While most MAGA Republicans in Washington D.C., and across the 50 states are sponsoring legislation and Executive Orders designed to pull the nation backward and pull people down, Democrats and Progressive Activists have been advancing proposals that would move the country forward and lift people up. Yesterday (April 8, 2025), Arizona Senators Mark Kelly and … Read more
It has only been a little over 72 hours since his inauguration but it should be clear to everyone in the country, including the many uninformed people (drawn to big lies on cultural wedge issues,) who voted for him, that Donald Trump and his MAGA allies in his Administration and Congress do indeed have an … Read more
Our long national nightmare is returning. This week has shown yet again that the Republican Party, after 40 years in the making with increasing levels of subservience to a series of “Dear Leader” Presidents (Reagan, Bush II, and Trump,) has morphed into an authoritarian-plutocratic-white nationalists-alternative reality based-neo fascist political entity. In 2025, fealty to Donald … Read more
Shortly after the November elections, I presented an article calling for Democrats to articulate a pragmatic progressive program that would move the country forward and lift working and middle class Americans up. Borrowing the phrase “A Better Deal,” the policy proposals included many ideas that the Biden/Harris Administration proposed in their original Build Back Better … Read more
In the recent election, many working class voters shifted their votes to the Trump/Vance ticket with the belief that their positions were more aligned with theirs. It is now time for Trump/Vance to present their agenda for working class voters that will help lift them up. Will it include: During the campaign, the Trump/Vance ticket, … Read more