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ALL ARTICLES, Health Care March 16, 2020

The Canadian Public Lab That Could Have Helped Fight COVID-19 Pandemic

The coronavirus outbreak may finally help expose the fallacy of the notion that the private marketplace is innately superior. By Linda McQuaig Toronto Star (3/11/20) Canada once had a publicly owned pharmaceutical company that could have made a difference in the current coronavirus crisis — except that we sold it. Connaught Labs was a superstar in global medicine. For seven decades, this publicly owned Canadian company performed brilliantly on the national and international stage, contributing to medical breakthroughs and developing affordable treatments and vaccines for deadly diseases. Hated by its corporate competitors, Connaught was unique among pharmaceutical companies in that its focus was on human…

ALL ARTICLES, American Fascism, American Socialist Tradition, Economic Injustice, FEATURE March 16, 2020

A Stinking Mess: Toilet Paper Wars And The Shithouse Of Capitalism

Looking out for number one, so you can continue to do your number twos in peace. By Simon Spring Common Dreams (3/15/20) The run on toilet paper has brought the failings of capitalism front and center to the bathroom of every house across Australia, a trend that has now spread to other countries. We are witnessing, in real-time and with stunning consequence, the stone-cold fact that markets are an ineffective mediator of resources, prone to the worst vagaries of herd mentality. Perceived impending shortages of toilet paper owing to the spread of COVID-19 set off widespread panic. We might be…

ALL ARTICLES, Economic Injustice, Health Care March 16, 2020

‘Grotesque Level of Greed’: Owned By World’s Richest Man Jeff Bezos, Whole Foods Wants Workers To Pay For Colleagues’ Sick Leave During Coronavirus Pandemic

“With the amount Jeff Bezos makes in one day, he could shut stores down and pay employees to stay safe.” By Jon Queally Common Dreams (3/ When progressives like Sen. Bernie Sanders say “now is the time for solidarity” amid the coronavirus outbreak, they likely do not mean that employees of Whole Foods—owned by the world’s richest man, Jeff Bezos—should be asked to give their own accrued paid sick days to their co-workers who have either contracted the deadly virus or been forced to take time out of work because of what is now a global pandemic. But that is exactly…

ALL ARTICLES March 16, 2020

Infectious Disease Expert Shares Much-Needed Information About COVID-19 And Other Communicable Disease

[Editor’s Note: Michael Osterholm’s comment’s about the issue of treatment and vaccines in the last ten minutes of the interview gives a much-needed reality check regarding our future with COVID-19. As he notes earlier in the interview, we are being confronted by a”long winter” and not a short-term “blizzard.” — Mark L. Taylor] The Joe Rogan Experience (3/10/20) Michael Osterholm is an internationally recognized expert in infectious disease epidemiology. He is Regents Professor, McKnight Presidential Endowed Chair in Public Health, the director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP), Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Division of Environmental…

ALL ARTICLES, Russia Monitor March 16, 2020

Russia Monitor: The COVID-19 Presidential Meltdown Puts America At Risk

“I think we’ll look back on this as a defining moment of the Trump presidency because it speaks to larger concerns that people already had about Trump — that he can’t tell the truth, that he doesn’t value expertise, that he doesn’t take the presidency seriously enough.” — Obama White House aide Ben Rhodes interviewed by Washington Post (3/12/20) ***** “No, I don’t take responsibility at all.” — Trump at his Friday presser (3/13/20)  By Dan Peak The Commoner Call (3/16/20) Dear Fellow Readers, A few remarks about what seems most current and most important. Trump announced new travel restrictions including…

ALL ARTICLES March 16, 2020

Blasé Rural Northern Wisconsin Community Unmoved By COVID-19 Threat

“They’re having really cheap flights right now and so I’m thinking, what the heck, I might just go some place.” By Chris McGreal The Guardian (3/15/20) Melissa Rosio grabbed a disinfectant wipe and ran it over the handle of her shopping cart. Coronavirus? The 31-year-old shook her head. “I see how people don’t wash their hands when they leave the bathroom. That grosses me out,” she said. “I think coronavirus is being blown out of proportion. It’s just like any other flu. It’s attacking the elders and people that have other health issues going on. It’s taking an impact on them…

