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“Does he really mean it?” “Is it inappropriate humor?” “Will he reverse himself tomorrow and accuse the ‘fake news’ of internationally misinterpreting his words?”

For better or worse, they don’t anymore.

the tweet makes him look like a ‘populist’ – the ‘good cop’ to Mitch’s ‘bad cop’. I suspect that the ‘GOP’ in congress by now know how Trump plays this game. Corporations and the rich end up faring very well regardless of Don’s tweeting distractions.

Trump-praising tweets and detached-from-reality accolades for his “excellent handling” of the Coronavirus pandemic play like Kirstie Alley’s greatest hits on her Twitter feed. Yea, she’s that delusional.

Oxymoron: ‘Cheers’ Star Bashes Diversity While Praising Trump

At least now she tweets tha…[Read more]

of a ‘coup’ to keep Trump in office. I am not sure that Trump does not share that dream – though it is more for selfish reasons than anything else. His promotion of the idea that if he loses it MUST be the result of fraud, plays right into that.

I suppose that in the eyes of his base Trump can do no wrong. Perhaps Vlad has s viewer the same way you some. And even if one concedes that he is imperfect, the belief that he opposes a ‘greater evil’, makes him supportable as the ‘lesser of two evils’.

The coronavirus misinformation that scientists, politicians and media have fed to the public has been shocking. Take a tour through the bizarre, contradictory and downright ludicrous myths that have done more damage than Covid.

Myth 1: Slowing the spread of the virus is a good idea

Actually I will stop right here. The other four myths are just…[Read more]

We hear more about Bernie, AOC and the ‘Squad’ in republican commercials than we do in Dem ones.

The GOP portrays Biden as a ‘radical left’ ‘socialist’ (or, alternatively, as an empty, dementia-challenged vessel for them) which progressives know he is the antithesis of. What more could they have done if we actually had Bernie running against…[Read more]

IF Trump negotiates an agreement with the Taliban that gets us out of Afghanistan, THEN I will indeed give him credit. IMHO, he has shown no sign of being a ‘great negotiator’ on the international stage – or in DC for that matter. But, if he sees an agreement with the Taliban, as an opportunity to get on TV with ‘great ratings’ then there is some…[Read more]

drone attacks are up, taxes for corporations and the rich are down, corporate regulations (environmental, labor, health and safety) are down, income inequality is higher than ever.

The people in Yemen, Iran, Venezuela, etc. are probably not convinced that Trump is a great peace maker. The Saudi bombing of Yemen is great for military sales. When…[Read more]

His trade policy mimics that of Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover in the 1920’s. ‘Raise those tariffs! Didn’t work? Raise them some more! Still didn’t work? …’ Not that of FDR who clearly saw the folly in this ‘beggar thy neighbor’ trade policy.

Under the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act of 1934, FDR negotiated mutual tariff reductions with 27…[Read more]

is not and never will be your friend?

The German left in the 1930’s answered the former thinking that far-right was an obvious enemy that would hasten the revolution if victorious. What was important was to battle the others on the left so as to emerge as the preeminent party on the left when the revolution succeeded. Not a bad strategy – in…[Read more]

That would seem to be the contention of the author here.

The next election in New Zealand has to happen every 3 years – by September 23, 2020. It will. A US presidential election has to happen every 4 years. Trump was suggesting that it would be delayed beyond that date. Should the cases of Ardern and Trump be used by the right to defend…[Read more]

You could probably buy another tank or two with that kind of money = MIC much happier.

‘Dissenting opinions are not welcome.’

Our posters should support progressive goals including, but not limited to, M4A, peace, taxing the rich, improving the safety net and our infrastructure, voting rights and clean elections, playing a positive role in the world, environmental action, … If they can do that, IMHO they can post dissenting…[Read more]

Perhaps they have been listening so much to their leader’s constant bleating about the ‘radical left’ taking over that they have come to believe what they hear. I doubt they have anything to worry about but they did not get rich by being stupid and not using their connections (corruption) while they can.

What have democratic rights ever done for a dictator or capitalist? Any democratic rights that we have won are and will always be under attack by capitalists and dictators. Those enemies will never totally disappear.

They may recede into the dark corners of society, kind of like white nationalists and fascists, from time to time but they never…[Read more]