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The Rich Got Richer

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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Trump’s Opening Attack on America

President Trump is aggressively rolling over the government, closing agencies and firing government workers, as well as giving his billionaire buddy the green light to go through personal files of American citizens, violating all kind of rules and laws. Hal … Continue reading

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The Supreme Court is Corrupt, Congress is a Rubber Stamp, & the President is Lawless—What Happens Next?

By Thom Hartmann/ HartmannReport.com/ February 10, 2025 So, JD Vance is now saying that he and Trump don’t have to obey federal judges, tweeting, “judges aren’t allowed to control the executive’s legitimate power.” This is how autocrats run things; it’s an extraordinarily dangerous … Continue reading

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The Billionaire Coup is Almost Complete and No One Stopped It — Can We Return to Democracy?

How America’s ultra-rich dismantled democracy, one Supreme Court ruling at a time… By Thom Hartmann/ The Hartmann Report/ February 5, 2025 There is one thread that ties together Trump’s destruction of American government agencies, his offer to take the Gaza … Continue reading

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The Trump Coup has begun, Hang On Tight!

This country is in serious trouble. The president is a felon, a chronic liar, a cheater, a racist, isn’t very bright, and has an ego the size of Florida. At his side is a South Africa neo-nazi who spent $290 … Continue reading

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How to Fight Back

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JANUARY 21, 2010: THE DAY AMERICAN DEMOCRACY DIED

By Arlen Grossman/ OpEdNews/ January 19, 2025 “Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.” –John Adams, 1814 Barack Obama knew what was coming. During … Continue reading

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Disappearing Ballots and Votes…..

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DEMOCRACY’S “DIRTY LITTLE SECRET”

By Arlen Grossman If you happen to be the richest person in the world, and your name is Elon Musk, and your net worth is about $250 billion, you can use as much of your money as you’d like to … Continue reading

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The outrage economy: Why social media makes everything worse

By Mark Sumner/ Daily Kos/ July 15, 2023 Right now, with millions of people busily shifting their alliance from the online home of of one egotistical, unchecked billionaire to that of the otheregotistical, unchecked billionaire, there seems to be hope that … Continue reading

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