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Trump is a Socialist

Socialism leads to disaster because it creates an all-powerful government that will respect nobody’s rights. However, like most socialists, Trump fails to realize that an all-powerful government can violate his rights as easily as his enemies.

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Liberals elected Trump

February 11, 2019February 11, 2019 daniel 0 Comments fiscal conservatives will trust no Democrat., Liberals elected Trump, Meet the Liberals who elected Trump, socially liberal but fiscally conservativ, Will Socially Liberal Fiscal Conservative’s elect the Next President?

To clarify, Silver theorizes that a vast majority of people he calls “socially liberal but fiscally conservative;” Americans cast ballots for Donald J. Trump. For example, 70% of social liberals who call reducing the federal budget deficit “a priority” support Trump, Silver claims.

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Nancy Pelosi is no Hero

February 3, 2019February 3, 2019 daniel Nancy Pelosi does not care about average Americans, Nancy Pelosi is no Hero, Nancy Pelosi just missed a chance to pass the DREAM Act

Specifically, Pelosi had an excellent chance to pass the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors or DREAM Act and blew it. To clarify, the DREAM Act grants legal status; and opens a path citizenship, to people brought to America illegally as children.

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Is Kamala Harris the Democratic Front Runner?

January 29, 2019January 29, 2019 daniel Democratic Front Runner, Great White Male Presidential Hope, Here comes the Great White Presidential Hope even though Harris is the Democratic Front Runner, Is Kamala Harris the Democratic Front Runner?, Yet another Great White Male Presidential Hope

Meanwhile, the old media ignores the probable Democratic Front Runner because she is a woman of color. For example, a January 26 San Francisco Chronicle headline states “2020 betting odds: Kamala Harris, Amy Klobuchar, Michael Bloomberg soar.” Note this is Harris’s hometown newspaper.

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Federal Employees won the Government Shutdown

January 27, 2019January 28, 2019 daniel Both Democrats and Republicans Lost the Government Shutdown, federal employees won, Federal Employees won the Government Shutdown, Is it the End of the American Republic?, Politicians lost the government shutdown, Trump reversed one of the great victories of the Reagan Revolution

Essentially, Trump told federal employees it is “okay to walk out if you don’t call it a strike and somebody besides a union does the negotiating.” Therefore, Trump is creating a new paradigm in American politics where elected officials serve as agents for government employees.

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Politics was just as mean back in the Good Old Days

January 26, 2019January 26, 2019 daniel “Peace protestors” call Lyndon Johnson a Baby Killer, Conservatives call Martin Luther King Jr. a Communist, Liberals call Barry Goldwater a fascist and a Nazi, mean and divisive, Politics was just as mean back in the Good Old Days, Republicans call General C. Marshall a Communist, Unions call Robert A. Taft a Nazi.

Yet critics called Taft; the son of a U.S. President who was so committed to the GOP they called him “Mr. Republican,” a Nazi in the late 1940s and early 1950s. In fact, unions even distributed comic books showing Taft as a Nazi during a 1950 U.S. Senate campaign.

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Is Trump America’s first Post-Christian President?

January 22, 2019January 22, 2019 daniel Is Trump America’s first Post-Christian President?, Meet the Post-Christians, The Data Shows Trump is America’s first Post-Christian President, The Post-Christians Elected Trump, Will Post-Christians elect the next president?

Interestingly, Carney believes that Trump won by appealing to alienated Post-Christians. For instance, Carney concludes: “But when Middle America turned away from church, they were missing something. And they sought it in Trump.”

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Can Basic Income create a Permanent Democratic Majority?

January 21, 2019January 21, 2019 daniel A 21st Century New Deal and a basic income could create a Permanent Democratic Majority, Basic Income, Basic Income and a permanent Democratic Majority, Basic Income is the key to victory in 21st Politics, Can Basic Income create a Permanent Democratic Majority?, Income Ineqaulity, The key economic issues shaping 21st Century American politics include:

I think the party with the brains and guts to promote a generous basic income will dominate American politics in the 21st Century. Notably, Democrats owned Congress for nearly 60 years because of generous welfare programs like Social Security and Medicare.