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Arlen Grossman
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Arlen is a writer/blogger living in Monterey, CA. His political blog is thebigpicturereport.com. He also writes a quotation quiz "What's Your QQ?" at quotationquotient.com.
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Thursday, October 27, 2022
Brace Yourself--Fascism Is Coming to America With the midterm election just days away, it is entirely conceivable Republicans will be in control of one or both houses of Congress. As the party gets more extreme, we can see them embracing the principles of fascism. We are close to finding out what American fascism looks like. It won't be pretty.
Thursday, October 27, 2022Brace Yourself--Fascism Is Coming to America With the midterm election just days away, it is entirely conceivable Republicans will be in control of one or both houses of Congress. As the party gets more extreme, we can see them embracing the principles of fascism. We are close to finding out what American fascism looks like. It won't be pretty.
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Thursday, September 1, 2022
America's Choice: Semi-Democracy or Fascism Our election choices in this country are narrow. You will either get the Democratic Party or the Republican Party. The parties have set it up in this way to make our choices limited. This time around the stakes are especially high, because the Republican Party seems to prefer fascism over democracy, Should the GOP regain power, Democrats may not get another chance to counter the right-wing MAGA takeover.
Thursday, September 1, 2022America's Choice: Semi-Democracy or Fascism Our election choices in this country are narrow. You will either get the Democratic Party or the Republican Party. The parties have set it up in this way to make our choices limited. This time around the stakes are especially high, because the Republican Party seems to prefer fascism over democracy, Should the GOP regain power, Democrats may not get another chance to counter the right-wing MAGA takeover.
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Saturday, August 27, 2022
The Trump Empire's Final Days Why did Donald Trump fight so hard to overturn the 2016 election? Most likely because he realized that if he were the sitting president he would be immune to criminal charges. Not so if he was out of office.
Saturday, August 27, 2022The Trump Empire's Final Days Why did Donald Trump fight so hard to overturn the 2016 election? Most likely because he realized that if he were the sitting president he would be immune to criminal charges. Not so if he was out of office.
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Thursday, June 23, 2022
How Putin--and Trump--Ruined America The efforts of Russian President Vladimir Putin to help assist Donald Trump become president paid big dividends. America has turned into a mean, intolerant, and bitter nation, split apart into two widely divergent political and cultural factions. Putin must be happy to see the results of his interference.
Thursday, June 23, 2022How Putin--and Trump--Ruined America The efforts of Russian President Vladimir Putin to help assist Donald Trump become president paid big dividends. America has turned into a mean, intolerant, and bitter nation, split apart into two widely divergent political and cultural factions. Putin must be happy to see the results of his interference.
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Friday, May 20, 2022
The Last Days of American Democracy? Democracy, as we know it in America, is in great danger. The Republican Party is nuts but they are surging. If they win back Congress in November, democracy will be in danger. They seem poised to win and Democrats appear hopeless. The Supreme Court draft resolution on abortion rights gives Democrats something to run on and energize their passive voters. Can they take advantage of this great opportunity?
Friday, May 20, 2022The Last Days of American Democracy? Democracy, as we know it in America, is in great danger. The Republican Party is nuts but they are surging. If they win back Congress in November, democracy will be in danger. They seem poised to win and Democrats appear hopeless. The Supreme Court draft resolution on abortion rights gives Democrats something to run on and energize their passive voters. Can they take advantage of this great opportunity?
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Wednesday, December 22, 2021
Fox News: A Whole Different Reality Is Fox News a real news network? Most of us know it isn't. Rather, it is the public relations arm and propaganda machine for the Republican Party and Donald J. Trump. They have no concern for truth, facts and reality.
Wednesday, December 22, 2021Fox News: A Whole Different Reality Is Fox News a real news network? Most of us know it isn't. Rather, it is the public relations arm and propaganda machine for the Republican Party and Donald J. Trump. They have no concern for truth, facts and reality.
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Friday, November 26, 2021
Putin Won. We Lost. President Putin of Russia worked to get what he wanted. He helped get a compliant U.S. president installed, an American government divided and dysfunctional, with total political chaos. Russia should be happy with the result. American democracy, however, appears to be in serious danger.
Friday, November 26, 2021Putin Won. We Lost. President Putin of Russia worked to get what he wanted. He helped get a compliant U.S. president installed, an American government divided and dysfunctional, with total political chaos. Russia should be happy with the result. American democracy, however, appears to be in serious danger.
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Thursday, October 21, 2021
"It's the Media, Stupid!" The gaping political divide in this country can be blamed mostly on the rise and popularity of right-wing fake media. Because of it, our democracy is endangered..
Thursday, October 21, 2021"It's the Media, Stupid!" The gaping political divide in this country can be blamed mostly on the rise and popularity of right-wing fake media. Because of it, our democracy is endangered..
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Saturday, September 11, 2021
9/11: The Senseless Way We Handled It Let's not dwell too much on 9/11. In so many ways it ruined our country, especially the way we handled it afterwards.
