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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

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

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

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 GOP’s 2015 Plan: Burn Society’s Bridges

January 27, 2015 Corporate Greed Corporatism Corruption Deregulation Insane Republicans Partisan Fighting Policy Republicans Tax Policy Taxation Trickle Down Economics 3 Comments

The 2014 Election Disaster: What Now

November 5, 2014 2014 Election democracy Democrats Economics Elections Partisan Fighting Policy political candidates Republicans 48 Comments

On Labor Day, Remember the Plight of American Workers

September 1, 2014 Corporate Greed Economics Inequality Labor Rights Unemployment Unions worker's rights 1 Comment

The Purge Anarchy: Social Commentary on the NRA, Austerity and Class Warfare

July 24, 2014 2nd Amendment Class Warfare Criminal Justice extremism guns Inequality Legal Injustice Media nra Racism 12 Comments

Republicans Trade Short-Term Economic Gains for Long-Term Losses

July 14, 2014 Austerity Economic Crisis Economics education Health Policy Insane Republicans Partisan Fighting Policy Republicans Tea Party Trickle Down Economics 1 Comment

Is the USA Center-Right? An Issue-by-Issue Breakdown

May 2, 2014 Abortion Conservative Defense Policy global climate change Gun Control Health Policy Immigration Policy Inequality Partisan Fighting Policy political candidates Progressive Regulation Tax Policy Taxation Women's Rights 12 Comments

Magic Thinking and the GOP

March 19, 2014 Conservative Environment Gun Control Insane Republicans Partisan Fighting Policy Republicans Social Conservative Tea Party Voting 3 Comments

Bread, Circus, and the Complacency Before the Collapse

November 21, 2013 Campaigns Conservative Corporatism Corruption Democrats Deregulation Economics Environment extremism Inequality Money in Politics Policy Progressive Regulation Republicans Taxation Voting 10 Comments

The Flaw in Conservative Anti-Welfare Arguments

September 25, 2013 Budget Conservative Corporate Welfare Economics Food Stamps Inequality Poverty Republicans SNAP Welfare 2 Comments

Detroit, Belle Isle and Elysium

September 3, 2013 Economics Immigration Policy Inequality Legal Injustice Media Prediction 12 Comments

The Death of the American Dream (at least for 80% of us)

July 29, 2013 Austerity Democrats Deregulation Economics Inequality Poverty Regulation Republicans Tax Policy Taxation 2 Comments

Partisanship and the “Faith Gap”

June 5, 2013 2012 Election Democrats Partisan Fighting propaganda Republicans Tea Party Leave a comment

The Michigan GOP’s Anti-Union Blitz

December 12, 2012 ALEC Civil Rights Corporatism Corruption Inequality Jobs Money in Politics Partisan Fighting Policy Republicans Right to Work Unions 2 Comments

Stop Outsourcing by Creating a Global Minimum Wage for American Corporations

November 19, 2012 Economics Inequality minimum wage outsourcing Policy 8 Comments

A Plan for Debt

October 30, 2012 Debt Economics Inequality Progressive Unemployment 1 Comment

Why Conservatives Love “States’ Rights”

October 29, 2012 Campaigns Civil Rights Conservative Constitution Corporatism Corruption Deregulation Libertarian Money in Politics Partisan Fighting Policy Regulation Religion in Politics Republicans Social Conservative Tax Policy Tea Party Leave a comment

What American Conservatives Really Mean When they Say “Small Government”

October 28, 2012 1st Amendment Abortion Civil Rights Conservative Corporatism Corruption Defense Policy Deregulation Libertarian Money in Politics Policy Regulation Republicans Social Conservative Taxation 3 Comments

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