Democrats

What Could Donald Trump Be Thinking About the Democratic Party?

Imagine Donald Trump dining with two of his supposed political advisers. Being an advisor to Donald means you soak up Donald’s political comments and feed them back to him. At this dinner, Donald was spouting off about the Democratic Party. “Hey guys, know why the GOP is ahead in the polls?” “Why?” the two advisors […]
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Are Socialists Going to Let Neoliberals Define Fascism?

Orientation The linear political spectrum is bankrupt! How does it explain why socialist China is making alliances with capitalist Russia and even with fundamentalist Saudi Arabia? Why is it that so-called socialist Social Democrats support imperialist United States rather than socialist China? Why is it that right-wing fundamentalist states like India and Brazil are supporting […]

The Fix Is In: US Postal Service New Mail-in Ballot Division Will Allow Ballot Interference

Mail-in ballots can be cast by someone other than the voter, voter ID measures are harder to ensure, and the secret ballot is more easily compromised by professional ballot traffickers who “help” the voter fill in their ballot. The GOP's silence indicates that it is complicit in the scheme.

Some Thoughts for Aspiring Journalists and Public Servants

Magnus gubernator et scisso navigat vello.  A great helmsman can navigate even when his sail is torn. — Seneca, Moral Letters, 30. 3. This is as true today as it was in antiquity. A president who steers the Ship of State knows that human nature is weak and that government officials are sometimes tempted to […]
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After Roe in Alabama: Counterpacking the Court

Francis Boyle is professor of law at the University of Illinois. His books include Tackling America’s Toughest Questions.  He has been advocating that the Democrats embrace expanding the court for years. Boyle told the Guardian in 2018: “I think [Brett] Kavanaugh was put on there [the US Supreme Court] to ensure Roe is overturned. … He […]
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