Tag: Republicans

• the truth about mike pence, and evangelicals

  January 19, 2021

  Uncategorized

  Notes from Thom Hartman reading “The Truth about Mike Pence.” Evangelicals like Pence considered themselves warriors Pence’s allies included hugely wealthy donors who posed as victims All of these evangelicals denied science behind climate change. They denied their own power and wealth. They advocated a form of predatory capitalism They claim to be free marketers… Read.

• You won’t even be able to trust that your food is safe if republicans have their way

  December 13, 2020

  Capitalism, Collusion, Corrupt Governmen, Criminals, Democracy, Republican Party, Rule of Law, The right, Trump

  “Six days after President Donald Trump lost his bid for reelection, the U.S. Department of Agriculture notified food safety groups that it was proposing a regulatory change to speed up chicken factory processing lines, a change that would allow companies to sell more birds. An earlier USDA effort had broken down on concerns that it… Read.

• THE DEVIL HIMSELF: ERIK PRINCE

  December 8, 2020

  Authoritarianism, Capitalism, Corporate Crime, CORPORATE MEDIA, Corrupt Governmen, Criminals, Democracy, Democratic Elite, Democratic Party, Government, Graft, Greed and Corruption, International, Justice Department, Military Industrial Complex, MILITIA, Neoliberalism, Prisons, Trump, Uncategorized, White Collar, Corporate and Political Crime

  While corporate media pundits spend time interviewing each other about interviews they have done ( Lemon interviewing Tapper about his interview with Biden, dogs sniffing assholes)  and touting their books (Maddow and Scarborough), Trump has dangerously upped the ante in the crime spree that has been the Trump/Republican administration.  They are stealing billions from the… Read.

• ESSENTIAL PODCAST: DECONSTRUCTED INTERVIEW WITH PROGRESSIVE MIKE SIEGEL

  November 18, 2020

  CORPORATE MEDIA, Corrupt Governmen, Democracy, Democratic Elite, Democratic Party, Election 2020, House of Representatives, podcasts, Republican Party, Rule of Law, Voting Machines, Voting rights, White Collar, Corporate and Political Crime

  Essential Podcasts: Deconstructed (Episode 11/6/20) Mike Siegel, progressive candidate for the House in Texas is interviewed by Deconstructed. The district Siegel ran in was drawn to be permanently Republican through gerrymandering.   According to Siegel, the Democratic Party has a narrow range of issues it “recommends” their candidates run on.  The Party does the research, the… Read.

• the “elite industrial complex” at work

  October 24, 2020

  Biden, Christo-Fascist authoritarian state, Corrupt Governmen, Courts, Criminals, Democracy, Democratic Elite, Democratic Party, Election 2020, Graft, Greed and Corruption, Joe Biden, Judiciary, Justice, Justice Department, MSNBC, Neoliberalism, Political crimes, Rule of Law, Supreme Court, The right, Trump, White Collar, Corporate and Political Crime

  What Elie Mystal calls the “elite industrial complex” has already started, before the election(which the Democrats are convinced they are going to win) to make the case for allowing Trump and the Republican crime family escape accountability for all the crimes they have committed not least of which is an attempt to subvert democracy and… Read.

• OPENING SUBMISSIVE STATEMENT: AMY CONEY BARRETT: HANDMAIDEN OF OPPRESSION

  October 12, 2020

  Corrupt Governmen, Courts, Cult, Democracy, Judiciary, Justice, Justice Department, Law, Law and Justic, Supreme Court, The right, Trump

  Just note the phrases of submission, of deliberate non-threatening language in the opening statement of ACB. The play here is: Look, this is a soft-spoken, non-threatening, non-intellectual mom, home, apple pie person. How could you be afraid of this? But, make no mistake about it, this woman is the handmaiden of oppression. Statement: “I thank… Read.

• elie mystal, writing in the nation @elienyc

  September 19, 2020

  Courts, Democracy, Justice, Rule of Law, Supreme Court, White Collar, Corporate and Political Crime

  Elie Mystal, today, writing in the Nation: I would like to mourn her. But even Ginsburg herself realized there would be no time for that. McConnell has already removed the filibuster rule for Supreme Court appointments, which means he needs only 50 votes to confirm a new justice (since the vice president breaks any ties),… Read.