ALL ARTICLES, FEATURE, Police State America, Surveillance State March 16, 2020

152 House Dems Join GOP To Reauthorize ‘abusive government surveillance power’

  By Jake Johnson Common Dreams (3/12/20) With the nation’s attention fixed on the rapidly spreading coronavirus, the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives on Wednesday passed legislation to extend FBI surveillance powers that were set to expire on March 15. The bill, formally titled the USA FREEDOM Reauthorization Act, cleared the House by a vote of 278 to 136, with 152 Democrats and 126 Republicans voting yes. View the full roll call here. The legislation, strongly opposed by civil liberties groups and privacy advocates, is the product of bipartisan negotiations between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (D-Calif.), House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep….

ALL ARTICLES March 16, 2020

“Guaranteed Disaster’ — Biden Is Not All There Mentally. Running Him For President Is Incredibly Reckless

“We hold these truths to be self-evident: all men and women created by the, go, you know the, you know the thing.” — Joe Biden (3/220) By Meagan Day Jacobin (3/10/20) fter a year of stages crowded with flash-in-the-pan phenoms and forgettable faces, the race for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination is about to yield a totally new kind of debate: Joe Biden versus Bernie Sanders, mano a mano. That’s bad news for Biden, and his team knows it. We know they know it because they won’t accept Sanders’s offer for a one-on-one debate about health care policy; because they’re lobbying to make the debate format less demanding;…

ALL ARTICLES March 16, 2020

Wisconsin Dems Shift To All-Virtual Organizing & Postpone In-Person Events Amid COVID-19 Guidance

(MADISON, WI) — Following guidance from local health officials to practice social distancing and postpone gatherings of more than 250 individuals, the Democratic Party of Wisconsin will replace its traditional canvassing operation with a digital organizing program ahead of the April 7 Spring election. The party will also postpone its annual Founders Day dinner, originally scheduled for April 4, to a later date. Other in-person gatherings will be postponed or moved online. “The health and safety of Wisconsinites is our number one priority. It’s time for all groups and institutions with events planned in the next few weeks to take swift…

ALL ARTICLES, Democrats, History They Don't Want You To Know March 12, 2020

Corporate Dems Claim Biden’s Obvious ‘cognitive decline’ Is Just A Silly Russian Conspiracy Theory

But not to worry, surely those nice Republicans would never, ever stoop to using such a disgraceful line of attack in a campaign! Right? The Rising / The Hill (4/9/20) Saagar discusses the Democratic establishment protecting Joe Biden against allegations of cognitive decline. Link To 10-Minute Video Think They Won’t Do It? Watch What The Republicans Have In Store For Biden & The Dems: Link To 15-Minute Video ***** And Surely, The Republicans Would Never Bring  Up Biden’s Serial Lying. Right? By Mehdi Hasan The Intercept (3/9/20) The evidence is in: Joe Biden has a habit of making things up….

ALL ARTICLES, Democrats, FEATURE, Your Brain On Politics March 12, 2020

How The Democrats Intentionally Lose Elections, And May Do So Again In 2020

There’s More Of Us Than There Are Of Them (So Why Do The Dems Keep Blowing Their Campaigns?) [Editor’s Note: This is one of the most important interviews you can find, if you are wondering why the dems keep losing. And if Wall Street succeeds in pushing Bernie aside, they will be on track to lose again in 2020. Great information on messaging. The information is right in front of them to help the dems win, so why don’t they listen and are content to keep losing? They are smart people. I think it is intentional to keep their corporate…

