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The Republican Party, the party supported by nearly 90% of evangelical Christians and an overwhelming majority of those who have "accepted Jesus Christ as their personal savior," those constantly pushing for "Religious Freedom" and bemoaning the "War On Christmas" and the evils of liberal secularism, are busy this Christmas season. One would think, with all … Continue reading GOP Wages War on True Meaning of Christmas
Despite more than 14 American leaders targeted in an attempted mass assassination, despite 11 people murdered in their place of worship, despite 2 people gunned down in KY simply because they are black, Trump, the inciter of ALL this violence, is out still ginning up fear, AND pitching that the economy will be harmed if … Continue reading How much is a point of GDP growth worth to you?
In the last two days, bombs were sent to at least seven Democrats who have specifically been the subject of relentless, false and vicious attacks by Trump. After three years of rallies encouraging violence, and casting those who received bombs as a clear and present danger to the American way of life, last night at … Continue reading Bombs, Fake News and Soul Searching
“What they’re really trying to do is trap him into perjury, and we’re not suckers.” “They might have a completely different version of the truth than us.” And on and on and on. Guiliani, Hannity, Limbaugh, Ingram, those buffoons on Fox and Friends, a long list of flag-wrapped GOP Congressmen who would sell not just … Continue reading The Perjury Trap Trap
Here we go again... The GOP (and now Trump) have been beating the Democrats into a minority since Reagan/Gingrich with one simple formula that the Dems simply cannot or will not emulate or improve upon. It is genius in it's simplicity WHEN APPLIED RELENTLESSLY, which the GOP does, over and over again: Focus on the … Continue reading The DNC/Democrats Give Trump A Great Economy
On the heels of the Helsinki Summit, even some on the right are publicly saying "Trump is compromised," meaning Putin/Russia have compromising info on Trump and are blackmailing him to make him do what Putin wants (make NATO weaker, cause economic and political havoc, let Russia have free reign in Syria, etc). This is entirely … Continue reading Why Does Trump Treat Putin This Way – Helsinki Summary
In 1997 Barry Levinson released the movie "Wag The Dog" in which a fictional President and his staff created a fake war to distract from the President's sex scandal. About one month later the Bill Clinton/Monica Lewinski scandal broke, and a short time later, Bill Clinton bombed a pharmaceutical factory in Sudan they accused of … Continue reading Wagging The Dog: Clinton, Trump & Bombing Bad Guys
Now that both the GOP / Nunes memo and the Democratic / Schiff memo on the FBI, DOJ, and FISA warrants on Carter Page are out, here’s a quick summary of the salient points: FBI knew Page was being recruited by Russian intelligence since 2014. They had enough evidence to gain a FISA surveillance warrant … Continue reading All you ned to know about FISA, the Steele Dossier, the GOP (Nunes) memo, and the Democrat (Schiff) memo
The GOP claim the private sector is always more efficient is not true. Waste and profit funnel much more away from providing services than when the government provides services.
There is AMPLE, lifetime evidence of Trump's racist statements and acts. Yet, also plenty of examples where he has treated people of a different race with preference, respect, loyalty, etc.
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