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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 Progressive Cynic’s Case for Bernie Sanders: Part #2

January 27, 2016 2016 Election 2016 Primary Bernie Sanders Civil Rights Economics Educational Policy Health Policy Hillary Clinton Progressive student loans Tax Policy Taxation 7 Comments

The Progressive Cynic’s Case for Bernie Sanders: Part #1

January 26, 2016 2016 Election 2016 Primary Bernie Sanders Civil Rights Constitution Criminal Justice Discrimination gay rights gender equality Hillary Clinton Immigration Policy Inequality marriage equality Policy political candidates Progressive Racism Women's Rights 1 Comment

The Progressive Case for Free Speech and Opposing “Social Justice” Censorship

January 21, 2016 1st Amendment Civil Rights Conservative Constitution extremism freedom of speech gay rights Media Media Freedom Progressive Racism Undocumented Immigration 12 Comments

“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

Hillary’s Lies About Single-Payer Healthcare Insult the Intelligence of Democrats

January 14, 2016 2016 Election 2016 Primary Bernie Sanders Conservative Democrats Health Policy Hillary Clinton Partisan Fighting Policy 12 Comments

Somebody Needs to go to Jail for Poisoning Flint’s Water Supply

January 8, 2016 Austerity Corruption Criminal Justice democracy Environment Environmental Policy Environmental Protection 10 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

SCOTUS to Decide Meaning of “One Person, One Vote”

December 10, 2015 2016 Election Corruption democracy Discrimination Disenfranchisement Elections extremism Racism Supreme Court Undocumented Immigration Voter Disenfranchisement Voting Voting Rights 1 Comment

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

At Thanksgiving, we Must Remember the Plight of the Refugee and Our History

November 26, 2015 Civil Rights Conservative Current Events Foreign Policy Immigration Policy ISIS Racism Terrorism War Leave a 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

The GOP’s War on Middle-Age Whites…No, Really

November 7, 2015 Corporatism Corruption Economics extremism Health Policy Insane Republicans Policy Racism Republicans Social Conservative Taxation Tea Party 4 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

Democrats and Progressives Should Hope that Bush Wins the GOP Primary

October 26, 2015 2016 Election Campaigns Conservative Corporatism Corruption Current Events extremism Insane Republicans Racism Republicans 1 Comment

Comparing Higher Education Reform Platforms: Bernie and Hillary

October 23, 2015 2016 Election Bernie Sanders Democrats education Hillary Clinton Policy Progressive Tax Policy 2 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

Incarcerated and Incapacitated: The Failing State of Healthcare in Our Prison System

October 2, 2015 8th Amendment ALEC Civil Rights Constitution Corporate Greed Criminal Justice Guest Post Health Policy Legal Injustice Prison Private Prisons Racism 1 Comment

House GOP Continues Grandstanding Against Planned Parenthood

September 30, 2015 Abortion Civil Rights Congress Current Events extremism Health Policy Planned Parenthood Religion in Politics Republicans Social Conservative Women's Rights 3 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

Pharmaceutical CEO Buys Patent to Life-Saving Drug, Raises Price by 5,500%

September 22, 2015 Big-Pharma Corporate Greed Health Policy 7 Comments

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

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