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Category Archives: Defense Policy

Truth Against the Machine Article: Corporatists in Both Parties use Identity Politics as a Shield

March 29, 2017 Abortion Corporate Greed Corporate Welfare Corporatism Corruption Dark Money Immigration Policy Money in Politics Multi-National Corporations Partisan Fighting Policy Racism Leave a comment

Trump’s 1st Month in Office: A Rolling Catastrophe and International Embarrassment

February 23, 2017 Civil Rights Conservative Corporatism Corruption Donald Trump Educational Policy Environment extremism Immigration Policy Policy Racism Tax Policy Leave a comment

President Trump Takes Office Today…Welcome to the Era of Idiocracy

January 20, 2017 Civil Rights Conservative Corporate Greed Corporatism Corruption Defense Policy Donald Trump Economic Crisis Educational Policy Environmental Policy Environmental Protection extremism Foreign Policy Health Policy Immigration Policy Insane Republicans Policy Tax Policy 1 Comment

Beware the Intelligence Establishment Escalating Tensions with Russia

December 16, 2016 2016 Election CIA Conspiracy Theories Donald Trump Foreign Policy Hillary Clinton International Relations Iraq National Security Russia Voting 1 Comment

12 Nightmarish Consequences of a Donald Trump Presidency – Part 1

November 14, 2016 Civil Rights Conservative Defense Policy Donald Trump Educational Policy Environment Environmental Policy Environmental Protection extremism Foreign Policy global climate change Health Policy Immigration Policy Partisan Fighting Policy Racism Supreme Court Tax Policy Torture 1 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

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

In Aftermath of Istanbul Terror, Trump wants us to Become More like ISIS

June 30, 2016 Civil Rights Donald Trump extremism Insane Republicans ISIS Islam Terrorism Torture War War Crimes 1 Comment

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

Terrorist Kills 50 in Shooting Rampage at Orlando Nightclub, Extremism a Real Danger in the Aftermath

June 12, 2016 2nd Amendment Civil Rights Domestic Surveillance Domestic Terrorism Donald Trump extremism Gun Control guns ISIS Islam Law and Order Racism Terrorism War 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

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

Rex Iverson’s Death Illustrates True “American Exceptionalism”

February 29, 2016 Defense Policy education Educational Policy Health Policy Inequality Policy Prison Privatization propaganda Tax Policy Taxation 5 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

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

Donald Trump Pushes Fascism, GOP Cheers

December 8, 2015 14th Amendment 1st Amendment 2016 Election 2016 Primary 4th Amendment christian right Civil Rights Conservative Constitution Donald Trump extremism Immigration Policy ISIS Racism Religion in Politics Tea Party Terrorism 8 Comments

Terrorists Attack San Bernardino, What are the Ramifications?

December 5, 2015 Criminal Justice Discrimination Domestic Terrorism extremism Gun Control guns ISIS Islam National Security Racism Religion in Politics Terrorism 7 Comments

The COP21 Conference: Putting the Threat of Climate Change into Perspective

December 2, 2015 climate effects of climate change Environment Environmental Policy Environmental Protection Foreign Policy global climate change Health Policy International Relations ISIS Regulation Terrorism 1 Comment

ISIS Attacks Paris, France and the USA Must Not Repeat the Mistakes of 9/11

November 16, 2015 Criminal Justice Current Events Domestic Surveillance extremism Islam Religion in Politics Terrorism War 52 Comments

First Democratic Debate a Return to Political Sanity, Media Drops Ball in Covering It

October 15, 2015 2016 Election 2016 Primary Bernie Sanders Campaigns Corporatism Criminal Justice Current Events Defense Policy Democrats Economics Elections Foreign Policy Hillary Clinton Immigration Policy Media Policy Progressive Tax Policy Voting 2 Comments

CNN’s GOP Debate Nightmare: Xenophobia, Voodoo Economics, and Ignorance on Parade

September 23, 2015 2016 Election 2016 Primary Abortion Campaigns Conservative Constitution Corporatism Corruption Economics extremism Foreign Policy Insane Republicans Policy political candidates Political Debate Racism Religion in Politics Republicans Social Conservative Tax Policy Tea Party Women's Rights Leave a comment

Syria is Just the Prelude to a Much Greater Climate-Driven Refugee Crisis

September 14, 2015 climate effects of climate change Environment Foreign Policy global climate change International Relations War 1 Comment

DOD Manual Declares that Military Officers have Power to Detain Journalists as “Unprivileged Belligerents”

August 26, 2015 1st Amendment Civil Rights Constitution Criminal Justice freedom of speech Indefinite Detention Media Media Freedom Military Police State Terrorism War War Crimes 2 Comments

Chelsea Manning Faces Indefinite Solitary Confinement for Possessing Toothpaste and Magazines

August 13, 2015 Civil Rights Constitution Criminal Justice Discrimination International Relations Legal Injustice Military Police State Prison spying Terrorism Whistleblower 6 Comments

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