U.S. national debt now over $40T
Remember, MAGAs promised to eliminate the national debt “over eight years,” and framed Democrats as reckless spenders. Perpetual wars and tax breaks for the rich changed all that.
Michael Klonsky
Retired Educator, writer, blogger, and coach, Hitting Left politically on WLPN 105.5 FM Chicago. “Like the morning sun you come and like the wind you go”. — Jerry Garcia
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Huckabee calls West Bank settlers ‘terrorists.’ What kind of game is he playing?
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Weekend Quotables
Building a "left-wing media ecosystem."
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Trib editorial reveals shocking news about socialists. They're for socialism.
What’s surprising about the DSA program story is not the program itself, but that the Tribune still treats socialism as an exotic import rather than part of a homegrown tradition.
More on Trump's Red-Scare Gambit
State Dept report claims Cuba is directing the American left, old and new. But it was always about solidarity.
Weekend Quotables
Trump booed at World Cup... The Democratic Party is in dire need of a mutiny.
The Commun[Ism] Schism
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