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Despair in America Helps Progressives Exploit Hope

Last update August 17, 2018Leave a Comment

When we give money to other countries through USAID one of our goals is to make it difficult for foreign governments to exploit despair. The United States is not a third world country. Quite the opposite is true. Is that why despair in America is made to be exploited instead of eliminated?

Lessons for Candidates to Remember From an Angry Summer

Last update August 11, 2018Leave a Comment

Midterm campaign season is getting ready to explode. These are the lessons for candidates who weren’t paying attention to this summer’s hot and ugly national climate: low unemployment is a failure, extremism is moderation, the rule of law depends on what party you belong to, and only the opposition’s Supreme Court nominees will legislate from the bench.

Federal Officers Rejected by Extremist Anti-ICE Democrats

Last update August 3, 2018Leave a Comment

Until now Democrats were long-time supporters of government workers and labor interests. They just finished blasting the Supreme Court for the Janus public sector union decision and Republican anti-union policies will factor hugely into the coming midterm elections. How do federal officers who are also union members factor into the party’s agenda? That question creates a huge conflict for extremist party members who will be forced to pander to unions and illegal immigrants to bring out the November vote.

Authoritarian Trump a Threat to Totalitarian Democrats

Last update July 27, 2018Leave a Comment

When a president oversteps his bounds there is always impeachment. Democrats have reminded us of that fact since January 20, 2017. When a political party takes over the legislature and the presidency there’s not a lot we can do until the next election. That’s what happened with Barack Obama and why we have a national health care system we can’t afford that doesn’t cover everyone Democrats claimed it would cover. Whether or not Trump is an authoritarian depends on your politics. One way or the other the people have an option we don’t have with an entrenched party of bullying progressives.

Progressive Health Agenda is Medicare Fraud for All

Last update July 20, 2018Leave a Comment

Medicare for all is the rallying cry for an election-ready progressive health agenda that forgot that the party of progressives already promised us a health care system for everybody. We didn’t get what we were promised. That doesn’t mean we won’t get more fraudulent guarantees.