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Category Archives: Privatization

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

Breaking Down the GOP Health Insurance Proposal: Who will Benefit and Who will be Hurt

March 8, 2017 Austerity Conservative Donald Trump Economics extremism Health Policy Inequality Medicare ObamaCare Policy Republicans 2 Comments

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

Betsy Devos Confirmed as Secretary of Education, Iceberg Ahead for American Students and Teachers

February 7, 2017 Corporatism Corruption Deregulation Donald Trump Educational Policy extremism Privatization Regulation Religion in Politics schools Leave a comment

Translating the GOP’s Obamacare Replacement Talking Points

January 30, 2017 Corporatism Donald Trump Health Policy ObamaCare Policy Privatization Regulation Republicans 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
November 15, 2016 Abortion Civil Rights Donald Trump Educational Policy Environment Environmental Policy Environmental Protection EPA Health Policy Immigration Policy Policy Pollution Tax Policy Taxation Undocumented Immigration Women's Rights 5 Comments

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

ObamaCare Premiums Increase and Choices Decrease, Signals Time for Major Push Towards Single Payer

October 26, 2016 Bernie Sanders Health Policy Inequality Obama ObamaCare Policy Privatization Progressive Leave a comment

DOJ Announces a Reduction in its Private Prison Usage…With One Enormous Caveat

August 23, 2016 Corruption Criminal Justice DOJ Immigration Policy lobbying Private Prisons Privatization Undocumented Immigration 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

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

Guest Post: The Flint Water Crisis: A Democratic Opportunity

February 25, 2016 Democrats Environment Environmental Policy Environmental Protection Flint Michigan Health Policy Inequality Partisan Fighting Pollution Racism Republicans 2 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

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

Chester Uplands County: Charter Schools Waste Thousands, Public School Teachers Agree to Work for Free

September 9, 2015 Austerity Conservative Corporate Greed Corporatism Corruption Current Events Discrimination education Inequality Partisan Fighting Policy Privatization 3 Comments

Don’t Get Distracted by Political Feuding, the GOP Field is Unified Behind a Host of Awful Ideas

August 20, 2015 2016 Election Civil Rights Conservative Corporatism Corruption Environmental Policy extremism Immigration Policy Insane Republicans Partisan Fighting Policy Republicans Tax Policy 3 Comments

Fast Track Nears Passage for Trans-Pacific Power Grab

June 24, 2015 Civil Rights Corporatism Corruption Democrats Deregulation Economics Environmental Protection International Relations Internet Freedom Money in Politics Multi-National Corporations Policy Regulation Republicans Tax Policy TPP Trade Deal worker's rights 2 Comments

Kansas Schools Shut Down Early to Pay for Tax Cuts on the Rich/Corporations

April 27, 2015 Austerity Budget Conservative education extremism Inequality Republicans Taxation Leave a comment

The Audition for the 2016 Right Wing Corporate Lap-Dog has Real Consequences

February 27, 2015 2016 Election Corruption Educational Policy Elections Environmental Policy Money in Politics Partisan Fighting Republicans Tax Policy 3 Comments

Reaganomics or Rigonomics? The Right Wing’s Nonfactual Economic Ideology

February 9, 2015 Conservative Deregulation Economic Crisis Economics Tax Policy Trickle Down Economics 2 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

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