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Corporations are an Existential Threat to Democrats

Last update February 26, 2020Leave a Comment

Joe Biden pontificated about the existential threat of climate change during the Nevada Democratic debate. Bernie Sanders used the same phrase in South Carolina. I don’t know how many progressive voters or politicians even know what “existential” means, but corporations are definitely an existential threat to Democrats, especially the party’s progressive wing.

Filed Under: Big Government Tagged With: Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren

Candidate for Losers Wants to Make Government Your God

Last update February 23, 2020Leave a Comment

I’m sorry Bernie, but it’s hard for me to listen to what you have to say and still think of you as one of us. You campaign as a Democrat but call yourself a socialist. The media calls you a progressive.

Filed Under: Elections Tagged With: Bernie Sanders

Black and Brown People are Favorite Liberal Casualties

Last update January 29, 2020Leave a Comment

How did “black and brown people” sneak up on us? We hear this phrase from liberal Democrats all the time. If these words came from a Republican they would be criticized as patronizing and more likely deemed racist, but this is liberal speak and not conservative speak.

Filed Under: Race in America Tagged With: Elizabeth Warren

Why Democrats Lost the 2020 Presidential Election

Last update January 20, 2020Leave a Comment

I’m not going to waste my time or yours pondering what might happen this November. Let’s jump ahead eleven months and be done with it. Trump won.

This post is about why Democrats lost the 2020 presidential election. It’s not a difficult thing to explain.

Filed Under: Elections Tagged With: Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Joe Biden

Unethical Business? Legal Weed Joins Gambling, Corruption

Last update April 4, 2020Leave a Comment

Everyone in America saw what happened the day 410 ILCS 705/ became law. Long lines trailed down streets leading up to Illinois’ legal weed dispensaries under siege by too many eager New Year’s Day customers. We heard about too-long waits, enormous crowds, and incredible enthusiasm over being able to purchase something people in most states still go to jail for.

Filed Under: Illinois

Politics in 2019 Explained With These Four Words

Last update January 7, 2020Leave a Comment

Four words from Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar explain our politics in 2019. It was a tumultuous year for sure, but worse than the unprecedented anger between left and right were the limits the left explored to test the boundaries of our values.

Filed Under: American Ideals and Values Tagged With: Democrats, Donald Trump

Our Messiah is Not This Pretentious Democratic Party

Last update January 7, 2020Leave a Comment

The mantle of responsibility fell hard on the Democratic Party. Perhaps it was the Christmas season that caused members to frame their latest undertaking in messianic terms, as if the democratic republic they are sworn to save will vanish from the face of the earth if they don’t do the wrong thing.

Filed Under: Government Ethics Tagged With: Democrats

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