ALL ARTICLES, Democrats, One Percenters March 12, 2020

Welcome To The New Legitimation Crisis: Bernie Sanders vs. The Corrupt Bipartisan Plutocrats

“Going forward, we have the platform; we have the issues. These have broad public support already. Exit polls show that even in states that went for Biden, majorities want to replace private healthcare insurance with a public plan and support free college tuition. Bernie can still find a path to victory by doubling down on such issues and by drawing stark political contrasts with Biden, who has always represented the banking and credit card industries. It’s going to be a damn good fight!   “In the meantime, we might be forgiven for laughing when Democratic establishment attacks burnish Bernie’s popularity…

ALL ARTICLES, Democrats, One Percenters March 12, 2020

They Rule: Sorry, No Easter Bernie

“The “normal” constitutional and electoral paths of “resistance” are a complete fail. The system is a ruling class-imposed travesty, delivering us to tragedy on a mass scale. “Actual leftists need to take advantage of this. This is what we have been saying. The major party ballot box is the coffin of class consciousness. The Sanders thing and indeed social democratic politics in the U.S. are over: trade in your ballot for a yellow vest. “The bourgeoisie will not be unseated – as it needs to be for humanity to survive – through the existing constitutional and electoral channels. It just won’t….

ALL ARTICLES, Quotes, Resist! March 12, 2020

A Note To Activists: How To Outlive The Bastards

“One final paragraph of advice: do not burn yourselves out. Be as I am – a reluctant enthusiast….a part-time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic. Save the other half of yourselves and your lives for pleasure and adventure. It is not enough to fight for the land; it is even more important to enjoy it. While you can. While it’s still here. So get out there and hunt and fish and mess around with your friends, ramble out yonder and explore the forests, climb the mountains, bag the peaks, run the rivers, breathe deep of that yet sweet and lucid air, sit…

ALL ARTICLES, Russia Monitor March 12, 2020

Russia Monitor: The Viral Contagion Of Vile Trumpian ‘Leadership’

“I don’t think we can ignore how disastrous their performance has been. In many ways this was the moment we feared: a true security threat to the nation and a president who can’t tell the truth, who can’t organize a consistent response and doesn’t have enough experienced people on the job.” — Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) ***** “No, I think the U.S. has done a very good job on testing.” “But be calm.  It’s really working out.  And a lot of good things are going to happen.” — David Gura tweet regarding Trump, following meeting with GOP Senators (3/10/20) By…

ALL ARTICLES, American Fascism, Rethuglicans March 12, 2020

Lies, Damn Lies & The Greater Threat Of ‘Post-Truth’ America

Even if all politicians lie, I believe that post-truth foreshadows something more sinister. By Lee McIntyre The Conversation (11/19/18) Most politicians lie. Or do they? Even if we could find some isolated example of a politician who was scrupulously honest – former President Jimmy Carter, perhaps – the question is how to think about the rest of them. And if most politicians lie, then why are some Americans so hard on President Donald Trump? According to The Washington Post, Trump has told 6,420 lies so far in his presidency. In the seven weeks leading up to the midterms, his rate increased to 30 per…

ALL ARTICLES, Right Wing Religion March 12, 2020

Right Wing Religion Round-Up — Grandstanding, Lying, Praying It Away: Dear God & Hookers For Jesus, Please Send Help

Grandstanding, Lying, Praying It Away: Dear God & Hookers For Jesus, Please Send Help By Abby Zimet Common Dreams (3/9/20) Oh man. Apocalypse now or soon: Spreading virus, plunging markets, growing evidence of “gross amateur hour incompetence” by our ill-equipped fake prez and his band of Christian zealots, headed by inept Vice-Pastor Pence. On Monday, WHO confirmed over 108,000 cases of coronavirus around the world, and at least 3,800 deaths. In the U.S., there are at least 500 cases and 22 deaths – despite Trump’s blithe pronouncement a few weeks ago the hoax’s 15 cases would soon be zero – with daily reports of spread. Facing…

