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Scott Baker is a Managing Editor & The Economics Editor at Opednews, and a blogger for Huffington Post, Daily Kos, and Global Economic Intersection. His anthology of updated Opednews articles "America is Not Broke" was published by Tayen Lane Publishing (March, 2015) and may be found here:
Scott is a former President of Common Ground-NYC (http://commongroundnyc.org/), a Geoist/Georgist activist group. He has written dozens of articles for Common Ground's national publication, GroundSwell, and has advocated for the Georgist Land Value Tax to public and political audiences. A complete list of his publications can be found here:http://www.cooperative-individualism.org/georgists_unitedstates-ba-be.htm
Scott has a dozen progressive petitions on Change.org which may be found here:
Scott was an I.T. Manager for a major New York university for over two decades where he earned a Certificate for Frontline Leadership.
He had a video game published in Compute! Magazine: http://www.atarimagazines.com/compute/issue55/dark.php Scott is a graduate and adjunct faculty of the Henry George School of Social Science in New York City.
Scott is a modern-day Renaissance Man with interests in economics, science and all future-forward topics.
Scott grew up in New York City and Pennsylvania. He graduated with honors and a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Pennsylvania State University and was a member of the Psychology honor society PSI CHI. Today he is an avid bicyclist and ride co-leader in a prominent bike advocacy organization.
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Sunday, February 28, 2021If we can't end the filibuster, at least modify it. The fate of the world might depend on it. There's no time to lose. The filibuster essentially erases the narrow margin of control Democrats have over the senate. Bias in the senate towards the red states, gerrymandering and vote suppression will see to it they never get another chance, unless the Democrats can deliver something to the working people of the country, not in 4 years, but in less than two. 
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Friday, January 22, 2021Strip the Senate: Making V.P. Kamala Harris the Senate Majority Leader Former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConell (R) is refusing to give up his title. Biden and Harris have to act aggressively to prevent this sabotage. They can not do what they usually do. Republicans fight to the death to retain power. Democrats just die. And out of power they rightfully should claim. 
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Thursday, January 14, 2021Revolution: It CAN Happen Here Here's why insurrection can happen here too, and it's instructive to read about the pre-Civil War era. Next week is going to be very trying for the country, and it may not end there. 
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Monday, January 11, 2021Assange extradition denied but appealed in waning days of Trump Administration The following came to me as part of a subscribed series of updates from JournalistsSpeakUpForAssange - a group of journalists following and providing updates on Julian Assange's case proceedings. Assange continues to be one of the world's most prominent and persecuted political prisoners. 
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Monday, January 4, 2021Several reasons why Covid-19 stats are Overblown There are several reasons why Covid-19 stats are overblown, having to do with both diagnosis and susceptibility. 
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Thursday, December 24, 2020The Sorry State of our Republic President Trump has almost unlimited power, and he's doing everything he can to retain it, even if it means undermining democracy and everything the American republic stands for. 
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Friday, December 18, 2020It's not over: How Trump Might Still Be Inaugurated for a Second Term Democrats and their allies are dismissing the challenges to the Election at their peril. Behind the scenes Trump's allies are working furiously on new cases, selecting alternate electors or a Congressional override on January 6 (both of which have precedent). Conservative reporter Bill Still features a Michigan City Councilman (unnamed) who walks through all the steps still open to the Republicans. 
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Monday, November 30, 2020Is Trump Planning A Military Coup to Retain Power? Trump will do anything to retain power, including destroying democracy itself. Herein, the latest coup attempt, cited by Cenk Uygur and laid out in Trump's own words and actions. 
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Saturday, November 14, 2020Did Jo Jorgensen cost Trump the Election? Jo Jorgensen, the Libertarian candidate for president, garnered enough votes in two battleground states, and possibly a third, TBD, to have possibly swung the election to Biden. The major parties ignore the lesson at their peril, especially if more states adopt ranked choice voting, like Maine. 
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Wednesday, October 28, 2020Big Tech Social Media is in Over its Head About Censoring Policies The free and open internet is under attack like never before. Under the cover of election-obsessed coverage, the Congress is holding hearings on how to make social media conform to standards that itself can never agree upon. 
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Friday, October 16, 2020How to fix the economy, forever It's time for a global economic reset, but not along the lines of those in power. The money is here, literally beneath our feet and in powers the government has always had. We need to demand it for the common good.
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Friday, October 9, 2020If elected, Biden should appoint a temporary 10th Justice to the Supreme Court Future president Biden should pack the supreme court, but do it temporarily. It is right, not just because of balance, but to right an injustice resulting from republican led from 2016. 
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Monday, September 21, 2020Julian Assange extradition trial - update - week 2 With so many important things to focus on these days, it may be hard to remember that a ground-breaking journalist is fighting for his freedom, and possibly his life. The American charges against a foreign journalist in a foreign court, are unprecedented and severe. If Assange is extradited, he faces the very real possibility of spending the rest of a very miserable life in an American super-max prison.
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Thursday, September 3, 2020Pregnant Australian Woman Arrested for organizing a Covid anti-lockdown Protest March Freedom of speech and protest are gone in Australia, at least when it comes to Covid-19. One woman's videotaped arrest for a pre-crime of organizing an anti-lockdown rally, is causing a viral storm of a different kind. 
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Friday, August 28, 2020What is the Deep State? What is this thing called the Deep State? The term is recent, but the people who represent it are not. It needs to be understood and appreciated for how deep it runs. 
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Saturday, August 22, 2020Reasons for Optimism in Biden/Harris Biden/Harris is not as bad or regressive a combination as many progressives think. But the contest will be more difficult than the polls indicate. Why progressives should pull out all the stops right now to ensure Trump's defeat and progressive change. 
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Tuesday, August 4, 2020Time to reopen, at least in the worst hit city, New York City It's time to reopen in NYC. The economic consequences outweigh the potential harm of continuing the lock-down in corona virus infection rates. 
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Wednesday, July 29, 2020Politics, Politics, Politics...and Science Left-Right ideology is not just pitting Americans against each other, it is killing them. Covid-19 is an object lesson. 
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Saturday, July 18, 2020Bombshell Report: Herd Immunity Reached at 20% (Video) Kim Iversen cites 2 studies that show only 10-20% infection rates confer herd immunity, not 60-70% as previously believed. This means NY, UK & Sweden are already past this & other states and countries soon will be. NY can open up now, and other states soon & other measures might not be necessary or effective. It is then just a coincidence that strict measures were enacted at the same time as Covid-19 peaked. 
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Thursday, June 11, 202010 thoughts on the Covid Crisis Where are we in the Covid curve? While some areas become safer, others are seeing skyrocketing rates of infection. Some observations, positive and negative. Page 1 of 16 First Last Back Next 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 View All |
