America may be galloping toward authoritarian neo-fascism
“Here, President Trump defined ‘fake news’ the way joseph Stalin defined ‘enemies of the people’: if they offer a slightest objection to his rule they must be wrong,” Kruscheva told […]
Ex-Breitbart Alt-Nazi promoter Steve Bannon is author of Trump’s executive orders
In one of the most comprehensive investigations of fraud, Justin Levitt of Loyola law School, Los Angeles turned up 31 credible instances of voter impersonation out of more than 1 billion […]
Deficits Matter Again – The New York Times
Not long ago prominent Republicans like paul ryan, the speaker of the House, liked to warn in apocalyptic terms about the dangers of budget deficits, declaring that a Greek-style crisis […]
Buffalo School Board Passes Resolution Telling Carl Paladino To Resign Within 24 Hours | The Huffington Post
Paladino was Donald Trump’s new york campaign co-chair and currently sits on the nine-member Buffalo school board. In recent days, he’s faced intense criticism for his answers to a local […]
Russian efforts to boost Trump campaign jolt political world | MSNBC
Trump’s transition team issued a statement on Friday night that read, in its entirety, “These are the same people that said Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. The election […]
The Tainted Election – The New York Times
This election was an outrage, and we should never forget it. Nothing that happened on Election Day or is happening now is normal. Democratic norms have been and continue to […]
Donald Trump Voters, Just Hear Me Out – The New York Times
While I’ve opposed the Trump candidacy from the start, I’ve never disparaged Trump voters. Some are friends and neighbors; they’re all fellow Americans. We should take their concerns seriously. But […]
Our founders were nearly all Infidels
“The founders of our nation were nearly all Infidels, and that of the presidents who had thus far been elected [Washington; Adams; Jefferson; Madison; Monroe; Adams; Jackson] not a one […]
The Constitution of the Five Nations
The Constitution of the Five Nations – or – The Iroquois Book of the Great law … survives after some 500 or 600 years, and was originated by people that […]
Robert Mercer -Backer of Cruz
an example of how wealthy donors have been empowered by the Supreme Court’s 2010 decision in the landmark Citizens United case, which paved the way for super PACs. Unlike candidates, super PACs can accept unlimited amounts of money from individuals and corporations to support a candidate so long as they do not officially “coordinate” with the campaign.
The party of Jefferson Davis, not of Lincoln
one of America’s most fundamental problems is that the alliance between the current form of Southern labor and the current form of New York finance is with us still. The Southernization of the Republican Party and the increasing domination of Wall Street’s over the nation’s economic life have combined to erode both the income and the power of U.S. workers. Unions are anathema to Wall Street and the GOP.
Subsidized By The Federal Government?
The dollar amount is the amount the State received from the Federal Government for every dollar the state sent to the Federal government.
G.O.P. Is Planning to Replace Health Law
As Supreme Court Weighs Health Law, G.O.P. Is Planning to Replace It
BY JONATHAN WEISMAN
The prospects of legal victory have raised practical and political fears that Republicans will take the blame for the health care crisis that would follow. The New York Times
“Senior Republicans in Congress hope that … the Supreme Court will invalidate the subsidies that 7.5 million Americans in 34 states have been given to purchase health insurance … But … raised … fears that Republicans will take the blame for the health care crisis that would follow. … Representatives Paul D.
Deterring an Iranian Nuclear Breakout
Those like Mr. Netanyahu who have opposed any agreement except on terms that cannot be realized should not engage in wishful thinking about the likelihood of such alternative approaches succeeding. They should be clear-eyed in comparing these alternatives with the kind of agreement that can be realized. Of course, if Iran is not prepared to accept a reasonable deal, the United States would have little choice but to turn to nondiplomatic approaches.
The Good Old Days
Conservatism is not so much a philosophy as an attitude. It rests on doubt in human nature; it distrusts improvement, clings to traditional institutions and prefers the past to the future.