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The Leftists and Anarchists of DSOC, BLM, and Antifa have been pushing an agenda to deligitimize…
By: Caleb Mars
Tags: Riots, Democrats, Blm, Antifa, Politics

The Leftists and Anarchists of DSOC, BLM, and Antifa have been pushing an agenda to deligitimize American institutions, sow disunity, foment disorder, and start a civil war. They started waves of arson, rioting, and looting in major cities last Spring. Progressive Democrat leaders of these cities were frozen into inaction and capitulation to mob rule. They agreed to police defunding and other dismantling of law enforcement. Crime rates shot up. The Democrat Party has been infiltrated and infested. Some see the need to put a moderate veneer on the front door. Further, many traditional Democrats of all races and backgrounds want no part of the radical agenda. But they are being duped, led along, or scared into conformity by the repressive groupthink and Cancel Culture. By refusing to accept the election of 2016 and calling themselves the Resistance, the Left Democrats set the country onto a dangerous path in which no side automatically accepts the legitimacy of elections. The Trump team has been unable to produce enough evidence of fraud in court to overturn the count. On the other hand, the electoral process this time was shot through with mechanisms, such as mass mailout of ballots, extended deadlines, and ballot harvesting that invite cheating and don’t leave any traces. The lack of transparency means it is hard to show the election was fair. Don’t blame the other side for fighting back when it was Democrats who threw the first punches. Democrat threats to change the rules of the system only promote greater disunity. The way back to unity is clear: Democrats need to purge their Left Wing Progressives, promote more secure and transparent elections, reverse police defunding, stop riots, dismantle the Divisiveness bureaucracy, cancel the Cancel Culture, rein in the Big Tech Giants, and drop all attempts to change the structures of government for partisan advantage. Will that happen? Not likely. But at least let’s be clear it is the Leftists and Anarchists driving these attempts to divide America.
The Divided States
By: Alejandro Duran
Tags: Politcs, Democrats, United States, Republicans, Social Justice

America’s most dangerous enemy has become itself. As a nation, when we stare into a mirror we see the ugly, the flaws, the left, or the right. We no longer see Americans. Political parties have monopolized the minds of a common voters, and we are so afraid of having a Democratic, or Republican president that we lose our resolve. We attack our fellow Americans rather than, converse. How do you help it? Well I have a few Ideas.

Don’t succumb to your emotions. While yes, I’d say it might be the hardest skill to learn, it is also the most useful. Politics has become this emotion, rather than an actual debate on what is good and what is necessary for the country. Social Justice, for example, has dissolved into people seeing a “riots” rather than the actual message of “justice” or “peace.” Riots sparks anger, but when read in a headline it leads down a path to the ill informed. People suck. Just one person can ruin a message for the rest and that’s what I see. I see one person tainting a message for change. Others see another black, or white person on T.V. terrorizing the streets. Which leads me to the next point, compromise.

For a nation built on giving some to lose some. On 50/50 agreements, we have lost the ability to do that. It’s either one person has to be absolutely right or your absolutely wrong. The example above with the Social Justice issue in America is an excellent example. People choose to see one thing and ignore the other. I do NOT condone terrorism. Who does? But I do support those people who are out in a pandemic who feel the need to make their voice heard. That’s what we should see. We should see the ugly but also not forgot the message. Same with politics. Not everything is black and white. We have forgotten what it means to see a point of view and implement it to benefit both parties. To compromise.

Finally to close, the thing that our first president feared would come to pass, has. Instead of being a person who votes on what they believe is right, we follow a political party. Why? That’s the first question I asked myself. If you look at the state of the United States, there’s a gang war. Except it’s not in the streets of a poor or rundown neighborhood. It’s in every front yard. Every suburb. Every City. We have allowed ourselves to be placed inside of a box, defined by ignorant prerequisites. I believe if Democratic and Republican parties stand, the way they do now, our nation will continue to destroy itself. It’s no longer about what’s best for the United States, for us, it’s become what is best for ME. What is best for our party. Which is a selfish and destructive view that terrifies me.

I plead to any reader, to consider what they have read. To listen, and react with patience when it comes to politics, or any form of news they see. Inform yourself then form your opinion. Validate your sources on non bias driven websites or outlets. Vote on what you believe in, not on what a political party has decided for you.
Democrats lost because although they wanted to get rid of Trump, watching the hypocrisy and right…
Tags: Democrats

Democrats lost because although they wanted to get rid of Trump, watching the hypocrisy and right wing behavior of Democratic politicians who criticized Trump with their mouths and voted for the evil he inflicted, with their hands.

Democrats could have used the Trump years to show the difference between Democrats and Republicans, by working for the (Progressive) policies the country wants and needs. Instead they used them to exhibit faux outrage so they could fundraise, while continuing to oppress their constituents gleefully.