ALL ARTICLES, Quotes March 12, 2020

Notably Quotable: “You’re only as healthy as the…”

“You’re only as healthy as the least insured person around you.” — Jimmy Dore, Jessie Ventura Show ***** “I am a doctor living and working in Italy (Lombardy, the most hard-hit region) and I can confirm everything this doctor said. This virus is not a joke, nor is “just a flu”. Other countries need to wake up and start taking serious precautions to contain the upcoming epidemy: unfortunately it’s not a matter of “if”, but a matter of “when”. Take care and stay safe and AVOID CROWDED PLACES AT ALL COSTS PLEASE. Don’t make the same mistakes Italy made at…

ALL ARTICLES, Democrats, One Percenters March 9, 2020

Status Quo Joe Biden Schmoozes & Reassures Rich Donors That If Elected: “Nothing would fundamentally change”

  “I hope if I win this nomination, I won’t let you down. I promise you.” By Igor Derysh Salon (6/19/19) Former Vice President Joe Biden assured rich donors at a ritzy New York fundraiser that “nothing would fundamentally change” if he is elected. Biden told donors at an event at the Carlyle Hotel in Manhattan on Tuesday evening that he would not “demonize” the rich and promised that “no one’s standard of living will change, nothing would fundamentally change,” Bloomberg News reported. Biden’s assurance to donors in New York came shortly after his appearance at the Poor People’s Campaign Presidential Forum in Washington…

ALL ARTICLES, Democrats, M. Taylor Columns, Your Brain On Politics March 9, 2020

Bernie Needs New Strategy & ‘Frame’ For His “Good Friend” Biden

“Right now you are losing to Joe Biden. Think about that.” — Jimmy Dore By Mark L. Taylor The Commoner Call (3/9/20) Last Thursday I watched a livestream of a Bernie Sanders rally in Arizona. There was a great band, lots of sign waving and roars of “Bernie, Bernie, Bernie!” When he stepped to the podium the place went wild and the senator from Vermont waved to everybody, made a few introductory remarks, thanked everybody for coming and then did the oddest thing. He went into a spiel about what a “great guy” Joe Biden is and how he is…

ALL ARTICLES, History They Don't Want You To Know March 9, 2020

BIDEN: Delaware’s Corrupt House Of Cards And The Senator From MBNA

How Joe Biden helped build a financial system that’s great for Delaware banks and terrible for the rest of us. By Tim Murphy Mother Jones (Nov/Dec 2019) In early 1973, as Joe Biden was settling into his new job in Washington, DC, Ralph Nader published a deconstruction of what made the freshman Democratic senator’s state of Delaware, the most anodyne of states, so exceptional. The answer, The Company State explained, had to do with the unique relationship between government and commerce: Delaware was less a democracy than a fiefdom, contorting its laws to meet the demands of its corporate lords. Preeminent among them…

ALL ARTICLES, Democrats, History They Don't Want You To Know, M. Taylor Columns, Your Brain On Politics March 9, 2020

If You Understand How Trump Defeated Clinton Four Years Ago, Do You Really Vote ‘Establishment Joe Biden’?

By Robert Reich robertreich.org (3/4/20) As the Democratic Party’s “moderate” (or shall we say “establishment”) wing coalesces around Joe Biden to stop Bernie, the primary contest is starting to look a lot like 2016, when the same wing rallied around Hillary Clinton. Today, Mike Bloomberg quit the race and endorsed Biden—as has Amy Klobuchar and Pete Buttigieg. As the New York Times’ David Leonhardt put it, “if you’re a Democrat who doesn’t want Bernie Sanders to be the party’s nominee, your choice is now clear: you should vote for Joe Biden.” But suppose you’re a Democrat who doesn’t want Donald Trump to…

ALL ARTICLES, Democrats, FEATURE, History They Don't Want You To Know, Mike McCabe for Gov March 9, 2020

