Category Archives: Purge

Living in Trump’s Dystopian Collapse of Democracy

Living in Trump’s Dystopian Collapse of Democracy It feels like we are living in a science fiction movie, where the Untouchable Chosen One daily smashes another pillar of our previous Democracy.  The savior of the Stone may not be acting … Continue reading

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Trump’s Criticism of Ambassador Yovanovitch

Trump’s Criticism of Ambassador Yovanovitch Trump’s justified his twittering denigration of our former Ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch, as exercising his “free speech”.  He said that things “turned bad” when she was ambassador to Somalia.  Trump’s critics have said that … Continue reading

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Did Conspiracy Theories Entrap Trump Into Five Impeachment Counts?

Did Conspiracy Theories Entrap Trump Into Five Impeachment Counts? Trump has often been criticized for not trusting his intelligence agencies, or the Department of State.  Now, it is clear that he was believing in right wing conspiracy theories rather than … Continue reading

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Climate Change, Tobacco, and Vaping Denial

Climate Change, Tobacco, and Vaping Denial. It seems the leading stories are all connected to climate denial, and its predecessor, to deny that tobacco causes cancer. We celebrate that National Security Council senior director for emerging technologies and lead climate … Continue reading

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Undermining Elections is Just “Business as Usual” for Republicans

Undermining Elections is Just “Business As Usual” for Republicans Trump might be right, that foreign influence was less important than “others” in undermining elections, which are done routinely by Republican States, the Republican Party, the Republican Supreme Court, and by … Continue reading

Posted in 2016 Election, 2018 Midterm Election, Congress, Cybersecurity, First Amendment, Fox News, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press, Governors and State Legislatures, Ohio Voter Purge, Politics, Purge, Robert Mercer, Supreme Court, Trump Administration, Voter Fraud, Voting Rights | Tagged | Leave a comment

Trump’s Border Policy Would Have Harassed Baby Moses and Jesus

Trump’s Border Policy Would Have Harassed Baby Moses and Jesus It is amazing that Trump’s policy of not accepting refugees and asylum seekers, and of separating their children, mirror the plights of the baby Jesus and baby Moses. In the … Continue reading

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When Did Trump Buy Up All NFL Teams?

When Did Trump Buy Up All NFL Teams? Trump acts as if he has bought up all NFL teams and all players contracts. NFL teams have been losing audiences, supposedly over a few players exercising their First Amendment rights to … Continue reading

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FBI Director Comey Fired: Trump Blames it on Clinton

FBI Director Comey Fired: Trump Blames it on Clinton   With so many continuous commentators on all cable networks, it is hard to have an original outlook. Mine was that while Trump claims that he is in the clear, as … Continue reading

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Trump and Brain Drains

Trump and Brain Drains Somehow, Dictators are associated with Brain Drains.  In historical cases, it is not just dislike for dictators, not just secondary effects of a dictator’s policies, but actual purges carried out by the dictator against academics and … Continue reading

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Does Trump Really Believe That Climate Science is a Hoax? Is He Purging the Government of Climate Scientists?

Does Trump Really Believe That Climate Science is a Hoax? Is He Purging the Government of Climate Scientists? Update:  Press Secretary Sean Spicer said that the White House did not send out the gag orders, especially the part where the … Continue reading

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