Democrats did not deserve any wins. They destroyed the candidate the people wanted, and gave us the now senile man who crafted the bills that put us in the many of the horrible positions we are in, from mass incarceration to the crazy and cruel fact that student loan debt, which we are paying until we die, cannot be discharged in bankruptcy.
What legal experts are you referring to?
By: Caleb Mars
Tags: US Politics, Democrats, Russian Collusion, Conspiracy Theories, Trump

What legal experts are you referring to? Names or links would be nice. Why are you so resistant to the fact that Mueller declared there was insufficient evidence to charge anyone in the Trump campaign with collusion-related crimes?

After the most extensive investigation in history the conclusion you seem unable to accept is: no evidence of collusion. Your theory is the most thoroughly and officially debunked conspiracy theory of all time, but you still want to live in your pretend-world of false accusations. Go argue with Mueller. This is what he wrote:

Among other things, the evidence was not sufficient to charge any Campaign official as an unregistered agent of the Russian government or other Russian principal. And our evidence about the June 9, 2016 meeting and WikiLeaks’s releases of hacked materials was not sufficient to charge a criminal campaign-finance violation. Further, the evidence was not sufficient to charge that any member of the Trump Campaign conspired with representatives of the Russian government to interfere in the 2016 election.

Translation: No indictments for collusion. Get it? So why do you keep saying all these indictments are waiting? Wishful thinking? Do you have any real source? Any actual legal expert? I thought not.
Well, you’re not wrong, although in this last election I would consider a vote not Democrat a…
By: Patrick Ramsey
Tags: Bernie Sanders, Democrats, Progressivism, Elizabeth Warren, Aoc

Well, you’re not wrong, although in this last election I would consider a vote not Democrat a default vote for Fascism, no matter what knives in the back existed. I’m curious, though,how you view other Democrats that are progressives. AOC? Bernie Sanders? Elizabeth Warren? They call themselves Democrats. But your thinking may be more progressive than that, in which case I would wonder how your activism works.
Let Them Eat Cake
By: Robin Lea Laurain
Tags: Let Them Eat Cake, Hunger, Congress, Stimulus Package, Democrats

LET THEM EAT CAKE!… Our $600.00 worth of cake crumbs will hardly help citizens get through the winter.

This is a clip from an email I got today…Wow, the new COVID bill actually has money for Israel written into it. Not even kidding.

Attached is the full document. Here is a snippet that can be found on page 341.

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

2 SEC. 8072. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act

3 under the headings ‘‘Procurement, Defense-Wide’’ and

4 ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-

5 Wide’’, $500,000,000 shall be for the Israeli Cooperative

6 Programs: Provided, That of this amount, $73,000,000

7 shall be for the Secretary of Defense to provide to the Gov-

8 ernment of Israel for the procurement of the Iron Dome

9 defense system to counter short-range rocket threats, sub-

10 ject to the U.S.-Israel Iron Dome Procurement Agree-

11 ment, as amended; $177,000,000 shall be for the Short

12 Range Ballistic Missile Defense (SRBMD) program, in-

13 cluding cruise missile defense research and development

14 under the SRBMD program, of which $50,000,000 shall

15 be for co-production activities of SRBMD systems in the

16 United States and in Israel to meet Israel’s defense re-

17 quirements consistent with each nation’s laws, regulations,

18 and procedures, subject to the U.S.-Israeli co-production

19 agreement for SRBMD, as amended; $77,000,000 shall

20 be for an upper-tier component to the Israeli Missile De-

21 fense Architecture, of which $77,000,000 shall be for co-

22 production activities of Arrow 3 Upper Tier systems in

23 the United States and in Israel to meet Israel’s defense

24 requirements consistent with each nation’s laws, regula-

25 tions, and procedures, subject to the U.S.-Israeli co-production

War seems more important to Congress than the U.S citizens.
An Excerpt Reading of What the Dems Had In Plans For The Election
Tags: Operation Blackout, Transition Integrity, Election 2020 Plans, Democrats, Election 2020

An Excerpt Reading of What the Dems Had In Plans For The Election Perfectlyfaded ·Dec 23, 2020

Please share this with everyone you know, this is important to know. It has been mentioned in the press, but not many people have covered this, or know about this. The Democrats have planned this election, and you can see how it is working in real time. It doesn’t matter if you are a Democrat or a Republican, you should not stand for this.

Links to documents connected with the document in the video. Operation Blackout https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Operation_Blackout

Operation Blackout document which has the result of the experiment https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6548629-Operation-Blackout-Wrap-Up-Report-November-2019.html

Transition Integrity Project article on Wikispooks https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Transition_Integrity_Project

Transition Integrity Project document which describes the intentions of the project. https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/7013152/Preventing-a-Disrupted-Presidential-Election-and.pdf
Will He Stay Or Will He Go
By: Arthur Friedson
Tags: Biden Vs Trump, Biden, Democrats, Democratic Party

This question has been on our minds for over five weeks, and although we know that Trump is going to leave, we’re all so traumatized we still worry. The real question isn’t whether or not he will leave, but how long will he control what was once the Republican Party?