Saturday, September 11, 20219/11: The Senseless Way We Handled It Let's not dwell too much on 9/11. In so many ways it ruined our country, especially the way we handled it afterwards.
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Sunday, January 19, 2020
The Eve of Destruction--Coming Soon? The survival of life on our planet is in question, and it could be sooner than we are willing to acknowledge. It feels as if humankind doesn't take seriously the peril the Earth faces. The biggest existential threats to life on this planet can be boiled down to two: weapons of mass destructive and world climate change. Either one can destroy life on Earth.
Sunday, January 19, 2020The Eve of Destruction--Coming Soon? The survival of life on our planet is in question, and it could be sooner than we are willing to acknowledge. It feels as if humankind doesn't take seriously the peril the Earth faces. The biggest existential threats to life on this planet can be boiled down to two: weapons of mass destructive and world climate change. Either one can destroy life on Earth.
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Wednesday, December 25, 2019
Democrat Party vs. Republic Party Republicans taunt Democrats by using the name of the party as an adjective, i.e. Democrat Party. It's time for the party to fight back.
Wednesday, December 25, 2019Democrat Party vs. Republic Party Republicans taunt Democrats by using the name of the party as an adjective, i.e. Democrat Party. It's time for the party to fight back.
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Friday, October 4, 2019
Capitalism Works Great--Except When It Doesn't Here's a challenge: name an important problem in America today that is not caused or exasperated by capitalistic greed. It has ruined what is left of our democracy. A massive restructure of our economic system is desperately needed.
Friday, October 4, 2019Capitalism Works Great--Except When It Doesn't Here's a challenge: name an important problem in America today that is not caused or exasperated by capitalistic greed. It has ruined what is left of our democracy. A massive restructure of our economic system is desperately needed.
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Wednesday, April 24, 2019
Is This How Fascism Begins? Does America have some of the same conditions that spawned fascism in the 1930s? There are similarities, enough to make us worry.
Wednesday, April 24, 2019Is This How Fascism Begins? Does America have some of the same conditions that spawned fascism in the 1930s? There are similarities, enough to make us worry.
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Monday, November 12, 2018
How the Media Serve Trump The media has made Donald Trump. They wait impatiently for his next tweet or rant. The corporate news media has given him millions in free, inadequately challenged advertising for his 2020 re-election campaign. The news media should rethink how they cover this president.
Monday, November 12, 2018How the Media Serve Trump The media has made Donald Trump. They wait impatiently for his next tweet or rant. The corporate news media has given him millions in free, inadequately challenged advertising for his 2020 re-election campaign. The news media should rethink how they cover this president.
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Monday, June 25, 2018
All Trump, All the Time: A Recipe For Disaster Trump speaks and the news media report. But it's all one-sided. The press needs to report on what the opposition party, the Democrats, have to say. Otherwise, the country only hears the reality of Donald Trump. No wonder he is able to keep his approval rating as high as it is.
Monday, June 25, 2018All Trump, All the Time: A Recipe For Disaster Trump speaks and the news media report. But it's all one-sided. The press needs to report on what the opposition party, the Democrats, have to say. Otherwise, the country only hears the reality of Donald Trump. No wonder he is able to keep his approval rating as high as it is.
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Tuesday, May 8, 2018
War With Iran--Is It Inevitable? A major war in the Middle East would be catastrophic, yet that is the direction we are heading.
Tuesday, May 8, 2018War With Iran--Is It Inevitable? A major war in the Middle East would be catastrophic, yet that is the direction we are heading.
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Thursday, April 19, 2018
Syria Used Chemical Weapons--Are You Sure? Do we have proof that Syria used chemical weapons on its own citizens in Dourma? We don't and President Assad had no rational reason to do so.
Thursday, April 19, 2018Syria Used Chemical Weapons--Are You Sure? Do we have proof that Syria used chemical weapons on its own citizens in Dourma? We don't and President Assad had no rational reason to do so.
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Wednesday, October 25, 2017
The Billionaires Won. The Rest of Us Lost. Billionaires and Big Corporations own the United States. Democracy is essentially gone. It's painful to acknowledge, but nevertheless true.
Wednesday, October 25, 2017The Billionaires Won. The Rest of Us Lost. Billionaires and Big Corporations own the United States. Democracy is essentially gone. It's painful to acknowledge, but nevertheless true.
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Wednesday, June 28, 2017
The American People Never Win--Here's Why The American people never seem to get what they want. The reason is that we live in an oligarchy, not a democracy. Billionaires and large corporations own this country and control the political process.
Wednesday, June 28, 2017The American People Never Win--Here's Why The American people never seem to get what they want. The reason is that we live in an oligarchy, not a democracy. Billionaires and large corporations own this country and control the political process.
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Friday, February 17, 2017
Will Trump Step Down? Will Donald Trump resign from office in the next few weeks? I think the current Russian election collusion scandal combined with his fragile ego might cause him to step down sooner than later.
Friday, February 17, 2017Will Trump Step Down? Will Donald Trump resign from office in the next few weeks? I think the current Russian election collusion scandal combined with his fragile ego might cause him to step down sooner than later.