It’s Groundhog Day (Again) For Democrats

How do you ever win by making unilateral concessions? It’s Negotiation 101, people. Never compromise with yourself. By Mike McCabe Wisconsin Our Revolution (3/4/20) Democrats are awfully hard to figure. I hear what they say they believe in and what they say they want to do. But when in power they rarely if ever do those things. Theirs is a scared party, an apologetic party, a play-it-safe party. When is the last time you heard a Republican apologize for anything? Some years back, establishment Democrats got spooked by the L word. They’ve been going to great lengths ever since to shed…

ALL ARTICLES, Russia Monitor March 9, 2020

Russia Monitor: We’re All Stranded Aboard The Princess Trump

  By Dan Peak The Commoner Call (3/9/20) Dear Fellow Readers, Truthfulness and real coronavirus information saves lives. Lies and downplaying risk puts lives at risk. Between talking to people and paying attention to social media (Twitter mostly, much more focus on coronavirus) I see a concerning amount of opinions that discount the risk. To greatly oversimplify, one part of downplaying risk is a view that the news is a hoax; I wonder where anyone might have heard that? A second part of downplaying coronavirus risk is a view that Trump is right to downplay risk though you’ll have to…

ALL ARTICLES, Trumpenstan March 9, 2020

GOP Group Hits Donald Trump With Supercut Of His Offensive, Ridiculous Statements

  By Lee Moran HuffPost (3/7/20) The Lincoln Project — a group of anti-Trump Republicans ― on Friday hit the president with a montage of his most insulting, offensive and ridiculous gaffes. The group — of which prominent Trump critic George Conway is a member — released the supercut that contrasts Trump’s speeches to those of previous presidents in response to a similar GOP attack on Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden over his own gaffes. “Every day is a new chance for Trump to debase himself further and embarrass Americans of all political stripes,” Republican strategist Rick Wilson wrote in…

ALL ARTICLES, History They Don't Want You To Know March 9, 2020

DuPont vs. The World: Chemical Giant Covered Up Health Risks Of Teflon Contamination Around The Globe

Democracy Now! (1/23/18) Broadcasting from the Sundance Film Festival, we are joined by three guests who personally battled with DuPont and are featured in the new documentary called “The Devil We Know,” that looks at how former DuPont employees, residents and lawyers took on the chemical giant to expose the danger of the chemical C8, found in Teflon and countless household products—from stain- and water-resistant apparel to microwave popcorn bags to dental floss. The chemical has now been linked to six diseases, including testicular and kidney cancers. We speak with Bucky Bailey, whose mother worked in the Teflon division of…

ALL ARTICLES, Media Hits & Misses March 9, 2020

Is Gmail Hiding Bernie’s Emails To You? How Inbox Filtering May Cripple Democracy

  By Adrianne Jeffries, Leon Yin & Surya Mattu The Guardian (2/26/20) Pete Buttigieg is leading at 63%. Andrew Yang came in second at 46%. And Elizabeth Warren looks like she’s in trouble with 0%. These aren’t poll numbers for the US 2020 Democratic presidential contest. Instead, they reflect which candidates were able to consistently land in Gmail’s primary inbox in a simple test. The Markup set up a new Gmail account to find out how the company filters political emails from candidates, thinktanks, advocacy groups and nonprofits. We found that few of the emails we’d signed up to receive – 11%…

ALL ARTICLES, American Fascism March 9, 2020

A Group of Agents Rose Through The Ranks To Lead The Border Patrol. They’re Leaving It In Crisis & Chaos

They leave corruption, misconduct and a toxic culture in their wake. By Melissa del Bosque ProPublica (2/10/20) On a Saturday evening in late September, Deputy Chief Scott Luck gathered with family and friends in the crystal-chandeliered ballroom of the Trump National Golf Club, nestled along the shores of the Potomac River in Virginia, to celebrate his retirement after 33 years in the U.S. Border Patrol. The party was adorned with a who’s who in Border Patrol leadership, past and present. There was the unmistakable figure of Luck’s boss, Chief Carla Provost, tall and broad with her trademark fringe of brown bangs,…

