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How democracy dies

Hungry? Photo by James Lee Freedom House’s most recent survey of the state of democracy in the world says: Democracy faced its most serious crisis in decades in 2017 as its basic tenets—including guarantees of free and fair elections, the rights

Posted in Pence2018, Public Finance

An epidemic of fake Trump tweets ironically claiming “Fake News”

Michael Cowen’s friends and official spokesmen have been playing the press for months. Rather than Cowen just telling the Mueller investigation what he knows, he and his allies have been constantly tantalizing the press with all sorts of specifics that

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#Pence2018: What gay bunnies mean for a Pence administration.

Whereas in 2009 nearly 50% more Americans opposed gay marriage than supported it, as of the latest poll, a mere eight years later, there are nearly twice as many Americans who support gay marriage than those opposed according to Gallop.

Posted in Culture, Pence2018

#Pence2018 vs Trump tariffs

On Friday I was called in for a TV interview with WLIO about Trump’s tariffs so I put together a few notes for myself that I might as well post. Trump says he will impose a 25 percent tariff on

Posted in Globalization & International, Pence2018

If #Pence2018, then is Trump Guilty? Does Trump deserve impeachment?

We already know that Trump deserves impeachment. He has admitted to obstruction of justice involving a known Russian crime that his top advisors and family members are guilty of being accessories to. Done. That is worse than the stain on

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#Pence2018: Staying where things are cool and clean while Trump burns down the White House

Pence is diplomatic enough to be able to meet with enemy leaders and mentally stable enough to be able to avoid rash diplomatic accidents. [Pence] agreed to a secret meeting with North Korean officials while in South Korea at the

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#Pence2018, Because Trump is badness of historic proportions

The New York Times surveyed 170 members of the American Political Science Association’s Presidents and Executive Politics section to rank all American presidents and they placed Trump dead last. Of course, if we just look at the scholars who are

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