DAVOS-More Shadow Plays by the Super-Rich (Reposted)
Davos Manifesto vs. OXFAM JAanuary 2023 Briefing Paper, Survival of the Richest The revised 2020 Davos (aka, World Economic Forum/WEF) Manifesto sounds like a reasonable …
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Getting Out the Vote (Reposted)
“The only way to save democracy is to vote for Democrats in the fall. And I say that as an ex-Republican turned independent. It doesn’t …
Bidenomics and Democracy WORK (Reposted)
The following is Heather Cox Richardson’s Letter from an American, Dec. 30, 2023, copied here with her permission. It’s important, in case you didn’t read …
‘Going Everywhere’ Now Restricted, Reason Silenced: Book Banning in Schools (Reposted)
“Logic will get you from a to b. Imagination will take you everywhere.” Albert Einstein, @ 1948 “…he who destroys a good book, kills reason …
Fascism: A Warning for the Present (Reposted)
My sister recommended a book to me the other day, and I was able to download it to my Kindle from the library that same …
Hypocrisy on Steroids (Reposted)
Yes, I know, there has always been some hypocrisy exhibited by politicians of all parties, but the current times are beyond belief. The Republican party, …
Questioning the Judicial Integrity of the Supreme Court-1 (Reposted)
The current Roberts Court, with its so-called originalists, better named the far-right ideologues, has shown in its decisions its actual disdain for legal precedent and …
Truth v. Scandal (reposted)
How many of you saw/heard President Biden’s October 21st message that he delivered from the Roosevelt Room of the White House, either directly or in …
GOP Cut, Cut, Cut, Under Trump (Reposted)
What’s being cut may mean you can’t even afford a turkey next year! Tax cuts (but these are for the already wealthy) and health care …