There is a very plausible argument to be made that Trump and Trumpism will continue to dominate their Party. Who knows? Maybe he’ll actually run again in four years. There are also those who predict he will form some sort of cable network to out-Fox Fox to maintain his profile. It certainly is true, as former chief policy director for the House Republican Conference, Evan McMullin, has written, that rather than protect democracy, much of the Party “[i]nstead clung to his mad king strategy, like sailors lashed to the mast of a sinking ship.”

While those outcomes are certainly possible, history argues against it. There have been many Trumpian figures who played off of the fears of Americans and grabbed their attention for a while. Think about Sarah Palin, Ross Perot, George Wallace, and Trump’s closet comparison, Wisconsin Senator (no, not Ron Johnson although he sure tries) Joseph McCarthy. In the end, they all assuredly lost their audience.

Senator Joseph McCarthy (Credit: AP)

John Harris writes in Politico that there are three reasons folks like this always fade away. First, he says, “Cults of personality in American politics are quite common. But they never live long, and Trump has offered no reason to suppose he will be an exception.” Second, if you watch Trump’s statements and Twitter feed, it’s clear that he is only interested in his own personal resentments and has no big ideas to improve the lives of citizens. And third, “[P]olitics never stands still, but Trump largely does.”

In his “obituary” for Trump, George Packer writes in The Atlantic that two events broke the Trump fever: the coronavirus pandemic that Trump largely ignored as massive numbers of Americans died, and an election that saw record voter turnout and a decisive win for Joe Biden.

Remember, too, that Trump has hundreds of millions of dollars in loans coming due. He’s also got some ‘splainin’ to do for Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr. and New York State Attorney General Letitia James. He’s going to be awfully busy.

There’s also the fact that although Trump loved seeing himself as president, he was never very interested in governing. He had a lot more fun galivanting around New York and Palm Beach than he had locked up in the White House.

The very smart Thomas Edsall cited Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker who said, “[T]here undoubtedly will be Lost Cause warriors and post-1945-Japan-style cave fighters, and it would be nice to think they will eventually be marginalized by their own preposterousness.” Let that be our wish as we close out 2020 and look forward to 2021 at long last.
What’s Gone Wrong with Politics
By: James Hollomon
Tags: Democrats, Republican Party, America, Democracy, Politics

Today I’m writing a preview of the political tour-de-force, The Politics Industry. It’s a preview because I’m only half-finished reading the book. I will write the review when I’ve read it to its end. But it’s already explained why American politics has become increasingly dysfunctional over the past 30 years and how we must go about fixing the mess.

The Politics Industry

I know I’ve launched into a great nonfiction book when I am motivated to write about it well before I finish reading it. With fiction, the ending is essential. If an author botches that, the whole experience of the read is tainted. But nonfiction stands or falls on the value of the new information it imparts.

When you look forward to reading time, it means you are expanding your view of the world we live in, and that’s worth writing about. The Politics Industry: How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy is not your typical book about government.

Unlike typical political diatribes, this book does not make its reader angry. Instead, it intends to inspire confidence that we can fix what’s wrong. It is not a political rant written by a partisan supporter of either wing of the duopoly. Katherine M. Gehl is a Democrat, and Michael E. Porter is Republican.

Together, they make the case that the duopoly has become dysfunctional due to a systems problem, not personnel issues. We should institute term limits for our Congress, but dreaming of fixing everything by firing this or that hated member is a false hope. The enthusiasm of new arrivals gets crushed by the system the duopoly has concocted to serve its financial interests at our expense.

As long as the system corrupts performance, it will remain a nightmare. When is the last time our Congress fulfilled its constitutional duty and passed an annual budget on time? I had to Google it. It was 1998.

To run our government on a budget, just like all large organizations do, is not a power of Congress; it is part of their job description. Can you imagine a corporation or non-profit organization routinely running operations on a continuing resolution because they can’t compromise on a budget?

The politics business has become an industrial complex rivaling the military-industrial complex in size and exceeding it in power. That’s because Democrats and Republicans write the rules governing their competition. They have used this power to erect enormous barriers to any third party competing for their spoils.

The duopoly deliberately drives partisan anger as a fund-raising ploy. Research shows we will throw money at any problem that infuriates us. Tell us that things are running smoothly, and we’ll likely say, “That’s nice.” and keep our checkbooks closed.

