What You May Have Missed
A roundup of the past seven days from the Hartmann Report
Nothing Is Ours Anymore: Is the "Rental Economy" the Most Destructive Scam in Modern American Capitalism?
Yesterday, both Trump and his Secretary of Housing and Urban Development told us that 50-year home mortgages may soon be a thing. While seemingly insane (you could end up paying more than three times the cost of the house and never escape the burden of debt before you die), this is just the latest iteration of one of American businesses’ most profitable…
Why Do Third-Party “Dreams” Keep Turning Into Republican Power?
Here we go again, only this time it appears to be the Working Families Party that’s fixing to help elect Republicans. They’re proudly proclaiming that by the 2028 presidential election they hope to have candidates on the ballot in 18 states. The party’s national director, rapper/musician Maurice “Moe” Mitchell,
We’ve Got 11 Months, So Are We Going to Change the Democratic Party or Watch the Right Keep Winning?
You don’t change a party from the outside lookin’ in
A New Year Begins and the Trump Cartel Tightens Its Grip Through Wealth, Force, & Faith
The turn of the calendar is more than a ritual. It’s a reminder that democracy is not self sustaining, not guaranteed, and not permanent unless we choose it again and again.
Is the Post Office About to Decide the 2026 Midterms?
It’s not just a brand new year; it’s a midterm election year. And the stakes this coming November are mind-boggling, so, of course, Republicans are starting to do everything they can to rig the election.
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Saturday Report 1/3/26 — Trump’s invasion of Venezuela & kidnapping of President Maduro is following the Putin Doctrine...
— Well, that sure ended discussion of the Epstein files: welcome to the Putin Doctrine. Trump’s invasion of Venezuela and kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife is the latest example of his following the explicit doctrine of his mentor. In this new multipolar world order — what we might call the Putin Doctrine — the great powers no longer p…
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