How can we hold the media accountable for vastly over-covering Trump?
The media has vastly overcovered Trump, giving him an incalculable boost over other candidates.This ‘free media’ has made him able to spend almost nothing on his campaign, overpowering Jeb Bush...
View ArticleWhy isn't Donald Trump charged as an accessory to the assault he asked for...
If you ask someone to commit an assault, and offer to pay money if they do, you will get charged as well as the person who commits the assault.Donald Trump asked his supporters to commit criminal...
View ArticleSadly, what would help Bernie would be a financial crisis
IMO, 2008 had such large turnout because the country was highly motivated over the prevent-a-great-depression worst financial crash in 80 years, demanding change from the current Bush.It’s a little...
View ArticleHillary and Cuba
In the Florida debate, Hillary used Cuba as a weapon against Bernie. Including using a decades old clip, which was shown by the moderators, of Bernie saying the CIA was wrong to predict the citizens...
View ArticleThe idea that money is speech.
The standard liberal view (and not only the liberal view) of the current law of the land that money is speech, is, “that’s ridiculous. Money is not speech.’But let’s think the issue through a bit, and...
View ArticleThis is a conversion diary, recruiting Hillary supporters to vote for Bernie
Why again?Because I see a need for it. I think many Hillary supporters don’t appreciate some of the critical issues making Bernie the right candidate.There are a lot of issues this election, and...
View ArticlePrivacy forum with Edward Snowden, Noam Chomsky, and Glenn Greenwald
Two hour discussion of privacy, surveillance, and government secrecy:www.commondreams.org/...
View ArticleThe Republicans' political problem
The fundamental deception of the modern Republican Party is that they are a party representing aristocracy — the rich, the powerful, the corporatocracy — in a democracy.So, the policies they are really...
View ArticleRecommending a book I haven't read
I just ran across this two year old book from Nomi Prins, on the history of much of the relationship between bankers and our leaders and how the system serves them.I know it’s dubious to suggest a book...
View ArticleA comment on slavishly following the founding fathers and today's worshippers...
This is a note I wrote elsewhere this morning, and wanted to share here, about just how crazy the right is in its excesses on ‘originalism’ to try to answer policy issues.When you think about it, it is...
View ArticleIt's not just the United States that right-wing policies drag down
It’s common to think about social policies like islands, where the US does this and gets this result, and other countries such as in Europe do that and get that result.But we in the US should remember...
View ArticleA little joke
After the debate last night, viewed so widely as the candidate really not liking each other, people saying they will not have any sort of relationship like Obama appointing Hillary Secretary of...
View ArticleWhat we need is a charitable project to promote the role of government
No one seems to ever think of this as an important charitable need, but it’s a quite important one.The role of good government needs to be communicated to the American people. They need to be told of...
View ArticleHillary might be in for a hard presidency if elected
Republicans can be expected to continue to have Democrat Derangement Syndrome, and insanely oppose and obstruct Hillary, while controlling the House.Nearly half of Democrats do not support Hillary...
View ArticleThe 'Bernie movement' has a lot harder battle than many realize
I’m writing this as a supporter of Bernie and the movement.In the last century, we’ve never seen the public more revolutionary than the late 1960’s.I don’t need to describe the cultural changes, but...
View ArticleBiggest news story of the night
No, not trump wrapping up the Republican nomination.The biggest news story of the day is President Obama’s new arms control policy, announced tonight after the trump result.Obama plans to unilaterally...
View ArticleI want to take a moment to rejoice about something
Historically, the public has not had huge amounts of tolerance.I won’t list tedious examples we all know about groups that have not been tolerated. But, for example, gays have been hated, not...
View ArticleElection basics: vote on the policies
This is under the category “sounds easy an obvious, but isn’t”.Most will say they know this, but also recognize many others don’t. Someone’s wrong there.What should be voted on in an election: the...
View ArticleNew huge breakout of violence by Bernie supporters moments ago
There was a huge new breakout of violence by Bernie supporters a moment ago.I confess: I picked up a chair and put it down.I’m ready now to confess to hundreds in the media and to be on ‘news shows’...
View ArticleHere's what Bernie's fighting (for) in the Democratic Party platform
The excellent reporting from The Intercept — Lee Fang is a favorite reporter — has an article on the forces at the Democratic Convention. These are what Bernie is fighting.“The Democratic Party’s 2012...
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