History

Zelensky’s Call For An ‘International Legion of Territorial Defense’ In Ukraine Harkens Back To The ‘International Brigades’ Of The Spanish Civil War

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Above: An American recruiting poster during the Spanish Civil War. Update to 1939 Redux: Putin Is Following Hitler’s Playbook, And Risking World War III. I was a bit remiss in recounting Hitler’s pre-war encroachments on his neighbors in Europe. Before this, Hitler’s military machine engaged in the Spanish Civil War (1936-39). I saw this reported … Read more

A Good Brief History Of The Senate Filibuster Rule

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Hat tip to Jim Small at the Arizona Mirror for this Twitter thread from Max Kennerly, a trial lawyer, who has a good brief history of the Senate filibuster rule for our GQP blog trolls and Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema who clearly do not know this history. Senator Mark Kelly should also pay … Read more

‘We’re Not Having An Inflation Problem. We’re Having A Corporate Greed Problem.’ Put The Blame Where It Belongs

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If Congress is so concerned about inflation, why have we heard nothing from Congress about companies engaging in illegal price fixing, price gouging and profiteering from pandemic supply-chain disruptions? Why have we heard nothing about corporate monopoly power which makes this possible? More importantly, why has the corporate media not been reporting about this? (The … Read more