Thursday, January 16, 2025

Tag: politics

Is Trump’s demolition derby apt ‘punishment’ for our sins?

If any higher power – call it fortune, destiny or divinity – had wanted Armageddon to roll over America, what Horses’ Ass of the Apocalypse wouldn’t do better than Trump?

In CNN’s tax debate, Bernie Sanders showed how Democrats can win...

By offering a bold vision of policies to help working families, Sanders voiced a popular alternative to Ted Cruz and the GOP’s barbarism.

President Nero

As so much of the world burns, America’s answer to Nero, rather than fiddling, seems intent on pouring more gasoline on the fires.

New federal guidelines for campus assault put heavy burden on victims

College administrators worry a more rigorous process for proving sexual assault could send the wrong message to students.

Dead nation walking

Regardless of who is our president, from either of the two ‘War Parties’, military spending has been going through the roof.

Psychiatrist Robert Jay Lifton on duty to warn: Trump’s “relation to...

Robert Jay Lifton discusses what is now happening between the U.S. and North Korea, and Iran, and President Trump’s closest aides expressing concern that Trump is unraveling.

The calm before the storm? What is it, how long will...

Are we Americans in the calm before a storm? What lies ahead for the people of this country?

Why we need sanctuary states

California’s law limits the authority of state and local law enforcers to communicate with federal immigration authorities, and prevents officers from questioning or holding people depending on their immigration status or immigration violations.

The Media: Not so much fake news as shallow, less than...

It might be said that the media is not well-rounded for it often beats the same subject almost to death.

How globalism works just like the mafia

The next twenty years may be the most significant in modern human history.

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The Santa Ana by Joan Didion

Written by Joan Didion, The Santa Ana ("Los Angeles Notebook"/Slouching Towards Bethlehem) was published in The Saturday Evening Post in 1965.

Ukrainian neutrality is still the key to peace

The article explains why Ukrainian neutrality is still the key to peace, just as it was when Ukraine and Russia negotiated a draft peace agreement in March and April 2022, which the United States tragically rejected and blocked.

FTC report exposes big pharma middlemen inflating drug prices by up to 7,736%

Report reveals big pharma middlemen inflating drug prices, reaping billions in excess revenue.

GOP’s Medicaid cuts plan draws widespread backlash as experts warn of devastating consequences

Leaked GOP plan shows intent to strip millions of Americans of healthcare access.

Trump’s External Revenue Service sparks alarm over regressive tax hikes and wealthy giveaways

Trump’s tariff-driven plan to fund tax cuts for the wealthy faces criticism from economists and lawmakers.