Preserving American Values
Our nation stands under attack … not from without but from within. American values, our politics, and our culture have been corrupted.
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Category: The Trump Factor
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I live in semi-rural Maine, in what’s called Mid-Coast, not the vast interior hinterlands. This is Trump country. Before the election, Trump banners, signs, constructions, icons, and of course the American flag, were everywhere. What has surprised and disheartened me is that after 3 months in office, wreaking havoc on the country, doing nothing that helps the…
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Trump is all over the news. He has been aggressive, overwhelming. The Democrats have mostly been missing. It’s as though since they have no power in Congress to stop Trump and the Republicans, they don’t know what to do. They held their silly paddles up during Trump’s State of the Union speech, and they have…
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It’s clear now that Trump’s goal is nothing less than the destruction of the Federal government, both regarding most of its functions and the balance of power set by the Constitution. Functions: Trump’s actions show that he thinks the Federal government has only two functions: protect the country and support business … oh, and requiring…
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It’s no secret that for many ambitious people in our culture, it’s all about obtaining as much money and power as possible. And people do all sorts of unethical or questionable things in order to gain money and power. This is nothing new. But in any dictatorship, you have an added factor thrown in. You have a leader…
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Donald Trump has set out on a course to radically reshape our government and our democracy. In doing so, he is and will be violating many laws, both those passed by Congress and those in the Constitution. With a compliant Congress, more than 100 suits have been filed in Federal court to stop what Trump is…
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In his flurry of executive orders since taking office, Trump has not taken one action that will help the middle class or the working class. ALL of his orders are designed to either benefit big business and the rich, who have great influence with Trump, or to throw red meat to the Right’s culture warriors. The orders concerning…
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The Constitutional provision that grants the President the right to pardon individuals or commute their sentences includes no guidelines or limits upon its use. Historically, however, the pardon has been used mostly to show mercy (e.g. someone has already served many years for committing a crime and is now very ill) or to serve justice (e.g.…
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At the Trump rally on Sunday before his inauguration, the Village People were on stage with him, singing their iconic song, “YMCA,” which has become a standard at Trump rallies and which Trump does a little dance movement to. How ironic that this gay anthem has become so connected with Trump. In response to other…
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I wrote a post on October 7, 2024 noting an analogy between the state of Germany and Germans in the 1920s that facilitated Hitler’s rise to power as well as Hitler’s propaganda tactics and that of the United States and Trump. There is another unfortunate analogy that must be pointed out. Hitler became all-powerful with the…
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There are two things going on in the Republican Party that workers need to be wary about. The first is that Republicans in the Trump era call themselves the party of the people, the party of the workers. They, or at least Trump, make impassioned speeches about how workers have been wronged and vow to…
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