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Paul Krugman With Al Franken

Posted on September 20, 2022 by Trish Nelson

Krugman does the best job I’ve heard of succinctly explaining the student debt crisis and why student loan forgiveness is the right thing to do. That and more in this well worth your time podcast.

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Can Deidre DeJear Win? The Answer Is Yes!

Posted on July 27, 2022 by Paul Deaton

I attended enough events and got enough one-on-one time with Deidre DeJear – both during her current campaign and when she ran for Secretary of State – to know she would be a good governor. When I compare her to … Continue reading →

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Robert Reich: Racism Is Profitable

Posted on September 19, 2020 by Dave Bradley

The above video is from Robert Reich’s Inequality Media. This video ties in to a degree with the previous post on how labor has been exploited especially since the mid 1970s. Lyndon Johnson many years ago made an astute observation … Continue reading →

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Being Racist

Posted on July 22, 2020 by Paul Deaton

We have to look at ourselves in the mirror and consider whether we are racist. It’s not easy to do in the best of circumstances. Dictionaries consistently define a racist as someone who has a notion that one’s own ethnic … Continue reading →

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You Want a Confederate Monument?  My Body Is a Confederate Monument

Posted on July 5, 2020 by Dave Bradley

Right at the time of renewed racial tensions in the USA comes this short and very gritty look at an aspect of the relics of the Civil War that few ever think of. Reading this really opened some channels of … Continue reading →

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Why Racism?

Posted on July 25, 2019 by Paul Deaton

Racism is a feature of the Trump administration geared toward activating marginal voters who support his racist statements to get them to vote to elect Republicans, posits Thom Hartmann in the clip below. “When Trump said this he knew exactly … Continue reading →

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Why Condemn King Now?

Posted on January 19, 2019 by Dave Bradley

A 3 minute videos from just before the midterm election. At that time King was a campaign co-chair for Kim Reynolds. Reynolds refused to disavow King at that time. She won with votes from King’s district. Political opportunism, anyone? We … Continue reading →

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Random Thoughts At Thanksgiving

Posted on November 28, 2015 by Dave Bradley

Letting the old mind idle for the holiday: Terry Branstad panders once again Let’s face it Iowans, this guy is a far right winger; he just sounds better than most when he does things like this: After joining in the … Continue reading →

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Confederate Flag: Heritage And Hate

Posted on August 5, 2015 by bfiaralphscharnau

Slavery and Jim Crow discrimination cast a long shadow on American society. Racial hatred remains a potent force in our society, as a recent horrific event reminds us. On June 17, a white gunman massacred nine blacks in a Charleston … Continue reading →

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Decentralized and United we stand, Divided We Fail

Posted on April 24, 2012 by bfiaguestwriter

[by David Van Thournout] I want to talk to my democrat friends who are in the fight to help Obama win in 2012. One person, even if he’s the president, can’t really change things in America. But I still believe … Continue reading →

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