How Does Democracy Work With a Citizenry Increasingly Uninformed & Fearful?

How Does Democracy Work With a Citizenry Increasingly Uninformed & Fearful?

The data shows that Americans wildly overestimate the number of people in this country who are NOT like them. And Americans wildly underestimate the number of people in this country who ARE like them. This misinformation creates fear. And politicians feed on this fear. What do we do about this?

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Help Texas Democrats Fight Back

Help Texas Democrats Fight Back

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To Win, Democrats Must Get Negative, Get Ruthless & Attack

To Win, Democrats Must Get Negative, Get Ruthless & Attack

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Using 4 Dead Shooting Victims To Score Your Political Points

Using 4 Dead Shooting Victims To Score Your Political Points

Four innocent people dead in a shooting in NYC, and right away everybody pounces to give their own political take, to score their own political points. Both sides, all sides do it. And it’s wrong. And...

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Trump’s Stupid Tariffs Are Big Tax Increases On The American People

Trump’s Stupid Tariffs Are Big Tax Increases On The American People

Cut thru all the bullshit…all the supposed “trade deals” Trump is supposedly cutting…if any of it is real, and that’s a BIG if, the bottom line truth is this: his tariffs will make everything you buy ...

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Jerome Powell Yesterday Reminded Us How You Handle A Bully

Jerome Powell Yesterday Reminded Us How You Handle A Bully

World leaders come here and suck up to him, media companies cave to him, universities settle with him, and everyone else coddles him. When he lies, nobody ever corrects him. Fed Chair Jerome Powell ye...

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I sat down with former national security official Miles Taylor to discuss the very real threats at home and from abroad that this country faces with Trump in the White House. Threats Miles also knows ...

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