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The Eastman Memo: Written proof of Trump’s attempt to replace our democracy with an autocracy

The Eastman Memo: Written proof of Trump’s attempt to replace our democracy with an autocracy

Posted by | Sep 26, 2021

On September 20, we learned that after last year’s election, John Eastman, a well-connected lawyer advising former president Donald Trump, outlined a six-point plan to overturn the outcome of the election and install Trump as America’s leader. They planned to cut the voters’ actual choice, Democrat Joe Biden, out of power: as Trump advisor Steve Bannon put it, they planned to “kill the Biden presidency in the crib.” This appears to have been the plan that Trump and his loyalists tried to execute on January 6. That is, we now have written proof of an attempt to destroy our...

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Financial Deadlines: Why the debt ceiling is being used as a tool to destroy a strong federal government

Financial Deadlines: Why the debt ceiling is being used as a tool to destroy a strong federal government

Posted by | Sep 23, 2021 |

The House of Representatives passed a funding bill on September 21 that would both keep the government from shutting down and prevent a default on the U.S. debt. The vote was 220 to 211, with all Democrats voting in favor and all Republicans voting against. There are two financial deadlines looming. One is the need for Congress to fund the government. In late December 2020, Congress passed a huge bill that, among other things, funded the government through September 30. The new fiscal year starts on October 1, and if the government is not funded, it will have to...

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The Two Santas Strategy: How the GOP has used an economic scam to manipulate Americans for 40 years

The Two Santas Strategy: How the GOP has used an economic scam to manipulate Americans for 40 years

Posted by | Sep 23, 2021

“The only thing wrong with the U.S. economy is the failure of the Republican Party to play Santa Claus.” – Jude Wanniski, March 6, 1976 The stock market is falling, in part a reaction to GOP threats to shut down the government: it’s all part of their plan. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen last week warned us that the GOP is about to use Jude Wanniski’s “Two Santa Clauses” fraud again to damage Biden’s economy and our standing in the world. And, sure enough, Mitch McConnell verified it when he said last week there would be “zero” Republican votes to raise...

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Power of the State: A departure from Ronald Reagan’s limited government to an absolute intrusion

Power of the State: A departure from Ronald Reagan’s limited government to an absolute intrusion

Posted by | Sep 23, 2021 |

I am old enough to remember when the Republican party stood for limited government and Ronald Reagan thundered “Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem.” Today’s Republican party, while still claiming to stand for limited government, is practicing just the opposite: government intrusion everywhere. Republican lawmakers are banning masks in schools. Iowa, Tennessee, Utah, Texas, Florida, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Arizona and South Carolina are prohibiting public schools from requiring students wear them. Republican states are on the way to outlawing abortions. Texas has just banned abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, before many women even...

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Milwaukee’s 2022 budget proposal depends on Federal pandemic funds to cover the absence of state support

Milwaukee’s 2022 budget proposal depends on Federal pandemic funds to cover the absence of state support

Posted by | Sep 22, 2021

Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett presented the Common Council with his 2022 budget on September 21, highlighting the fiscal challenges ahead due to the Republican-dominated state legislature’s refusal to give the city the tools it needs. The Milwaukee Common Council has until November 5 to make changes to Mayor Barrett’s budget proposal. It will also be the last budget drafted by the Mayor, as he is awaiting Senate confirmation to serve in the Biden administration as the new U.S. ambassador to Luxembourg. The proposed $1.7 billion budget for Milwaukee will be supported by $305.2 million in property taxes, up 2...

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Made in the USA: Homegrown terrorism has existed throughout American history

Made in the USA: Homegrown terrorism has existed throughout American history

Posted by | Sep 20, 2021

“This land is your land and this land is my land From California to the New York island From the redwood forest to the Gulf Stream waters This land was made for you and me” Woody Guthrie’s 1944 folk song In light of the twentieth anniversary of the September 11 terrorists attacks, most Americans memories of terrorism are related to that horrific day. I clearly remember that day as if it just happened. There are images and sounds from that day that will never leave my consciousness. However, we as Americans need to be clearly aware of two things....

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