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The corporate news media has one duty above all others, and it’s not to honestly inform us; it’s to generate profits for shareholders.  For that reason, it’s not rational to hope that they’ll put too much focus on American democracy’s coming to an end.

There are news organizations, e.g., “Democracy Now!” that are non-profits, for people who don’t want to see world events through a corporate lens.

The End of American Democracy

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Tell Us How You Feel about Trump

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As shown here, people have an infinite variety of ways to express their loathing of Trump.

Tell Us How You Feel about Trump

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A Free Lunch?

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My maternal grandfather was born in southeastern Pennsylvania in 1903 and told me when I was a boy that in the 1920s, times were so good that saloon owners would offer a free lunch, consisting of bread, cheese, and cold cuts. “Sure, they were hoping you’d buy a glass of beer, but they really didn’t mind if you didn’t and simply scarfed down a free sandwich.”

He went on to tell me that nowadays, there’s a popular slogan: There’s no such thing as a free lunch, “but believe me, there was at the time.”

From today’s perspective of greed and selfishness, this whole story sounds like a fairy tale.  Corporations and the congresspeople they own want one thing: to suck the life out of us.

A Free Lunch?

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Trump’s Policies Are Causing So Much Pain

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As a financially comfortable, educated, straight white male, one might think I’m impervious to any of Trump’s policies.

I have a weakness, however, and it’s one I share with virtually every other progressive on the planet–I care deeply the well-being of other people. It disturbs me greatly to see other people suffer, especially when that suffering would be so easily avoided.

Trump’s Policies Are Causing So Much Pain

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