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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What Should Democrats Do? Run To The Left Or Run To The Center? A Conversation

What Should Democrats Do? Run To The Left Or Run To The Center? A Conversation

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Trump Is Making America Less Safe & Less Secure Every Single Day

Trump Is Making America Less Safe & Less Secure Every Single Day

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I’m An American. I Have A Right To Call Elon Musk A Dick

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Don’t Blame Trump For Lying All The Time. Blame His Supporters

Don’t Blame Trump For Lying All The Time. Blame His Supporters

Trump lies almost every time he opens his mouth. And I stopped saying shame on Trump for lying a long time ago. Now I say shame on his supporters for allowing Trump to lie to them. Trump’s lying is on...

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Our World War II Veterans Must Be Weeping This Morning

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Putin Has Something On Trump. He Always Has

Putin Has Something On Trump. He Always Has

The U.S. and Russia met in Saudi Arabia today to discuss resolving Putin’s war against Ukraine. Ukraine wasn’t there. Yes, you read that right. Trump continues to do exactly what Putin wants him to do...

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The U.S. Constitution or Donald Trump: Hey America, You Can't Have Both. So Choose.

The U.S. Constitution or Donald Trump: Hey America, You Can't Have Both. So Choose.

Trump sent out his utterly un-American post again this morning: "He who saves his county does not violate any law." It's a statement, a belief, that cannot coexist with our Constitution, cannot coexis...

17 Feb 202535min

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In The Face Of Such Unprecedented Lawlessness, What Can We The People Do?

I sat down with Robert Weissman, President of Public Citizen (citizen.org) to discuss how citizens and the courts can best and most effectively stop what Musk and Trump are doing. We’ve never seen suc...

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