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The American political system has been taken over by major corporations. Many political scientists already do not consider the U.S. a full-blown democracy, rather they view it as an oligarchy. An oligarchy is a country ruled by the few, in America,...
by frankfaiola
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on Sat Oct 21, 2023 at 11:10 PM PDT
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Virginia's newly formed 35th Senate district borders Arlington and Alexandria, in the East, and stretches West, across the 495 beltway, to include most of George Mason University. It includes NOVA Community College, Springfield, Annandale, Lake...
by Martin Smyth
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on Sun Mar 26, 2023 at 04:32 AM PDT
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Prologue
January 6 th has meaning other than the ignominious one we now associate with the attack on the United States Capitol building and on American democracy. �For Christians, it is the day of ...
by Brynne
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on Fri Jan 06, 2023 at 03:00 AM PST
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Reputable and unreputable outlets instill in us that oil shortages justifying gasoline price hikes are justified. The price hikes are a fraud. Gasoline fraud Watch Politics Done Right T.V. here. As I watch the news about inflation and gasoline prices,...
by Egberto Willies
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on Sun Mar 13, 2022 at 07:26 AM PDT
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In 2020, a Democratic primary candidate promising not to accept corporate PAC money is the new normal. Some live up to their word. Others, not so much. North Carolina’s Democratic US Senate primary is shaping up to be a classic case study, illustrating...
by DocDawg
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on Sun Jan 19, 2020 at 08:16 AM PST
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Cross-posted from Eclectablog.
It’s no secret that Michigan Republicans are deeply in the pocket of corporations in our state. One of their first orders of business after taking control of our state government in 2010 was to pass a massive tax cut...
by Eclectablog
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on Sat Apr 14, 2018 at 09:21 AM PDT
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THE FIVE PERCENT CONGRESS
Well folks, the secret is out. The dots have been connected, and men and women of our Congress are standing around with their privates exposed. When 95% of the country favors stricter background checks to purchase...
by sfzendog
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on Fri Feb 16, 2018 at 10:18 AM PST
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Credit Suisse has helpfully put together a list of the 15 companies that would benefit most from the GOP tax plan (h/t to Kevin Drum on this):
Below, I’ve compiled the 2016 net incomes for all these companies and their CEOs’ total 2106...
by m2c4
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on Fri Dec 15, 2017 at 09:58 AM PST
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For a nation to fail, what is known as “a failed state,” its “political or economic system has to become so weak that the government is no longer in control.”
With Donald Trump in the White House, it is safe to assert that America is as close to a...
by Rmuse
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on Wed Nov 15, 2017 at 04:01 PM PST
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Two seemingly unrelated articles today show just how out of proportion corporate power has become not only here in the US but apparently all over the globe. The first article describes how Trump's nominee for Secretary of State and current Exxon Mobil...
by m2c4
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on Wed Dec 14, 2016 at 09:15 AM PST
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We are all suffering from the results of Tuesdays election. Suffering can be used to divide us or it can be used to unite us. When suffering is used to divide suffering people and pit them against each other progressives lose. Trump has driven the...
by Bob Guyer
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on Thu Nov 10, 2016 at 09:12 AM PST
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Guess who said this:
"Over a hundred years ago, a pro-business Teddy Roosevelt busted up more than 40 oil, railroad, steel and other 'trusts' that were wielding their rapacious monopoly power to gouge consumers and interfere with the efficient...
by m2c4
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on Mon Oct 24, 2016 at 02:41 PM PDT
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"The English nation believes itself to be free; it is gravely mistaken; it is free only during elections... In the brief moment of their freedom, the English people make such use of that freedom that they deserve to lose it." - Jean-Jacques Rousseau...
by mbhiii
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on Thu Jul 07, 2016 at 01:02 PM PDT
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I just saw a job ad for Hertz — it’s all about making sure that unions don’t have any bargaining power because the company is all about making sure that a union doesn’t happen.
I intended to reproduce it here, but the ad is set up so that you...
by flucies
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on Mon Jun 20, 2016 at 08:51 AM PDT
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In the spirit of the COEXIST bumper stickers 6 comments
on Sun Apr 17, 2016 at 05:21 PM PDT
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If the ignorance of the American voter about the mechanics of our political system did not produce such toxic and disastrous consequences, it might be as laughable as late-night talk shows suggest. In this campaign season, the mass media is awash in langu
by sfzendog
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on Sat Mar 05, 2016 at 12:11 PM PST
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Donald Trump said he will cut $300 billion a year from our national drug spending. Given we spend somewhere between $300 and $400 billion per year on drugs, that’s quite a savings! Drugs might become
by RonAnthony
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on Sun Feb 21, 2016 at 03:37 PM PST
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The Democratic establishment would rather cede the White House to a Republican than allow Bernie Sanders to become President.
That hypothesis may seem like a far-fetched statement. It's hard to b
by bondibox
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on Fri Feb 12, 2016 at 08:18 AM PST
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We are no longer a nation of self-governing people. Our democratic governance has been captured by American corporate enterprise and turned to its own advantage.
Candidate Sanders alone, however,
by rwbehan
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on Thu Jan 21, 2016 at 12:13 PM PST
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We are no longer a nation of self-governing people. Our democracy has been captured by American corporate enterprise, and now we confront a documented plutocracy in its place. If we intend to challeng
by rwbehan
40 comments
on Sun Jan 03, 2016 at 10:26 AM PST
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