Category Archives: Republican Party

The Rot At The Top

The real reason Americans are paying more under Trump Republicans By Robert Reich/ RobertReich.substack.com/ October 1, 2026 Democratic candidates should be talking about ONLY two things in these last five weeks before the midterms, and show how they’re connected: higher … Continue reading →

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Trump Continues To Ruin GOP Chances And Help Dems

{Democrats will have a wave election, winning the House and Senate. But only if Donald Trump allows a free and fair election. He will try every trick he can to sabotage and deny the legality of the vote. And we … Continue reading →

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Republicans Rigged America’s Debt: Now We’re Paying the Billionaires Forever

They called themselves fiscal conservatives while running up trillions in debt — and sticking working Americans with the bill… By Thom Hartmann/ HartmannReport.com/ July 17, 2026 {And Americans are surprised young voters prefer socialism to capitalism! Capitalism has abandoned most … Continue reading →

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Remember His Nazi Salute?

“The Turner Diaries” is a work of white supremacist agitprop. It purports to be the diary of a neo-Nazi militant, Earl Turner, who is working to overthrow the United States government — or as the book calls it, “the System” … Continue reading →

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Which Party Has the Most Money?

{I shake my head when anybody claims our country to be a “Democracy.” How can we be one when a candidate with the most votes for president can and has lost several presidential elections? It’s happened a number of times … Continue reading →

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Can the GOP Say No?

{The NYTimes Editorial Board is challenging GOP senators to do something they’ve been unable to do in the 2nd Trump Administration. Trump has been given a free rein to do whatever he wants to because the Republican Congress has been … Continue reading →

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What Desperate Regimes Do Before They Fall

History leaves behind a pattern: attack the courts, discredit elections, intimidate opponents, rewrite the rules, and cling to power at any cost. The question is whether America recognizes it in time By Thom Hartmann/ TheHartmannReport/ June 15, 2026 {It’s easy … Continue reading →

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The Senate Should NOT Confirm This Person

Todd Blanche believes that his legal client is Trump, not the United States By Robert Reich/ RobertRice@substack,com/ June 10, 2026 Let me get right to the point. The Senate should not confirm Todd Blanche as attorney general.  Blanche, who used … Continue reading →

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There’s a Way to Stop Trump’s I.R.S. Slush Fund

{One of the most brilliant members of Congress, Rep. Jamie Raskin from Maryland, lays out Trump’s newest and most egregious example of corruption, and offers a way to stop this giveaway to the president’s supporters.–TBPR Editor} These days it takes … Continue reading →

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What Happens If “They” Win?

The generations that defeated fascism in the 1770s, 1860s, and 1940s understood something simple but profound: democracy survives only if ordinary people are willing to defend it. Are we today? By Thom Hartmann/ The Hartmann Report/ May 18, 2026 {In … Continue reading →

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