ALL ARTICLES, Media Hits & Misses March 9, 2020

Michael Moore Takes On Establishment Democrats’ Empty ‘Bernie Bro’ Smear

By Michael Moore Rumble Podcast (3/5/20) Senator Bernie Sanders issued a forceful statement on Friday against Russian attempts to meddle in the 2020 election, as he has done in the past. This came in response to a Washington Post story that Sanders was recently briefed by U.S. intelligence officials that Russia was meddling in the election and attempting to “help” his campaign in an unspecified way. This comes on the heels of the Sanders’ opponents and the media dredging up the “Bernie Bro” canard from 2016 and attempting to portray online Sanders supporters as uniquely vile. In this EMERGENCY PODCAST…

ALL ARTICLES, Democrats, FEATURE, M. Taylor Columns, One Percenters March 5, 2020

In It’s Blatant Actions Against Sanders, The Corporate Democratic Establishment Revealed Their Weakness & Desperation

“We’re taking on not only the corporate establishment, we are taking on the political establishment.” — Bernie Sanders By Mark L. Taylor Commoner Call (3/5/20) Climate activist Greta Thunberg was recently the target of a crude, sexually abusive graphic sticker put out by X-Site Energy Services, an Alberta, Canada oil field company. The sexual abuse launched at the 17 year-old has prompted an online petition (which you should definitely sign, here) and a call for the company’s bullying board to resign. Displaying poise and wisdom far beyond the oil company management team, Thunberg had the perfect response to such abusive behavior,…

ALL ARTICLES, Health Care March 5, 2020

Health Insurance Stocks Drive Wall Street Rebound On Biden Super Tuesday Wins

‘What More Do You Need to Know?’ By Eoin Higgins Common Dreams (3/4/20) Health insurance industry stocks surged Wednesday morning in the wake of former Vice President Joe Biden’s strong showing in the Democratic presidential primary’s Super Tuesday contests, opening up 600 points after traders appeared to bet the candidate’s resurgence would box out any chance of single-payer universal healthcare. “What more do you need to know,” tweeted journalist Jack Mirkinson of the market’s spike. Sanders has made Medicare for All a centerpiece of his campaign. The healthcare industry has poured millions in ad buys against Sanders after the Vermont senator won…

ALL ARTICLES, Democrats March 5, 2020

Electable? Why Bernie Sanders Is The Electable One

Only unconventional “off the wall” Democrats have won the presidency in the last five decades. By Allan Lichtman The Hill (2/24/20) Our party “seems all too anxious to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, and we will do the same if we nominate” an extremist for our presidential candidate. Moderates “represent the most electable area of the party.” This is not a contemporary pundit or some Democratic Party operative warning about the potential nomination of avowed Democratic Socialist Bernie Sanders. It was the moderate Republican Representative John Anderson warning about the nomination of Ronald Reagan in 1980. An internal memo…

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ALL ARTICLES, Democrats, History They Don't Want You To Know March 5, 2020

How Democrats Got Lucky With Trump

“I know it doesn’t feel like it, but Democrats got lucky with Trump. They got lucky that he’s too short-sighted to take an incremental loss to solidify long term gains. Nothing demonstrates Trump’s incompetence as a manager like his deference to Paul Ryan and the staffing of his administration with the same old establishment Republican tools. Liberals lacking imagination believe it couldn’t possibly be worse than Trump. They’re fooling themselves. “FDR famously wrote during the Great Depression that in order to save the republic it was necessary to be ‘fairly radical for a generation.’ His New Deal legislation delivered on…

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ALL ARTICLES, Democrats, History They Don't Want You To Know March 5, 2020

