Whenever I see examples of government waste, I’m reminded of the fact that, if we were able to eliminate or at least reduce that waste, we could put music back in our public schools. What a fantastic investment that would …
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Re-Inserting Music into Our Schools’ Curricula
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Trump’s Lies Are Deeply Hurtful
The one constant to Trump’s campaign is the torrent of lies he spreads to the effect that the United States is failing as a nation, and that this is the result of gross mismanagement, incompetence, and corruption on the part …
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Toyota Spurning the Electric Vehicle Trend
From Engine Patrol: Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda cautions that an EV-only future could have serious repercussions for Japan’s auto industry. He estimates that 5.5 million jobs, including those in Toyota’s supply chain, could be at risk. Toyoda also reiterated his …
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What Are Working Class Americans Reading?
It’s not completely clear where working class Americans are getting their information, but it’s obvious they’re being misled. Wish this weren’t the case.
Republican Numbers Are Falling
It’s a good bet that most progressives are connected, somehow in their lives, to Republicans who still support Trump. That said, as suggested in the meme here, that number is dwindling. So many of the GOP faithful have simply seen enough–of …
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Fake News in Electric Vehicle Land
Re: the meme here, Plug-In America co-founder Paul Scott writes: BMW will go out of business if they give up on EVs and try to make fuel cell cars. If you think charging infrastructure isn’t ubiquitous enough yet, try finding …
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Trump Wants to Aim the U.S. Military at the “Radical Left”
What scares me most about Trump isn’t that he’s capable of fascistic thoughts like these. We’ve all seen him in action here, and this comes as no real surprise. What’s most terrifying about our current-day politics is that, if he …
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“Trump–The Rules Have Changed?”
I just ran across this bumper sticker, but I’m having trouble figuring out what it means. Here are a few suggestions. The rules have changed in that: 1) Now someone, in this case a former president, can be indicted, tried …
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In the U.S., We Tend to Misuse the Terms “Capitalism” and “Socialism”
Here’s a blurb I came across on social media, in which a boyhood friend makes an important point about the use of the words “capitalism” and “socialism.” If it seems familiar, it’s because it’s the same concept that I’ve been …
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Trump’s Top General: Former President Is “a Fascist to the Core”
Without a doubt, the word “fascist” is overused in modern-day American politics. This is understandable, given the mutual finger-pointing that has become so common in our discourse. A great example from the Clinton-Trump debate in 2016: Clinton: “Trump is a …
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