We fixed this problem toward the end of the Gilded Age, and we can do it again. That’s my PREview. If you remain uncertain that you need to read this book, see the REview from someone who has read the ending.
Congressman Ted Lieu — Government Oversight and Ethics
By: Victor Shi
Tags: Congress, Accountability, Democrat, Government, Politics

In this episode of Intergenerational Politics, Jill Wine-Banks and Victor Shi are joined by Congressman Ted Lieu from California, who also serves on the House Judiciary and Foreign Affairs Committees. We discuss the importance of government oversight and ethics investigations into Trump and his supplicants for their egregious, norm-breaking acts and what reforms can be made in the next Congress and administration to assure government oversight and prevent future abuses.

Enjoy below!

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War Donkeys Discuss: A Fundraiser to Save the Senate
By: Rebecca Sealfon
Tags: Democrats, Democratic Party, Senate, Election 2020, Georgia

Curious about popular liberal Quora writers? Join us on Sunday, December 27, at 1 PM U.S. Eastern time, for a virtual round table discussion and Q&A session. The featured guests include our very own Dave Consiglio, one of the most popular Quorans and founder of War Donkey — a Quora space with over 100,000 followers dedicated to electing Democrats up and down the ballot. Joining him will be Quorans Rebecca Sealfon and Andrew Weill. Rebecca is the owner of Quora’s incredibly popular Middle East and North Africa space and a regular contributor to War Donkey. Andrew is one of Quora’s most prolific writers with more than 15,000 answers and nearly 100 million views. He also wears a cool hat. These writers will be discussing their experiences writing for Quora, managing spaces, their political activities, their views on the issues, and more.

Image by Steven Braeger on Wikipedia

These writers are joining forces because our work is not done. The future of this country hangs in the balance in Georgia, a state Joe Biden won by a narrow margin. Now, Georgia’s U.S. Senate runoff elections on January 5 will decide which party controls the Senate. Both of Georgia’s Senate seats are up for grabs and the polling is very close. The Senate passes bills and confirms justices of the courts — a Democratic Senate is a key to Biden’s mandate. This is why these three War Donkeys and many others have stepped into an even higher gear.

In Georgia, every vote counts.

Suggested donation is $20 to Vote Save America (only U.S. citizens and permanent residents are allowed to donate to the Georgia elections), UNICEF (everyone can join Quoran co-organizer Alper Bilgin’s fundraiser), or $5 monthly to help make Rebecca’s Israel-Palestine peace Space Unity is Strength Quora’s first Space to become its own nonprofit.

Sign up here to get involved and spend an afternoon with Dave, Andrew, and Rebecca. (Click on this link to see the entire RSVP form in a new tab or window.)

Special thanks to Vote Save America for helping coordinate this exciting event, and to Rachel Sealfon and Alper Bilgin.
I’m a big fan of your writing, Cathy.
By: Caleb Mars
Tags: Election 2016, Democrats, Hillary Clinton, Election 2020, Trump

I’m a big fan of your writing, Cathy. I like the well-supported arguments you make. However, in this case I disagreed with a distinction you were trying to make. But you did not try to rebut the points I made in my main commentary. You chose to criticize my brief reply to another commenter. That is somewhat disappointing. I thought better of you. Ok, I’ll concede Marla is not a Democrat and my comment to that effect was not accurate.

That still leaves unrefuted my demolition of the main thesis of your original essay. The Democrats set a precedent by attacking the legitimacy of Trump’s election in 2016. They promoted senseless recounts, Faithless Electors, fraudulent use of the 25th Amendment, the Russians collusion conspiracy hoax, and partisan impeachment. They screamed “Not My President” and charged Trump with treason. Their candidate claimed the election was stolen. They declared themselves the “Resistance” and advocated harassment of Republicans on the streets. Your attempt to soft-pedal and whitewash all that did not succeed. I am hoping you will retract your evasive apologia for the Democrats and instead forthrightly acknowledge they set a new precedent for partisan opposition to an election result they did not like. That type of intellectual integrity is what we would expect of you.
American Politics is a JOKE (Part 3)
By: Kai Lyons
Tags: Democrats, American Politics, Third Party, Republicans, Politics

American Politics is a JOKE (Part 3)

“There is nothing which I dread so much as a division of the republic into two great parties, each arranged under its leader, and concerting measures in opposition to each other. This, in my humble apprehension, is to be dreaded as the greatest political evil under our Constitution.” - John Adams

Our political system has been in ruin for a long time. The political duopoly that is the United States electoral college is nothing but a failure. To put it bluntly, neither Democrats nor Republicans care about the freedom of the people. Multiple laws, including the Earn It law and the sneaky new DMCA changes proposed by Thom Tillis, threaten the American people’s freedom.

Why has our political system failed? Other than this being the third part of American Politics is a Joke (READ: Part One, Part Two), it is important to note that (discussed in Part One) that politics are not as polarized as people claim. Politics are more polarized when you go to the third parties, and both ironically also are more loving of your freedoms. However, the more we elect the two tyrant parties, the more fear people have.

