Category Archives: politics

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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What Can Dem’s Learn From Mamdani Win?

Posted on July 2, 2025 by Arlen Grossman

As Republicans struggle to pass Donald Trump’s grossly unfair and unpopular budget bill, Halitic’s host Hal Ginsberg and I talk about Zohran Mamdani’s surprise win in New York City and whether his type of winning campaign could be successful anywhere … 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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Bernie and Elizabeth Warren Expose How GOP Budget Bill Helps the Wealthy And Hurts Poor People

Posted on June 22, 2025 by Arlen Grossman
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“I Am the Least Racist Person….”

Posted on June 22, 2025 by Arlen Grossman
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The Dogs of War

Posted on June 22, 2025 by Arlen Grossman

By Robert Reich/ RobertReich.substack.com/ June 22, 2025 Friends, The United States is now at war with Iran.  A single person — Donald J. Trump — has released the dogs of war on one of the most dangerous countries in the … Continue reading →

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Trump’s Police State

Posted on June 9, 2025 by Arlen Grossman

It endangers all of us By Robert Reich/ RobertReich.com/substack/ January 9, 2025 Friends, Now that Trump’s tariffs have been halted, his One Big Beautiful Bill has been stymied, and his multibillionaire tech bro has turned on him, how does he … Continue reading →

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Who Owns America? Musk and Trump Are Fighting Over the Deed

Posted on June 7, 2025 by Arlen Grossman

A Supreme Court justice handed the keys of our democracy to billionaires — and now they’re crashing it in public… By Thom Hartmann / ThomHartmann.com/ June 6, 2025 The alpha-male dick-measuring contest between Trump and Musk isn’t entertainment: it’s the … Continue reading →

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Who Can Fix This Country?

Posted on June 4, 2025 by Arlen Grossman

Hal Ginsberg, the host of the YouTube videocast, Halitics, and I (on my weekly guest appearance) share the frustration of making sense of what is going on in the political world. The Trump Administration doesn’t seem to have a clue … Continue reading →

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