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Does Conservatism Always Lead to Fascism?
What happens when “conservatives” would rather destroy their democracy than surrender power? History shows us how that road leads straight to fascism, and Trump is taking America down it.
How Trump, Paxton can overturn the Midterms
No joke. No foolin’ around. The operation is in place to overturn the results of next Tuesday’s vote in the midterm elections.
Why Is Trump Fighting for Daylight Saving Time When Scientists Warn It Will Endanger Millions?
His greed seems to have no limits: Trump wants to make more money off his golf courses, and you and your kids may pay for it with your lives. And one lone Republican is standing up to him.
“Electoral Authoritarianism”: Should Elections Control the Government or Should Government Control Elections?
Reporters for MS NOW just broke an extremely troubling story: seven people inside and around the FBI reached out to say that they’re afraid that in the next week they’ll be called upon to illegally seize voting machines or ballots to disrupt our election next week.
Will the AI Bubble Expose the Greatest Betrayal of America’s Working Class?
The AI bubble and it’s possible disintegration gives us some pretty grim insights into the question of what happens when the richest people in the world rebuild the economy in a way that it no longer needs working people, but still expects them to pay their bills.
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Saturday Report 10/31/26 — Are Tech Billionaires Buying Our Democracy While Promising Us Paradise?
— Corruption has become the midterm issue the pundits never saw coming, and it has Trump’s name all over it. For years I’ve been ranting at Democratic politicians and strategists that corruption is the most powerful meme they can use against the GOP. (From
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