“Fear is the path to the dark side…fear leads to anger… anger leads to hate… hate leads to suffering.” - Yoda

Why does fear rise with the elections that result in these two parties winning? Other than external sources like caffeine and terrorism not linked to the two parties, there is a lot. Notice how that was worded, as both political parties have terrorist cells supporting them. The most notable names being Antifa and the KKK (and other white supremacy groups).

These terrorist cells and hate groups are not just problematic in that people get hurt and killed directly, but also the indirect killings and injuries. Antifa has brought fear and anger towards those who support the Democrats, as Antifa riots and kills so they can take away freedoms. The KKK and other white supremacy groups have done the same to the Democrats, and for similar reasons.

I want to keep this as short as possible, but to put it simply, do you see terror groups for the third parties who care about your freedoms? Rarely, and those who are terrorists at least have the decency to care about your freedoms. America cannot stand much longer like it is. The duopoly of the political parties needs to end.
Some New Political Parties for America
By: Daniel G. Jennings
Tags: Political, Democrats, Political Satire, Democratic Party, Politics

The Third-Party madness is once-again gripping the minds of American politicos. For instance, Chapo Trap House blogger Matt Christman tells Useful Idiots’ Katie Halper and Matt Taibbi he wants the “Democrats to go the way of the Whig Party.”

The Whigs were the last major American political party to go extinct in the 1850s. Christman is not alone, I heard failed Republican presidential candidate Joe Walsh (R-Illinois) make a similar remark about the Republicans earlier in 2020. Additionally, the sore losers at the Lincoln Project are making Third Party noises.

Image by Andrew Martin from Pixabay

Okay, we all know third parties are a waste of time in America. The last third party candidate to get enough votes to affect a presidential election was Colonel Theodore Roosevelt (P-New York) in 1912. Note: Teddy still lost the election but he got more votes than a sitting president, William Howard Taft (R-Ohio).

However, the geniuses at the Lincoln Project and others will spend billions of dollars on the third-party stupidity. To help them we’ll propose some new third parties for America.

New Third Parties for America 2020

The New Whig Party The Lincoln Party We’re not the Republicans We’re not the Democrats We’re not the Republicans or the Democrats The Blank Party The Federalist Party The Socialist Party The Capitalist Party The Progressive Party The Stimulus Party The Know Nothing Party The Populist Party The Dixicrat Party The Anti-Trump Party The Trump Sucks Party The Trump Party The Party Party The Beer Party The Anarchist Party The Party of Greed The Violence Party The Party People The Party of Parties The Trumpist Party The Real Republican Party The Bull Moose Party The Money Party The Gold Party The Greenback Party The Reform Party The Bitcoin Party The Goldman Sachs (GS) Party The Beach Party The Pirate Party The Technocratic Party

So yes there are many great third parties in America. However none of them will win a single election.
I was trying to give you the benefit of the doubt, but you really do have that characteristic mix…
By: Caleb Mars
Tags: 2016 Election, Democrats

I was trying to give you the benefit of the doubt, but you really do have that characteristic mix of gullibility, willfull blindness, and stubborn stupidity that characterizes the majority of Biden voters. Do we need a sledgehammer to pound this into your head? Mueller found insufficient evidence to indict anyone in the Trump campaign for conspiring with Russians to do anything illegal about the 2016 election. Let me translate for you. No collusion. Nada. None. It was a hoax. The whole Russian collusion narrative was a conspiracy theory that was officially debunked. What is symptomatic of stubborn stupidity is continuing, as you do, to try to keep this bogus conspiracy theory alive after it has been so thoroughly decimated. It’s kind of funny watching Biden voters giving mouth to mouth resuscitation to their dead pet fish. Truly it’s time to flush it.
This article reveals a key difference between the mindsets of the political Right and the political Left. It discusses American abuse survivors who voted for Trump. They saw Trump as a strong…
By: Rebecca Sealfon
Tags: Democrats, Democratic Party, Republican Party, Trump, Republicans

This article reveals a key difference between the mindsets of the political Right and the political Left. It discusses American abuse survivors who voted for Trump. They saw Trump as a strong protector, a model of their best selves, and someone who would never let himself be abused. Commonly, the political Right views the world in us vs. them, protect-us-from-the-enemy terms. The political Left often has a friendlier view of the world and of foreign people and ideas. Hence the different reactions from the Right and the Left to issues such as keeping the borders open.

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Diabetic Cyborg Life 12/17: 2020 Will not go Quietly
By: Adam, Diabetic Cyborg
Tags: Life, Biden Harris 2020, Democrats, Optimism, Election 2020

The chaos and sadness most associated with the year 2020 will extend well into 2021. The massive effects of COVID and poor leadership of 45 will haunt us like a bad case of COVID that refuses to die. Reluctance to take the vaccines and further refusal of Senate Republicans to act when needed will drive a stake into the heart of hope that Biden’s rise might bring.

