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Elections: What’s the economy got to do with it? And what we can do about it

October 29, 2020 Gary Wilson

Oct. 28 — In the final days of campaigning before the 2020 elections, every form of media is saturated with advertising for the Democratic and Republican candidates in local, state and national elections. The focus […]

Donald Trump’s greedy Big Oil backers want more

September 27, 2020 Gary Wilson

Donald Trump, a shifty real estate and casino mogul who is in some way connected to the New York mob, was mostly unknown outside of New York City until 2004. That’s when Trump started […]

Trump lays groundwork to steal election

September 9, 2020 Gary Wilson

The newly unleashed federal police force entered the Portland, Ore., area on Sept. 3 and assassinated anti-fascist activist and Black Lives Matter supporter Michael Reinoehl. Attorney General William Barr triumphantly announced: “Agitator removed.” In the […]

Election by coup?

August 13, 2020 Gary Wilson

With President Donald Trump ruling mainly by decree, there were many who thought his recent tweet about delaying the election meant that he intends to decree himself president for another four years. The purpose of […]

Ruling by decree: Trump interrupts golf game to issue executive orders

August 12, 2020 Gary Wilson

No relief in sight On Aug. 7, President Donald Trump interrupted his game of golf at his course in New Jersey to announce four executive orders he says will provide economic relief for struggling workers […]

Unemployment crisis: It’s about to get worse

July 21, 2020 Gary Wilson

At the end of July, the extra $600 per week in expanded unemployment benefits will expire. Congress has not acted to extend the benefits or provide anything in its place. But nearly half of […]

Black voter suppression near 1950s level

July 8, 2020 Gary Wilson

The Supreme Court unanimously ruled July 6 that states can penalize members of the Electoral College who do not support the winner of their state’s popular vote in a presidential election. The court’s ruling is […]

Donald Trump’s June 1 coup attempt

June 16, 2020 Gary Wilson

On Monday, June 1, Donald Trump called Attorney General William Barr, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley to the White House, where he got on […]

U.S. unemployment hits depression levels. Don’t blame China

May 29, 2020 Gary Wilson

The New York Times headline declared: “U.S. unemployment worst since the Great Depression.” (New York Times, May 9, 2020, print edition) Actually, the Times report understated the unemployment numbers. In a press release, the […]

The rule of the rich is not democracy

May 26, 2020 Gary Wilson

The U.S. was established as a republic in 1787 and remains so to this day. It is a republic, but not a democracy. The American Revolution was not a bourgeois democratic one, like the great […]

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