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Category Archives: Partisan Propaganda

Medicare For All Will Raise Your Taxes…But Save You Money

October 30, 2019 2020 Election Health Policy Policy Progressive propaganda Tax Policy Taxation 4 Comments

Trump’s Presidency is the Perfect Time to Implement a Progressive Shock Doctrine

January 17, 2017 Bernie Sanders Donald Trump Health Policy Insane Republicans ObamaCare Policy Progressive Republicans Leave a comment

Fake News or Self-Justifying Confirmation Bias?

January 10, 2017 1st Amendment 2016 Election Media Media Freedom propaganda Leave a comment

America Elects Trump, What this Means, How it Happened, and Who is to Blame

November 9, 2016 2016 Election Civil Rights Conservative Donald Trump extremism Insane Republicans Media Money in Politics Partisan Fighting Policy Progressive Republicans Voting 3 Comments

Climate Change: The Issue the Establishment Forgot

September 13, 2016 2016 Election climate climate science Donald Trump effects of climate change Environment Environmental Policy Environmental Protection global climate change Hillary Clinton Media Policy Voting 3 Comments

Donald Trump Campaign is the Real-Life Political Reenactment of Mel Brooks’s The Producers

August 11, 2016 2016 Election 2016 Primary Campaigns Donald Trump extremism Insane Republicans Media Partisan Fighting Racism Republicans 2 Comments

Summarizing the GOP Convention: Fear and Loathing in Cleveland

July 23, 2016 2016 Election 2016 Primary Civil Rights Conservative Corporatism Corruption Discrimination Donald Trump extremism Inequality Insane Republicans Partisan Fighting Policy Racism Republicans Social Conservative Tea Party Terrorism Undocumented Immigration War Crimes 1 Comment

Hillary Promises to Overturn Citizens United 30 Days After Election but Can’t Admit Why it’s a Problem

July 18, 2016 2016 Election 2016 Primary Corporatism Corruption Dark Money Deregulation Hillary Clinton Money in Politics Multi-National Corporations Regulation Super-PACS Supreme Court Wolf-PAC 5 Comments

House Democrats Boo Bernie, Accidentally Reveal Major Problem in Washington

July 11, 2016 2016 Election Bernie Sanders Corporate Greed Corporate Welfare Corporatism Corruption Dark Money Democrats extremism Hillary Clinton Money in Politics Multi-National Corporations Partisan Fighting Policy Super-PACS Supreme Court TPP 3 Comments

The Media Must Demand Policy Specifics from Trump and Clinton

June 20, 2016 Defense Policy Donald Trump Educational Policy Environmental Policy Foreign Policy Health Policy Hillary Clinton Immigration Policy Media Partisan Fighting Policy Tax Policy 1 Comment

Democrats Need to Stop Underestimating Donald Trump

May 23, 2016 2016 Election Democrats Donald Trump extremism Hillary Clinton Insane Republicans Media Money in Politics Partisan Fighting Policy political candidates Republicans Tea Party Terrorism Trans-Pacific Partnership War 3 Comments

Using Triangulation to Predict the Consequences of a Trump, Hillary, or Bernie Presidency

May 12, 2016 Bernie Sanders Civil Rights Conservative Corporatism Defense Policy Democrats Deregulation Donald Trump Educational Policy Environment Environmental Policy Foreign Policy Health Policy Hillary Clinton Immigration Policy Insane Republicans Money in Politics Partisan Fighting Policy Progressive Republicans Tax Policy Tea Party Trans-Pacific Partnership War 7 Comments

Trump is Uncontested in GOP Primary Contest…Sane Americans have Day of Mourning

May 6, 2016 2016 Election 2016 Primary Conservative Corporatism Donald Trump extremism Hillary Clinton Insane Republicans Media Partisan Fighting Policy Republicans Sheldon Adelson Tea Party 5 Comments

Dear Republicans: Your Presidential Primary is Embarrassing the USA and Causing Real Foreign Relations Problems

April 1, 2016 2016 Election 2016 Primary Discrimination Donald Trump extremism Foreign Policy Insane Republicans International Relations Racism Republicans Ted Cruz Terrorism Voting 3 Comments

Hillary Emulates Trump, Refuses to Debate in NYC Unless Bernie is Nicer to Her

March 29, 2016 2016 Election 2016 Primary Bernie Sanders Campaigns Hillary Clinton Media propaganda 5 Comments

After Bernie’s Record-Setting Win in Michigan and a Strong Debate Performance, What is His Path Forward?

March 10, 2016 2016 Election 2016 Primary Bernie Sanders Corporate Greed Corporatism Current Events democracy Democrats Environmental Policy Hillary Clinton Immigration Policy Money in Politics Policy Political Debate propaganda Trans-Pacific Partnership Undocumented Immigration 2 Comments

Using the 2016 Election to Illustrate the Problem With Identity Politics

March 8, 2016 2016 Election 2016 Primary Bernie Sanders Conservative Democrats Donald Trump extremism Hillary Clinton Partisan Fighting Progressive Republicans Ted Cruz 3 Comments

Justice Scalia’s Death Puts 2016 Race into Overdrive

February 16, 2016 2016 Election 2016 Primary Bernie Sanders Civil Rights Conservative Constitution Corporatism Corruption Criminal Justice Dark Money Democrats Donald Trump Elections extremism Hillary Clinton Jeb Bush Law and Order Money in Politics Partisan Fighting Republicans Supreme Court Ted Cruz 1 Comment

The New Hampshire Primary: Sanders and Trump Dominate

February 10, 2016 2016 Election 2016 Primary Bernie Sanders Democrats Donald Trump Elections extremism Hillary Clinton Insane Republicans Jeb Bush Marco Rubio Media Republicans Voting 2 Comments

Dear Hillary: Your Primary Tactics are Endangering Your General Election Odds

February 9, 2016 2016 Election 2016 Primary Bernie Sanders Corporatism Democrats Hillary Clinton Media Partisan Fighting Policy Progressive Republicans Sexism 9 Comments

The Progressive Cynic’s Case for Bernie Sanders: Part #3

January 29, 2016 2016 Election 2016 Primary banksters Bernie Sanders Big Banks Constitution Corporate Greed Corruption Defense Policy Democrats Foreign Aid Hillary Clinton Iraq Military Multi-National Corporations Regulation Terrorism TPP Trade Deal War Leave a comment

“Progressive” Activist Groups Endorse Hillary, Expose Politics Eclipsing Policy

January 19, 2016 2016 Primary Bernie Sanders Corporatism Democrats Environment Environmental Policy Environmental Protection gay rights Hillary Clinton Labor Rights Partisan Fighting Policy Political Primary Unions 4 Comments

Politifact Declares Trump Liar of the Year, Overlooks the Fact that the Entire Modern GOP is Based on Lies

January 7, 2016 2016 Election 2016 Primary Donald Trump extremism Insane Republicans Media Partisan Fighting Republicans Tea Party 1 Comment

The 5th GOP Debate: Mindless Brutality, Calls to Commit War Crimes, and Fact-Free Bloviating

December 16, 2015 Civil Rights Conservative Constitution Donald Trump extremism International Relations ISIS Partisan Fighting Racism Republicans Tea Party Ted Cruz Terrorism War War Crimes 25 Comments

The Modern GOP: Ignorant, Extreme, and Proud of It

November 3, 2015 2016 Election 2016 Primary Elections Insane Republicans Partisan Fighting Policy Republicans Tax Policy Tea Party 23 Comments

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