by J. Jerrald Hayes | Apr 5, 2018 | • Politics, Donald Trump
The Shallow State The “deep state” is the flavor of the month for conspiracy theorists, the “black helicopters” of 2017. The idea of career intelligence and military officers and bureaucrats marshaling the institutional power they have spent...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Apr 5, 2018 | • Politics, Guns & The 2nd Amendment
Opinion | How to Win an Argument About Guns Tragically, predictably, infuriatingly, we’re again mourning a shooting – this time at YouTube’s headquarters – even as the drive for gun safety legislation has stalled in Washington. Polls show that...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Apr 4, 2018 | • Politics, Donald Trump
Madeleine Albright Warns: Don’t Let Fascism Go ‘Unnoticed Until It’s Too Late’ Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright describes herself as an “optimist who worries a lot.” And lately, it seems, there has been much to worry...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Apr 4, 2018 | • Politics
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by J. Jerrald Hayes | Mar 22, 2018 | • Politics
— Under Construction — Notable Liberal Democrat Accomplishments Got Women the right to vote Got African-American the right to vote Created Social Security liftin million of elderly out of poverty Passed the Civil Rights Act Ended Segregation & Jim Crow The Voting...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Mar 22, 2018 | • Politics, Donald Trump, Economics & The Economy
Donald Trump adds $1 trillion to national debt in 14 months President Trump has now amassed his first $1 trillion in debt, crossing that ignominious mark late last week – and analysts said it’s just a taste of what’s to come after the tax-cuts and...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Mar 16, 2018 | • Politics, Donald Trump
Trump’s presidency is unravelling. But he won’t fall without a push | Gary Younge Even by Donald Trump’s standards, Tuesday was extraordinary. First came the tweet that he had fired his secretary of state Rex Tillerson. Then a state department...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Mar 16, 2018 | • Politics, Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality, Tax Policy
Tax cut scoreboard: Workers $6 billion; Shareholders $171 billion Yet shareholders, not workers, are far bigger direct winners from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. American companies have lavished Wall Street with $171 billion of stock buyback announcements so far...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Mar 13, 2018 | • Politics, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton
Certainly no fan or friend of Hillary Clinton South Carolina Republican Trey Gowdy (from 2014 to 2016, Gowdy chaired and spent $7.8 million with the United States House Select Committee on Events Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attack in Benghazi unsuccessfully trying...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Mar 4, 2018 | • Politics, Donald Trump
Meet the billionaires who run Trump’s government Alex Fine Mr. Monopoly, that mustachioed fat cat with the Taftian profile, was about as close as most Americans got to a New York City billionaire until candidate Donald Trump started flying his jet to their...
