Tag Archives: Remaking the Democratic Party

Trump Takes Us Back To The Future: Billionaire Embodies The Same Big Lie That Led To Progressive Era Reforms

Posted on September 9, 2015 by markt

Cartoon by progressive reformer cartoonist Thomas Nast. (www.superteachertools.us) (Editor’s Note: Know thy history. There is hope. — Mark L. Taylor) By Heather Cox Richardson Salon (9/8/15) Why is Donald Trump so popular? He has captured the moment when voters recognize … Continue reading →

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Go Figger’ — There’s A Reason Why Some Liberals Have Started To Love Donald Trump

Posted on September 9, 2015 by dennis

  www.pinterest.com By David Weigel Washington Post (9/8/15) As the Donald Trump jamboree has played on — and blown out amps — some progressive thinkers have started to see its upside. Sure, the tycoon-candidate might have forced the Republican Party’s immigration discussion … Continue reading →

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Why Americans Hate Politics & Politicians More Than Ever

Posted on September 4, 2015 by markt

By Mike McCabe Blue Jean Nation (9/1/15) There is no question that Americans are more sour on politics and politicians than at any time in living memory. A profession that confers upon its practitioners the title “The Honorable” is now … Continue reading →

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Hightower: Lessons From Confronting The Global Goliath

Posted on September 3, 2015 by markt

A plucky (and smart!) grassroots coalition has pushed the dastardly secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership to the edge. By Jim Hightower Hightower Lowdown (August 2015) Progressive forces battling that God-awful gob of global corporate gobbledygook, the Trans-Pacific Partnership, encountered an odd problem: … Continue reading →

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Bernie And The Donald Tapping Into A Reality Both Political Parties Refuse To Acknowledge

Posted on September 1, 2015 by markt

Most voters think the political system is rigged and corrupt. Trump and Sanders are not seen as creatures of the system. By Mike McCabe Blue Jean Nation (8/25/15) Political pundits assume cooler heads will eventually prevail. They figure picking a … Continue reading →

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Fellow Democratic Worker Bees—To Defeat The Corporate Dems All We Gotta’ Do Is Stand Up And Not Play The Game

Posted on August 31, 2015 by dennis

The only way we will ever get rid —or the attention — of these corporate democrats is to make their pro corporate votes sting. Time to get mad as a hornet. And Buzz awhile. Buzzzzzzzzzz By Dennis Brault The Daily Call (8/31/15) … Continue reading →

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Why Bernie Sanders Will Win This Election—Even If He Doesn’t Win the White House

Posted on August 31, 2015 by markt

 It’s Bernie Sanders, not Donald Trump, who represents the future. By Theo Anderson In These Times (8/28/15) The good news is that the 2016 presidential race has become a “mad-as-hell” campaign. The better news is: Bernie Sanders will win it. … Continue reading →

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Robert Reich: Standing Up To Economic Bullies

Posted on August 31, 2015 by markt

American society today is filled with bullies. By Robert Reich Robert Reich’s Facebook Page (8/30/15) I’ve always been very short for my age, and when I was young was bullied a lot. Bullies prey on peoples’ vulnerabilities — using intimidation … Continue reading →

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Ka-CHING!! How Much For That Democrat In The Window? $285K+ to Dems Who Supported Buck’s Arena Millionaire Welfare Deal

Posted on August 27, 2015 by dennis

www.jsonline.com Our $17,613 corporate Dem senator. (Editor’s Note: With the $400-$500 million taxpayer giveaway to the Milwaukee Bucks, Wisconsin Dem legislators proved they can be as easily bought and sold as any run-of-the-mill, tin-plated Walker Republican. Our very own Sen. … Continue reading →

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Here’s How To Protect & Expand Social Security Benefits: “Scrap the cap!”

Posted on August 26, 2015 by markt

(Daily Call cartoon by Mark L. Taylor, 2015. Open source and free to use with link to www.thedailycall.org ) Tax the rich bastards! By Mark L. Taylor The Daily Call (8/26/15) It’s time for freeloading millionaires and billionaires to finally … Continue reading →

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Republicans & Dems Alike: So Very, Very Far Out Of The Sandbox

Posted on August 17, 2015 by markt

All you really need to know about politics today is how much was apparently never learned in kindergarten. By Mike McCabe Blue Jean Nation (7/13/15) OK, it’s obvious they are reading from a script. After a new state budget was … Continue reading →

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We Need Activists To Relentlessly Pressure Politicians To Make Them Better & Keep ’em Honest

Posted on August 16, 2015 by markt

Politics, real politics as opposed to the game show that most of the media perpetuates, involves pressure and it is the response to that pressure that gives us the measure of candidates. (Editor’s Note: Nichols is writing about one of … Continue reading →

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Paul Mason: Capitalism Is Failing, And It’s Time To Panic (Video)

Posted on August 13, 2015 by markt

The Guardian (8/12/15) The neoliberalist capitalist model has resulted in civil wars and economic disaster, and it’s only going to get worse. Unless, Paul Mason argues, we take advantage of the technological revolution we are living through and create a … Continue reading →

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Dunkin’ Donuts CEO Who Makes $4,889 An Hour Outraged At $15 Minimum Wage For People Who Actually Work For A Living

Posted on August 12, 2015 by markt

 www.online-instagram.com (Editor’s Note: Hmm, sounds like another exploitative business to boycott the hell out of. Notice how the reporter never asks him to justify his almost $5,000 per hour wage. Imagine what the nation would be like if the damn press just … Continue reading →

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Blue Jean Nation: 11 Steps To More Open And Honest Government

Posted on August 8, 2015 by markt

There is much to be done to reverse Wisconsin’s descent into darkness.   By Mike McCabe Blue Jean Nation (7/24/15) Those who call the shots in Wisconsin’s Capitol show themselves to be most comfortable working in the dark. They tried to butcher the … Continue reading →

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