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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

“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

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

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

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

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

The GOP’s Position on Immigration is Farcical, Extreme, and an Anchor Around its Neck

August 25, 2015 2016 Election Discrimination Elections Immigration Policy Insane Republicans Partisan Fighting Policy Political Primary Racism Republicans Tea Party Undocumented Immigration 2 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

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

The GOP’s Fact-Free Primary Cage Fight Illustrates Fatal Flaw in Party Strategy

July 28, 2015 2016 Election Elections extremism Media Partisan Fighting Policy Racism Republicans Tea Party 2 Comments

Shocking and Ominous Statistics on Economic Inequality

July 16, 2015 Austerity Budget Corporate Greed Corporatism Corruption Debt Economic Crisis Economics education Inequality Policy Racism 7 Comments

CDC Report on Opiate Epidemic: Since 2002, Addiction up by 63% and Overdoses up by 387%

July 8, 2015 Criminal Justice Discrimination Drug War Health Policy Police Police State Policy Regulation 1 Comment

Hillary Starts to “Feel the Bern”

July 7, 2015 2016 Election Bernie Sanders Campaigns Corporatism Current Events Democrats Elections Hillary Clinton Media Money in Politics Partisan Fighting Policy political candidates Progressive 2 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

The 2016 GOP Primary Clown Car Arrives, Releases a Flood of Lunatics and Embarrassments – Part 1

June 8, 2015 2016 Election christian right Conservative extremism Insane Republicans Jeb Bush Neo-Conservatives Policy Political Primary Religion in Politics Republicans Social Conservative Tea Party 4 Comments

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

Making Fines and Fees Less Regressive

March 19, 2015 Criminal Justice Economics Inequality Policy Progressive Taxation 3 Comments

Education is Under Attack in the USA

February 18, 2015 education extremism Partisan Fighting Policy propaganda Republicans Tea Party 12 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 Cynicism of a Suddenly Progressive Democratic Minority

January 20, 2015 2014 Election Conservative Democrats Partisan Fighting Policy Progressive propaganda 3 Comments

The Conservative Formula: Simplicity, Absolutism and Repetition

December 9, 2014 Democrats Media Partisan Fighting Policy Progressive propaganda Republicans 9 Comments

Progressive Tactics: Unified Wordsmithing Part II

November 24, 2014 Deregulation Environment Media Policy Progressive propaganda Tax Policy 3 Comments

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