In-Depth Vox Interview With Bernie Sanders

While this Vox interview is from 2015, it is still relevant to understanding Bernie Sanders and the goals and values of Democratic Socialism. Watch this and understand why the corporate powers in both parties are aligning against Bernie. — Mark L. Taylor Vox (7/28/15) In a wide-ranging discussion, Bernie Sanders discusses his views on socialism, single payer, open borders, Zionism, and more with Vox Editor-in-chief Ezra Klein. Table of contents below: 0:00 – Socialism 3:20 – Universal health care 5:50 – Global poverty & open borders 9:29 – Unions 11:31 – Grassroots organizing 16:04 – Race 17:56 – Oligarchy and campaign…

ALL ARTICLES, Russia Monitor March 5, 2020

Russia Monitor: Life In The Lab Of The Party Of Stupid

  “You should never destroy your own credibility. And you don’t want to go to war with a president. But you got to walk the fine balance of making sure you continue to tell the truth.” “I don’t think that we are going to get out of this completely unscathed. I think that this is going to be one of those things we look back on and say boy, that was bad.” — Anthony Fauci, Director National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases ***** TRUMP asks a pharmaceutical CEO: “This would be a combination of a vaccine and also it will…

ALL ARTICLES March 5, 2020

Trump Quietly Cuts Funding For Rural Schools

  By Andrew Naughtie The Independent (3/3/20) Thanks to an under-the-radar bookkeeping change at the Department of Education, hundreds of rural schools across the US are set to lose vital funds. As reported in the New York Times, the department has changed the eligibility criteria for the Rural and Low-Income School Programme, which provides funding for school districts in some of the poorest parts of the country. The change will make it harder for districts to demonstrate their eligibility, meaning hundreds of them will lose tens of thousands of dollars – and in some cases much more. Nearly a seventh of the US’s…

ALL ARTICLES, History They Don't Want You To Know, Rethuglicans, Ron "RoJo" Johnson March 5, 2020

How Right Wing Dark Money Played A Pivotal Role In Trump’s 2016 Wisconsin Win

A confidential report claims that secretive groups targeting independent voters helped tip the balance for Trump in 2016. By Lisa Graves The Progressive (3/2/20) Two groups from outside of Wisconsin may have been responsible for President Donald Trump’s narrow win in the state in 2016, according to a recently obtained “confidential” report. Between October 29 and November 7, 2016, sister groups Independent Women’s Voice and Independent Women’s Forum, two nonprofits based in Washington, D.C., launched a campaign to target registered independents and Republican-leaning women in Wisconsin. These efforts moved independent voters in the state by 16 percentage points toward Trump, says…

ALL ARTICLES, American Fascism, History They Don't Want You To Know March 5, 2020

Complete Collapse Of The Existing Institutions Of A Civil Society

[Editor’s Note: German historian and journalist Volker Ullrich’s amazing 2016 biography of Adolf Hitler is`a stunning account of the rise of Nazism in 1930’s Wiemar Germany, which exposes extremely disturbing parallels to what is happening in the United States now with Trump and the complete transformation of the Republican party into cultism. The Commoner Call will be running short excerpts from the book that have particular resonance to today’s political climate. It is essential to grasp the true, dark nature of the transformation we are seeing in our political climate. — Mark L. Taylor] ***** “It was astonishing not just…

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ALL ARTICLES, Right Wing Religion March 5, 2020

How A Christian Nationalists “Shadow Party’ Worship Power And Love Trump

  By Amanda Marcotte Salon (3/3/20) It’s one of the most enduring conundrums of the Donald Trump era: How is it that the Christian right, the self-appointed monitors of American morality, have come to so enthusiastically back a thrice-married chronic adulterer who lies as easily as he breathes? Author Katherine Stewart has the answer: Because the true god these folks worship is power. In her book, “The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism,” Stewart details how she traveled around the country, getting to know the various Christian conservative figures that are whipping support for Trump and his agenda. She…