• Stealing the election: Just today

  September 18, 2020

  American exceptionalism, Authoritarianism, Books on Politics, CNN, Courts, Democracy, Supreme Court, Voting Machines, Voting rights, White Collar, Corporate and Political Crime

  The Head Fake Trump in a news conference (or whatever that things is he does when he comes out and lies for an extended period of time) is preparing the population for a “disaster” on election day.  He keeps repeating the scenario and thereby painting the picture for his supporters of total confusion.  Today he… Read.

• Stealing the Election: Behind our Backs and in front of our faces

  September 14, 2020

  American exceptionalism, Authoritarianism, Capitalism, Corrupt Governmen, Criminals, Democracy, Government, Graft, Greed and Corruption, Law, media, Press and Democracy, Putin, Republican Party, The right, Trump, Voting Machines, Voting rights

  It is tempting to think that authoritarian governments come to power through sudden and dramatic coups, but often they do not.  Instead, they come to power through a creeping co-opting of authority.  This is the preferred method, the most successful method of taking control.  A sudden, dramatic take-over of a society provokes resistance.  Sliding the… Read.

• ELECTION 2020: SECURITY (OR LACK THEREOF)

  August 7, 2020

  Voting Machines, Voting rights

  Once you start reading about election security and the history of manipulation of the vote, you will understand that VOTING IS NOT ENOUGH. Please follow @jennycohn1 Read.

• Elliott Abrams Should be in Prison. A New Low for the Trump Administration. The Criminal Mind

  August 7, 2020

  Corrupt Governmen, Criminals, Democracy, Drugs, International, Latin America, Law, Law and Justic, Nicaragua, Political crimes, Republican Party, Rule of Law, The right, Trump, War Crimes, White Collar, Corporate and Political Crime

  This is a good summary of some of the reasons Elliott Abrams should be in prison: Common Dreams, August 6, 2020 Abrams’ resume includes: In the 1980s, he defended the infamous Guatemalan General Efraín Ríos Montt, whose violent crackdown on the indigenous Ixil Mayan people of Guatemala was so brutal that it was classified as… Read.

• Alternative Media: Trump Watch Podcast

  April 23, 2020

  Authoritarianism, Capitalism, Coronavirus, Cult, Democracy, Economy, Government, Graft, Greed and Corruption, International, media, money in politics, MSNBC, Reporters, Republican Party, Supreme Court, White Collar, Corporate and Political Crime

  As the corporate media becomes more and more useless in covering the Trump/Republican administration and the coronavirus crisis, we must seek alternative sources of news. Try the “Trump Watch” Podcast. In the April 16 episode, they do an interview with John Nichols from the Nation Magazine about the attempt by the Republicans to control voting… Read.

• “…companies with political connections…”

  April 22, 2020

  Capitalism, Coronavirus, Corporate Crime, Democracy, Drugs, Government, Graft, Greed and Corruption, Republican Party

  THE BIGGEST CLASS THEFT IN THE HISTORY OF THE COUNTRY The New York Times is reporting today that a doctor, Dr. Rick Bright , who was Director of the Department of Health and Human Services Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, was removed from his position… Read.

• Head-on conflict with the self-interest of concentrated private capital

  April 20, 2020

  Bernie Sanders, Capitalism, Coronavirus, CORPORATE MEDIA, Economy, Government, Graft, Greed and Corruption, Joe Biden

  The corporate media is a complete waste of time.  They failed us in 2016 and they are spectacularly failing us now.  We must turn to other news sources.  These are excerpts from The Nation Magazine. Grey, Rohan, Nation Manazine, April 20/27 2020). Biden indicated that as president, he would veto Medicare for All legislation because… Read.

• Disaster Economics: Part 2

  March 27, 2020

  Capitalism, Coronavirus, Corporate Crime, Democracy, Economy, Government, Neoliberalism, Political crimes, politics, White Collar Crime, White Collar, Corporate and Political Crime

  Notes from the podcast Pitchcock Economics   “Disaster Economics” 23 March 2020 This crisis brings into focus the damage of forty years of neo-liberal politics. These policies have been corrosive. The effect of a crisis reveals how well the society was prepared in the first place. If, when a hurricane is coming, the society lived… Read.