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Memo to Europe: Remember Neville Chamberlain

Posted on January 20, 2026 by Arlen Grossman

You cannot appease a tyrant. You must hit back hard. By Robert Reich/ January 20, 2026 https://robertreich.substack.com TO: European leaders It is impossible to appease a tyrant.  You know this better than most. I need not remind you of Neville … Continue reading →

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Trump’s ass-backward “affordability” agenda

Posted on January 13, 2026 by Arlen Grossman

By RobertReich/ robertreich@subset.com/ January 13, 2026 The latest gauge on inflation, released this morning, showed prices increasing 2.7 percent in December compared with the same period a year ago. Food prices were up 3.1 percent. (Reminder: Trump was elected on … Continue reading →

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Things Continue to Get Worse

Posted on October 14, 2025 by Arlen Grossman

By Sen. Bernie Sanders/ BernieSanders.com/ October 14, 2025 Crazy times. Dangerous times. Under Trump, things are moving very fast. We have an unstable megalomaniac who wants more and more power into his own hands. We can’t let that happen. His … Continue reading →

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Easy Fix For Social Security

Posted on July 6, 2025 by Arlen Grossman

Letter to the Editor/ July 6, 2025/ Monterey Herald The June 29 article from the Los Angeles Daily News (“Social Security, Medicare clocks tick to depletion”) presents a scary scenario in which Social Security and Medicare will not be able … Continue reading →

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Garlanded with Failure

Posted on January 16, 2025 by Arlen Grossman

History will not remember the outgoing attorney general kindly. By Bill Blum/ Truthdig/ January 16, 2025 It’s hard to say who is the worst attorney general in American history. The candidates are many and comprise a veritable rogue’s gallery of … Continue reading →

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The End of Left-Leaning News? Is Progressive Journalism Being Systematically Destroyed?

Posted on December 4, 2024 by Arlen Grossman

Private equity, billionaire agendas, and GOP-funded attacks are driving a stake through the heart of American media diversity… By Thom Hartmann/ HartmannReport.com/ November 29, 2024 Have you heard that Comcast is planning to sell MSNBC? Is Rupert Murdoch planning to … Continue reading →

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Harris, Trump, Vance, Buttigieg, Gaza and More

Posted on July 29, 2024 by Arlen Grossman

Today’s Halitics Youtube videocast with Hal Ginsberg. After three weeks off, we have much to discuss: Kamala, J.D. Vance, Trump, etc. Gaza and Israel, too. I appear every Monday on Halitics. Live at noon ET, 9:00am PT, but always available … Continue reading →

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The New America 2.0 is Not a Democracy; it’s an Oligarchy

Posted on July 3, 2024 by Arlen Grossman

The only remedy at this late stage in this 50+ yearlong campaign to remake America is a massive revolt this fall at the ballot box, turning Congress over to Democrats while holding the White House. By Thom Hartmann/ TheHartmannReport/ July … Continue reading →

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Readers Don’t Trust Dirty Tricks

Posted on June 24, 2024 by Arlen Grossman

What worked for British tabloids won’t work for The Washington Post. By Anne Applebaum/ The Atlantic/ June 23, 2024 In March of 2002, Milly Dowler, age 13, left her home in Walton-on-Thames for the last time. After she disappeared, her parents … Continue reading →

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Trump is Losing It….And It Is Getting More and More Obvious

Posted on March 12, 2024 by Arlen Grossman

Donald Trump’s brain is clearly deteriorating and he makes no sense with much of what he says. The news media tries to ignore the obvious…Trump is slipping into dementia! The evidence is there!

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