The political vampire, that I see now is Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, will make all efforts to change the disastrous COVID response all but silent. The January runoff elections in Georgia are in many ways as important as the November election itself. Thank you to 45 for misinforming his and many GOP followers into thinking it’s all rigged, so no need to vote.

Rarely, can we thank the leader of the worst of the two sides for making his supporters NOT vote in an election. With any hope, those lies of 45 will give the majority to Biden and the Democrats in the new year. Garbage politics often fail those who use them to gain power is what I find in my study of political science.

Junk beliefs will empower you yes, but that same trash can rebound and knock you right off your dais of authority. Please, just don’t see this in time to alter the outcome those of you who are fools of the GOP.
Bring the Ruckus!
By: Matt Orfalea
Tags: Healthcare, Elections, Democrats, Corruption, Politics

Bring the Ruckus!

AOC says she can’t get a floor vote for Medicare for All. But that’s no longer the case. She and the other progressive Dems can force a vote by threatening to withhold their vote from Nancy Pelosi for Speaker of the House. It’s a solid strategy that the past AOC endorsed!

The Medicare for All vote will be a success even if it doesn’t pass. We will get to see who really supports M4A and who doesn’t. Forcing a vote also forces the issue to be taken seriously. Otherwise, it will continue to be ignored and used as a meaningless talking point.

The time is now. They will not have this leverage AFTER the Speaker of the House vote on January 3. So please tell AOC and her squad to put up or shut up if they’re serious about advancing Medicare for All. Tell them to #ForceTheVote!

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Well-written article.
By: Albert Calleros
Tags: Elections, Democrats, Election 2020, Government, Politics

Well-written article. I am simply not optimistic about the long-term fate of the American 'body politic,' especially in the wake of the death of (Associate) Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
If the GOP'ers succeed in drastically reshaping the Supreme-(ly Political) Court of the United…
By: Albert Calleros
Tags: Elections, Democrats, Election 2020, Government, Politics

If the GOP'ers succeed in drastically reshaping the Supreme-(ly Political) Court of the United States just in time for the new session, I will definitely be punching a one-way ticket to Canada within the next several years. As a politically disaffected American, the only thing that I am able to do is to bow my head in profound shame. My only hope is for former VP Biden will aggressively hit both Trump and 'Moscow Mitch' for earnestly endeavoring to stack the entire federal judiciary with reactionary jurists. With respect to vacancies on the Supreme-(ly Political) Court of the United States as a result of the death of a Justice, (U. S.) Sen. 'Moscow Mitch' Connell has always behaved in a hypocritical manner. No longer can I in good conscience continue to proclaim my allegiance to Uncle Sam.
You seem to have missed Mueller’s conclusion that there was no evidence to support charges against…
By: Caleb Mars
Tags: Obstruction Of Justice, Trump, Collusion, Democrats

You seem to have missed Mueller’s conclusion that there was no evidence to support charges against anyone in the Trump campaign for conspiracy with Russians to do anything illegal to influence the 2016 election. To sum it up, no collusion. The Russians collusion conspiracy was a phony and stands as the most officially debunked conspiracy of all time. What you wrote about obstruction doesn’t refute that even it was accurate. You do get the difference between collusion and obstruction, don’t you?
Do Not Unite the Nation, Mr. Biden
By: Roscoe Baker
Tags: Joe Biden, Biden, Democrats, Trump, Politics

President-Elect Joe Biden has repeatedly spoken about his desire to unite the nation. What does it even mean? And why would it be a good thing to achieve?

The nation is, admittedly, divided. Urban and rural, pro-mainstream-journalism and anti, rich and poor. The two major political parties identify these rifts and capitalize on them, trying to find wedge issues to pull people into their party. The Republicans have claimed Evangelicals, much of the business establishment, racists, poor and uneducated white people, among others. The Democrats have the atheists, much of tech and Wall Street, anti-racist activists, the highly educated.

The division in the country along political party lines was emphasized in the election — and the weeks since, while one party accepts the results of a free and fair election and the other claims the election was fraudulent, while themselves engaging in fraudulent activity.

So what would it mean to unite the country? Is the idea that there are ideas out there, political ideas, that everyone can agree with? That if we find those ideas and work together on them, we can finally have Better Things? What, exactly, are those ideas?

After eight years serving in the Obama White House, Biden still believes that there could be some agenda that is so clearly good for everyone that Republicans won’t stonewall it. His belief assumes that Republican lawmakers — lawmakers in general, really — give a shit about improving the nation. Despite their lip service, they do not. They care about getting re-elected (as well as getting richer).

For Republican lawmakers, working across the aisle is a losing bet. They must fight against any effort from the left, framing it as communist or socialist or a conspiracy or whatever, even if it is a policy they themselves proposed in the past. How many years of observing this mechanism will it take for Joe Biden to stop trying to compromise?

