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The Trump Nihilism will Grow Worse

January 15, 2021January 15, 2021 daniel 0 Comments The New Censorship, The Trump Nihilism will Grow Worse, Trump Narcissism, Trump Nihilism, Trump Nihilism Will Lead to More Police Violence and Brutality, Trump Racism

The violence against Congress shows Trumpism, like Communism and Nazism, is Nihilism disguised as a political ideology. As in Nazism and Communism, the values, policies, and ideas expressed by Trump and his followers are nothing but excuses to destroy.

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Stimulus Check Failure proves it is Time to Reform the U.S Senate

January 1, 2021January 5, 2021 daniel Abolish or Reform the U.S. Senate?, How to Reform the Senate, Stimulus Check Failure, Stimulus Check Failure proves it is Time to Reform the U.S Senate, The Senate Does Not Represent America, The U.S. Senate is corrupt, The U.S. Senate is Insane

Therefore, the U.S. Senate is an undemocratic institution that blocks popular actions, ignores the wishes of the American people, and what many people call progress. Consequently, it is time for Americans to consider reforming or abolishing the Senate.

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America’s Corrupt Primary System

December 27, 2020December 27, 2020 daniel America Needs a National Presidential Primary, America’s Corrupt Primary System, Given the Republican Party’s well-documented efforts to suppress votes around the country, National Presidential Primary, The GOP Strips Republicans of their Rights', The GOP’s War on Presidential Primaries

The Grand Old Party (GOP) leadership deprived millions of Republicans of their right to choose their presidential nominee in 2020.

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The Left Ignores the Real Danger from Trump

November 30, 2020November 30, 2020 daniel Agudath Israel v. Cuomo, Biden Needs to Pack the US Supreme Court ASAP, How the Resistance Makes Conservatives More Powerful, How Trump Derangement Syndrome Helps Conservatives, How Trump Political Theater strengthens Mitch McConnell, How Trump’s Supreme Court could infect hundreds of thousands with Coronavirus, Real Danger from Trump, Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn v. Cuomo, The Left Ignores the Real Danger from Trump, Trump Derangement Syndrome, Trump Political Theater

Hence, the votes of the people of New York and the wishes of American people no longer matter. Instead, power is in the hands of a small clique of Federalist Society ideologues in Washington. Disturbingly, Democrats seem unwilling power away from those extremists.

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Why America Needs Party-List Elections

November 28, 2020November 28, 2020 daniel Could Party-List Elections be an antidote for idea-free politics?, How party list voting list could work in America, idea-free politics, Party-List Elections, Process is everything in Elections, Why America Needs Party-List Elections, Why Americans Do not Vote

A worse result of candidate focused elections is that a large percentage of the population views elections as meaningless personality contests.

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America’s Dysfunctional Political Parties

November 21, 2020November 22, 2020 daniel America’s Dysfunctional Political Parties, The Democratic Fundraising Machine, The Republican Ideological Cult, The Republican Personality Cult, When will the Democratic Bubble Burst, Why are the Political Parties Dysfunctional?

Fundraising is the primary activity of the modern Democratic Party. Republicans value loyalty to ideology or Trump more than winning elections. Incredibly, I think modern Democrats value fundraising more than electoral victory.

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Some Plans to Make America More Democratic

November 20, 2020November 22, 2020 daniel A Proposal to Fix Congressional Elections, A Proposal to Fix the US Senate, Can the US Senate Be Fixed?, Some Plans to Make America More Democratic, The Senate represents just 16% of Americans\

Republicans have no incentive to make broad appeals because they can gain vast power with a narrow, culturally conservative, nativist, slightly racist, and slightly libertarian agenda.

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Historic Ballot Initiatives you Missed

November 15, 2020November 15, 2020 daniel Amendment 2, California Privacy Protection Agency, California’s Data Privacy Law, California’s Uber Initiative, Colorado Paid Family Leave, Colorado Proposition 118, Florida Minimum Wage Increase, Game-changing Ballot Initiatives You missed include:, Historic Ballot Initiatives, Historic Ballot Initiatives you Missed, Massachusetts Question 1, Proposition 24, Right to Repair

Thus, the ballot initiatives show contradictory trends that point to future political conflicts. In essence, Americans want more welfare-state benefits, and more freedom. Addressing that conflict will be one of the great political challenges of the next decade.