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Progressive Tactics: Unified Wordsmithing

November 19, 2014 Conservative Media Partisan Fighting Policy politics Progressive propaganda 20 Comments

The 2014 Election Disaster: What Now

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

The GOP has Become a Party of Endless Protest, with No Interest in Governing

September 18, 2014 Conservative Insane Republicans Partisan Fighting Policy Republicans Tea Party 2 Comments

Red America vs. Blue America: State Maps Illustrate the Difference

August 15, 2014 Conservative Health Policy Partisan Fighting Policy Progressive 41 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

Asymmetric Partisan Warfare in US Politics, Americans in the GOP’s Crossfire

May 15, 2014 Congress Conservative Corporatism Corruption Obstruction Partisan Fighting Policy Republicans Tea Party 9 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

The Most Ignored Fact in the Abortion Debate: Banning Abortion Doesn’t Reduce Abortion Rates, but We Know Which Policies Do

April 4, 2014 Abortion Birth Control Civil Rights Constitution Health Policy Partisan Fighting Policy Religion in Politics Social Conservative Women's Rights 10 Comments

Three Simple Reasons Why Religion is Incompatible with Democratic Governance

March 29, 2014 1st Amendment christian right Elections Policy Religion in Politics Social Conservative 9 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

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

A Weak Government Power Vacuum

December 11, 2013 Conservative Corporatism Corruption Deregulation Economic Crisis Libertarian Money in Politics Partisan Fighting Policy Regulation Republicans Leave a comment

Fear, Guns, and Racism

November 25, 2013 2nd Amendment Civil Rights Conservative extremism Gun Control Law and Order nra Policy Racism Regulation 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

Our Mixed Economic System

November 18, 2013 capitalism Conservative Democrats Economics extremism mixed economy Partisan Fighting Policy politics Poverty Progressive Republicans Social Security socialism Taxation Welfare 2 Comments

Immigration and the Do Less than Nothing Congress

November 13, 2013 2012 Election Campaigns Conservative Democrats extremism Immigration Policy Obama Obstruction Policy Republicans Undocumented Immigration 1 Comment

Partisan Differences in the Definition of “Big Government”

November 6, 2013 Civil Rights Conservative Democrats Libertarian Partisan Fighting Policy Progressive Regulation Religion in Politics Republicans Tea Party 5 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

A Seven Point Progressive Policy Agenda: Part I

August 26, 2013 Corruption Deregulation Environment Glass-Steagall Money in Politics Policy Progressive Regulation Revolving Door Tax Policy Taxation Voting Voting Rights Wolf-PAC 2 Comments

Franken-Vaccines: Is the Cure Worse than the Disease?

August 11, 2013 FDA GMOs Health Policy Policy Regulation Vaccines 3 Comments

American Democracy is Terminally Ill

July 1, 2013 Campaigns Corporatism democracy Deregulation Policy Regulation Supreme Court Voting Voting Rights Wolf-PAC 1 Comment

Note to the GOP: Simply Passing Protest Legislation isn’t Actually Governing

June 20, 2013 Congress Conservative Legislature Obstruction Policy Republicans 1 Comment

How the GOP Weaponized Ignorance

June 19, 2013 Conservative Elections Partisan Fighting Policy Republicans Tea Party 5 Comments

The Shameful “Monsanto Protection Act”

April 19, 2013 Corporatism Corruption Deregulation Money in Politics Monsanto Policy Leave a comment

Americans Fear Foreign Terrorism but Ignore the More Deadly Domestic Gun-Murder Epidemic

April 12, 2013 2nd Amendment Conservative Gun Control nra Policy Regulation Republicans Terrorism 6 Comments

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