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Tag Archives: Defense Policy

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

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

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

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

The 2016 Fox GOP Debate: Extremism and Ignorance on Parade

August 8, 2015 2016 Election christian right Defense Policy Foreign Policy Health Policy Immigration Policy Partisan Fighting Policy political candidates Tax Policy Tea Party 5 Comments

Silence as Thousands of Civilians Die in the Middle East and a Blockade Impoverishes a Nation

July 10, 2015 Defense Policy International Relations Israel Media Middle East Military Racism Terrorism War Leave a comment

A Simple Plan to Cut Military Waste and Reallocate Funds to Programs that Actually Benefit Americans

April 8, 2015 Budget Corporatism Defense Policy Economics education Military Policy Poverty War Leave a comment

GOP Senators Try to Undermine Obama on Iran, American Credibility becomes Collateral Damage

March 12, 2015 Defense Policy extremism Foreign Policy Insane Republicans International Relations Iran National Security Obama Republicans War Leave a comment

DHS Shutdown Looms, GOP Remains Intransigent

February 24, 2015 Defense Policy extremism Immigration Policy Insane Republicans Law and Order National Security Partisan Fighting Republicans Undocumented Immigration 6 Comments

2014: The Year We Wish Could Be Redone

January 2, 2015 2014 Election Bush Civil Rights Criminal Justice Defense Policy Discrimination Ebola Health Policy ISIS Law and Order Media Net Neutrality Partisan Fighting Police Brutality Terrorism Torture Voting 6 Comments

Senate Torture Report Gives Horrifying View into the American Torture Regime

December 12, 2014 CIA Civil Rights Defense Policy International Relations Terrorism Torture War Crimes 2 Comments

Obama Administration Releases Memo Explaining why they Claim to be able to Kill Americans Extra-Judicially

June 23, 2014 4th Amendment Civil Rights Defense Policy Drones Due Process Foreign Policy Terrorism 1 Comment

The Yearly Death Toll from the Republican Refusal to Expand Medicaid is the Equivalent to Nearly 1500 Benghazi Attacks

May 9, 2014 Benghazi Conservative Defense Policy Foreign Policy Health Policy ObamaCare Partisan Fighting Republicans Tea Party Terrorism 2 Comments

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

Torture Fails to Produce Results and the CIA Lies, Big Surprise

April 2, 2014 CIA Civil Rights Constitution Defense Policy extremism Foreign Policy International Relations Police State spying Terrorism Torture Transparency 2 Comments

The Hidden National Security Threat: Dark Money Corruption

March 25, 2014 Corporatism Corruption Defense Policy Elections Military military waste Money in Politics Privatization Voting Wolf-PAC 2 Comments

Breaking Down Obama’s Suggested NSA “Reforms”

January 19, 2014 1st Amendment Civil Rights Constitution Criminal Justice Defense Policy Domestic Surveillance Edward Snowden FBI Foreign Policy Law and Order Libertarian NSA Obama Policy spying Supreme Court Terrorism Whistleblower 2 Comments

New Videos: The Pope, Drones, Military Waste, Hidden Guns, and Droughts

December 5, 2013 Budget Conservative Constitution Corporatism Corruption Defense Policy Democrats Economics Environment extremism Foreign Policy Gun Control Inequality International Relations Law and Order Libertarian Military military waste Pope Francis Religion in Politics Republicans Terrorism War 7 Comments

Preliminary Deal Diffuses Iranian Proliferation Conflict

November 27, 2013 Defense Policy Diplomacy Foreign Policy International Relations Iran Military Nuclear Weapons United Nations War 1 Comment

Videos: Teacher Sentenced to 30 Days for Raping Student, The Dangers of Individual Extremist Politicians, NYPD Spies on Mosques

September 2, 2013 4th Amendment Criminal Justice Defense Policy Domestic Surveillance Inequality NYPD Racism spying Terrorism 1 Comment

Syria: Another Middle Eastern Quagmire for the USA

August 28, 2013 Defense Policy Foreign Policy International Relations Syria Terrorism War 6 Comments

A Seven Point Progressive Policy Agenda: Part II

August 27, 2013 Civil Rights Defense Policy Drug War Environment Health Policy Policy Progressive Supreme Court Torture Voting Rights War Crimes warrantless wiretaps 3 Comments

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