Research always shows that the reasons most people use to vote a certain way are superficial, emotional and uninformed. This time many used (among others) the economy and inflation. Neither are...
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Research always shows that the reasons most people use to vote a certain way are superficial, emotional and uninformed. This time many used (among others) the economy and inflation. Neither are...
Right-wing cretins, fueled by religious myth, have always been a significant menace in this country.
They are now more dangerous than ever and must be stopped.
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Rampant corporate corruption with no effective legal penalties continues. No one is ever prosecuted for creating or managing these illegal and unethical activities.
Minuscule fines are levied...
The religio-conservative goals of the past five decades-plus are now being facilitated by Trump in the home stretch. Most of the tactics have been visible for some time. Those who loathe the country...
If you are a casual observer of politics in this country you cannot be well informed. There is so much happening below the radar that you must spend the time, know which outlets to trust and dig...
Hypocrisy is everywhere. The best at it are the religious who can cover disgusting behavior with an affected piousness.
https://youtu.be/p4QGOHahiVM
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The country has normalized the daily viciousness of conservative actions. Media talks about the coming election choice as if Trump is a "normal" candidate rather than a diagnosed psychopath.
In...
Those who support unregulated capitalism are responsible for this.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/sanders-ozempic-price
There are a many recent reports of food recalls due to contamination.
Government food safety oversight frequently allows companies to "improve" their operations without government supervision if...
Unless you devote the time to learning daily what is REALLY happening, you are effectively uninformed.
This is today's must-hear from Keith Olbermann.
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This is what they do. When you vote for repukes this is the result.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/florida-amendment-4
The attacks on science and progress continue from the religious right and their supporters. Ignorance and stupidity are exalted.
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The right is a danger to us all. All lies and deceptions are allowed. Organizations are named to lure the unwary, commonly using titles that are the opposite of the intended goals.
Schools are a...
There has never been a liberal MSM except for a few individual voices and obscure publications/sites.
(See, What Liberal Media? by Eric Alterman). It's even worse now.
"The liberal media were...
When corporate greed and corruption is abetted by government indifference (aka, corporate capture), terrible things can occur.
The current Boar's Head food safety reports are a frightening...
Corporations caught AGAIN gouging the public.
Unregulated capitalism is not your friend.
Mergers are rarely good for consumers.
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There is no doubt that the corporate lust for profit is responsible for the "inflation" we have been feeling.
How many instances of price gouging don't we know about?...and will never know about?...
Trump, a malignant narcissist, convicted felon, diagnosed psychopath and serial liar is one of the worst humans ever to have been born.
Personal enrichment is also his passion. Remember when he...
The wealthy are a major threat to this country's way of life. When their zealotry has an added ingredient, religious belief, a belief for which there is no evidence, a coercive theocracy is the goal....
This is one of the things the country needs to do to fight the onslaught against democracy being waged by vicious riight-wing cretins.
Support it with everything you have - or you'll wish you had....
There is a slowly growing awareness by the public of a plan called 'Project 25.' It is a playbook for the first months of a second Trump administration. Its contents fit precisely into all the other...
Knowing Trump's childhood history, his business failures, his vicious routine (legal) attacks on anyone he doesn't like, his pathological narcissism, and more, you would think that no one would...
Corporations are commonly predatory due to their insatiable lust for profit. Consumers are prey to be fleeced.
Democrats did something right by creating an agency to protect the public from this...
Human stupidity is the core reason behind most of the world's problems. The lazy and gullible enthusiastically vote for conmen, like Trump, who have no substance or merit.
Those who have attained...
It is critical to know well how both parties have governed and evolved over the last 40+ years. Their involvement in capitalism, foreign affairs, social issues, church/state and civil rights are...