It’s time for the real American majority to demonstrate its unity and mobilize. BY STEVEN HARPER | JANUARY 23, 2017 It is not in numbers, but in unity, that our great strength lies…— THOMAS PAINE, COMMON SENSE (1776) Americans acting in good faith are destined to disagree on many issues of public concern. Colonists fighting the Revolutionary War couldn’t…
Trump’s Seven Techniques to Control the Media Tyrants always try to suppress a free press; here’s Trump’s playbook. BY ROBERT REICH | DECEMBER 1, 2016 Trump’s Seven Techniques to Control […] This post originally appeared at RobertReich.org. Democracy depends on a free and independent press, which is why all tyrants try to squelch it. They use seven techniques…
The Dangerous Normalization of Donald Trump There’s a way to keep our short attention spans and Trump’s norm-shattering behavior from damaging the republic: “Expose and Oppose.” BY STEVEN HARPER | JANUARY 5, 2017 Nationwide Attention Deficit Disorder When leaders fail to respect the underlying behavioral norms of a democratically elected government, its days become numbered. Donald Trump…
1) Trump owes Blackstone/ Bayrock group $560 million dollars (one of his largest debtors and the primary reason he won’t reveal his tax returns) 2) Correction: Blackstone is NOT owned by Russia. 3) Other companies that have borrowed from Blackstone have claimed that owing money to them is like owing to the…
You might want to send this to anyone in your family, or anyone you know, who voted for Trump. Thanks to Rosa Figueroa who posted this in response to a recent Robert Reich posting on Facebook. He called Hillary Clinton a crook. You bought it. Then he paid $25 million to settle a…