For multiple reasons, bipartisan collaboration is not possible in the current political situation. Mr. Biden can want it to be, but he can’t change the tide.

Then: is bipartisanship good? Why would we even want to unite the country? If uniting the country means finding things “everyone” can agree on (whatever percentage of people you define as “everyone”), and such naturally bipartisan ideas don’t exist, what then?

Then sides must conform to whichever side is the least flexible, which in this case is Mitch McConnell and the Republicans. Like the ACA, when Democrats tempered the program to appeal, ultimately unsuccessfully, to the right, Democratic proposals will be watered down, neutralized, and made unrecognizable to progressives. All in order to get cooperation from a group who will not cooperate.

We didn’t elect Joe Biden to unite the nation. Our nation has almost never — and if I were a historian, perhaps I could argue never never — been united. Joe Biden should do what his supporters elected him to do: roll back what Trump did, and advance a progressive agenda. Ruthlessly and without compromise.
Yet Another Pelosi-linked Company Discovered Taking PPP Loans
By: Robbie Jaeger
Tags: Money, Congress, Covid 19, Democrats, Politics

A previously unreported company in which Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul Pelosi, is an investment partner has been discovered to have received a PPP loan of between $1,000,000 and $2,000,000. This marks the third reported instance of a company in which the Pelosi’s have an ownership or partnership stake receiving a loan under the program.

The entity, REOF XX LLC., appears to be a commercial real estate investment vehicle that purchased five Courtyard by Marriot hotels in 2019. Per business documents, REOF XX shares the same executive and business address as Flynn Properties Group — headed by Greg Flynn, owner of the largest restaurant franchising company in the country, Flynn Restaurant Group.

The five hotels that REOF XX bought are listed under the “Portfolio" section of the Flynn Properties website, indicating that REOF XX is either a shell-company or other subsidiary of Flynn Properties. According to financial disclosurses filed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Paul Pelosi has approximately $350,000 invested in the firm.

As previously mentioned, this marks the third known instance of a Pelosi owned entity taking PPP loans. Earlier this year, it was reported that EDI Associates, through which Paul Pelosi has a partnership stake in the El Dorado Hotel in Sonoma, CA, filed for a PPP loan valued between $350,000 and $1,000,000. In addition to that, reporters also discovered that Piatti Restaurants — a restaurant dining company in which Paul Pelosi has $2,500,000 to $5,000,000 invested — also took out a PPP loan worth $2,000,000 to $5,000,000. For those keeping score this makes the total amount of PPP loans taken out by Pelosi-linked businesses valued anywhere between $3,350,000 to $8,000,000.

While there has been no comment from Pelosi’s team about this current story, according to previous reports, a spokesperson stated Paul Pelosi was a “minor investor” in the previous entities in question and had no idea about the loans taking place.

This piece will be updated if any additional information becomes available.
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By: Rebecca Sealfon
Tags: Democrats, Democratic Party, Senate, Election 2020, Georgia

Social media writers who support Warnock for U.S. Senate can join the Warnock campaign’s volunteer social media team. Fill out the form below.

The U.S. Senate runoffs for Georgia are on January 5. The results will determine which political party controls the Senate, and correspondingly, President Biden’s mandate to pass bills and appoint judges. With the Supreme Court now 6–3 Republicans, it’s time to rebalance the country.

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How To Easily Make $1000/Weekly at Home!
By: Donovan Alford
Tags: Money Mindset, Finance, Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneur, Financial

Due to the Coronavirus, many people have lost their jobs and are searching for alternative methods to make extra money from home. Most side hustles require lots of labor and pay very minimal; people waste their time doing these horrible methods. In this article, I will guide you on your way to make $1000 a week at home during the quarantine.

For this, you will need a

laptop or phone,

an email,

and a wifi connection.

First, you need to click here and sign up for an account. This is a website where people can complete surveys for small cash payments, but we aren’t going to be the ones filling out the surveys.

Then, make a second account for a web site called microworkers.com. microworkers is a website where people pay other people small amounts of money ($0.10 – 1.00) to do short tasks.

Next, make a campaign on Microworkers to complete the surveys on OptionsInn.com. The price per person should be less than how much you get paid per survey. for example, if had a survey that pays $20 I would go to microworkers and pay people $0.50 to complete the survey and keep $19.50.
La To Do List de la productivité : Accélérer
By: Lancelot Maitre
Tags: Productivité, To Do List, Entrepreneur, Productivity

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ONLY THREE DAYS LEFT TO START THINKING LIKE A BUSINESS OWNER
By: Leander Jackie Grogan
Tags: Businessowner, Entrepreneur, Over 50owner

If the headline gave you the tiniest inspirational nudge, it did its job. If you’re over 50, reading the COVID-19 pink slip tea leaves, and thinking about starting your own business, you know you have more than three days to make a move. But some timetables are more critical than others. You can hold the hand grenade until it explodes, or you can throw it away before the five seconds elapse.

