"Legitimate Rape" Revisited: Romney, Tax Havens and Elite Domination
Mitt Romney praised the use of tax havens to dodge U.S. taxes because it helps big corporations—and their wealthy shareholders in the top 1% (himself included)—to succeed financially. That success...
View ArticleWho Bought CNN's Democratic Debate?
The most shocking part of CNN's livestream of the Democratic Party debate on Tuesday were the commercials. The advertisers included Lockheed Martin touting the incredibly costly, but dubious F-35...
View ArticleWas the Arizona Primary Just a Rehearsal for the General Election?
There is strong, preliminary evidence that Arizona officials violated voting rights in the March 22 primary election in two ways:Restricting polling places, primarily in Maricopa County, to suppress...
View ArticleWhy Howard Dean Is Wrong
Howard Dean tries to discount contributions by corporate lobbyists for fossil fuel corporations to Hillary Clinton’s campaign by arguing (1) they are not really corporate employees, (2) they may lobby...
View ArticleReport from Voting Early Today in Milwaukee
At 7:08 am, my wife and I arrived to vote at Precinct 132, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, on the Upper East Side of Milwaukee. This polling place is five blocks south of the University of Wisconsin...
View ArticleQuist Campaign Bringing Democrats Together
As noted by others, Rob Quist has a real chance on May 25 to win Montana’s single congressional seat vacated by Ryan Zinke. One good sign for Quist’s campaign is that as of now, Daily Kos, Bernie...
View ArticleTexas Primary Silence on Daily Kos, Why?
The headline is my question. Why is there no coverage or discussion of the Texas primary on Daily Kos, either last night or this morning?
View ArticleWhy impeach Trump now? It is about a free and fair 2020 election.
This morning Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) did a good job defending the Democratic House position on impeachment in an NPR interview with Nicole King. However, he did not provide as clear and convincing...
View ArticleTrump's COVID-19 Response Falls Short in Milwaukee
While Trump and Pence extol the supposed success of their COVID-19 efforts, actual facts on the ground—at least in Milwaukee—tell a different story. The first three accounts below are taken from news...
View ArticleConnect the Dots: An Emerging Coup?
It’s Monday, Nov. 9. Here are today’s developments:Trump fires a Secretary of Defense who reportedly opposed using the military to quell domestic unrest. (This may not be a crazed act by Trump, but the...
View ArticleQuestion for Attorneys: Is There a Path to Dissolution of the RNC?
Others have already written about the potential political consequences of the Republican National Committee (RNC) referring to the January 6 insurrection as “legitimate political discourse.” See Kerry...
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