Monthly Archives: November 2019

Book Review: The Hidden History Of The Supreme Court

Posted on November 30, 2019 by Paul Deaton

The Hidden History of the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of America by Thom Hartmann is a quick but important read for people who want to review the history of the Supreme Court. At 168 pages, the book takes readers … Continue reading →

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How Corporations Swallowed Family Farms In Iowa

Posted on November 29, 2019 by Trish Nelson

This from The Guardian: How America’s food giants swallowed the family farms. Across the midwest, the rise of factory farming is destroying rural communities. And the massive corporations behind this devastation are now eyeing a post-Brexit UK market.  Semi-automated pig … Continue reading →

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Thanksgiving Impeachment Conversation Tips

Posted on November 28, 2019 by Trish Nelson
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Stacey Abrams Retains Greg Palast Team To Fight Georgia’s Voter Purge In Court

Posted on November 27, 2019 by Trish Nelson

Stacey Abrams Hires Palast Investigations Team for Massive Federal Suit to Restore Voting Rights By Greg Palast Stacey Abrams’ non-profit Fair Fight has retained the Palast Investigations team experts to provide court testimony, based on our six years of investigation, … Continue reading →

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Trump’s Blatant Lying A Power Display; Media Continues To Display Cluelessness

Posted on November 26, 2019 by Trish Nelson

Any of this sound familiar? http://www.openculture.com/2017/01/hannah-arendt-explains-how-propaganda-uses-lies-to-erode-all-truth-morality.html “In an ever-changing, incomprehensible world the masses had reached the point where they would, at the same time, believe everything and nothing, think that everything was possible and nothing was true… The totalitarian mass … Continue reading →

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Six Democratic Candidates To Participate In Storm Lake Forum On Workers Rights

Posted on November 25, 2019 by Trish Nelson

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/21/democratic-presidential-forum-workers-rights-iowa The forum takes place  two months before the critical Iowa caucus, on Saturday, December 7 at 2 pm and will feature candidates Joe Biden, Steve Bullock, Pete Buttigieg, Kamala Harris, Amy Klobuchar and Bernie Sanders. All the Presidential candidates … Continue reading →

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Sunday Funday: Happy Thanksgiving Edition

Posted on November 24, 2019 by Dave Bradley

One thing to be thankful for this week – A new Randy Rainbow video (4 minutes): I do no know about you folks, but I could use a break to try to touch base with normal for a few days. … Continue reading →

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Revisiting the New Deal And Taxes

Posted on November 24, 2019 by Dave Bradley

Many parallels have been drawn between the coming election year and the 1932 election year. In 1932 the country and the world were in dire financial straits with people starving across the globe. While that is not true today we … Continue reading →

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Robert Reich: The Real Deal With Medicare for All

Posted on November 23, 2019 by Dave Bradley

As usual from Robert Reich a simple and straight forward explanation of an issue that opponents of Medicare for All will do all they can to scare you with massive price tags and frightening lies about health care crises. 5 … Continue reading →

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So Much Of This Still Applies

Posted on November 23, 2019 by Dave Bradley

Harry Truman Stump Speech of 1948. He gave the Republicans a much deserved hell: As you read along, just be aware that this speech is still quite relevant. A change of a word here and there and Voila! A great … Continue reading →

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