By the time you read this post, you will have roughly three days left in 2020 to establish your business. In this case, establish means getting your official DBA (doing business as) and opening your business checking account. It doesn’t matter if you haven’t decided what kind of business it’s going to be. The main thing is to open before the years ends.

Here’s why.

If you decide to become an entrepreneur, at some point, you’ll be sitting in front of a potential client. He or she will ask you this universal, deal-killing question…

How long have you been doing this? How long have you been in business?



It’s so important to be honest, to gain trust, and tell the truth.



(I’ve been trying to get rid of two clients left over from my consulting days, one for 18 years, the other for 20 years, respectively. I keep telling them I’m too old. I’m a full time writer now. Leave me be … They both give me the same answer: “In this day and time, it’s hard to find someone you can trust.”

You have to know how to do the work. But in a head-to-head gunfight at the O.K. Corral, trust will shoot down
Can Being Divisive Build the World’s Best Investment Strategy? Yes. Fight Me!
By: Douglas Crets
Tags: Investing, Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurs, Startups, VC

Being divisive is actually super important to developing a tangible investment strategy that is built out of empirical experience. In my experience, you have to fight to gain experience. And you have to struggle to get to the point where you see the truth, rather than accept what most consider to be the truth.

If you can’t be hard-edged to do that fighting, then you don’t belong in non-mainstream, non-cautious investing. Venture capital especially is all about taking the risk, and the first thing you have to fight through to take risk is other people’s complacency.

And complacency is the norm in investing.

Many people I have met in the venture capital community, or in the invesment banking circles, tend to come at investments with group think. They think because they can articulate a thesis that everyone shares better than anyone else says it that this makes their approach and their investment stronger.

They want to feel safe. They pack their charts with data that show the past. They pack their pitch decks to committee with statistics and proof that seal up their argument to the point that you can’t actually see that they have a thesis. They are so buttoned up that they forget that the honesty that is needed in making a venture capital investment has more to do with what goes on inside the founder’s head, rather than what goes on in the P and L sheet.

The truth about great investments, and huge home run hits, is that they come out of nowhere, and you are likely only going to be able to carve out space to think about it in an investment committee or a board of trustees by pushing and pushing and pushing to make people see your point. You can’t make a home run investment, if you are too busy making sure your approach to making the investment ticks all the boxes that make it look like an investment that has already been done before.

VC investing is about non-duplicable approaches to creating superstrong growth curves. You cannot get there by looking at the past of business performance. You can only get there by dismantling everything that stands between you and the psychology of the person who is making the new reality.

I think that any VC shop that builds a divisive culture can actually go far. The fighting passionately for what you believe in, and throwing bullshit back at the person flinging it, is a good way to establish trust. When people feel emboldened to be sharp, to be critical and to to be honest, then you know they mean what they say and they mean that they will stand behind the money they put up.

There are not many places that will encourage this, especially in Asia. But it’s super important to encourage it.

Reality can only be changed when you come at it with a hammer.
How to End 2020 and Move into 2021
By: Carrie Collins
Tags: Tools, Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneur, Productivity

Countless articles reflecting on 2020 will be shared this week, but this one has practical tools for how entrepreneurs can end 2020 and move into 2021.

Photo by Erwan Hesry via Unsplash

This year marked my foray into full-fledged entrepreneurship, and it was certainly a wild and fulfilling ride. As I move into year 2 of my business, I remain incredibly passionate about helping people get highly organized and find more time. I have created systems and processes that work well to operate the business and have hopefully seen the end of most major start-up expenses. I offer the following tools to anyone whose business is moving into the new year.

Take stock. Make certain to reflect on what you’ve learned in 2020 and use that knowledge to avoid making the same mistakes going forward. It took me quite a while to find the right voice for my various social media posts and articles, and while I’m certain that it will continue to evolve over time, I have a much clearer sense of what and how to post in 2021.

Make a plan. This is a great week for tying up 2020 loose ends and putting a 2021 plan to paper. Just as goals for the new year are much more likely to come to fruition if you write them down, so too are your business plans. I plan to review and close my 2020 financial records and analyze the strategies I set forth for 2021 to determine their continued feasibility. I keep both in Excel spreadsheets for now, although I will be investigating new tools in 2021.

Ask for help. Probably the single most important tool in my arsenal is asking for help. This is difficult for me, but I’ve found that friends’ and colleagues’ advice, when filtered through my own lens and experience, has been invaluable. Just as I proclaim that you can’t do it all, you certainly can’t know it all. Tapping into the expertise of others will give you diversity of thought and perspective, which is critical as a solopreneur.

I wish you a very happy new year and a prosperous 2021!