A Confession… Just 40+ Years Late

Posted on March 21, 2023 by Arlen Grossman

By Greg Palast/ GregPalast.com/ March 21, 2023  Reagan’s Treason, Two Bushes and the $23 Million Payoff This week, a Texas pol, Ben Barnes, confessed that he was personally involved—and therefore an eyewitness to–high treason: The Ronald Reagan campaign’s successful secret … Continue reading →

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