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Christopher Benjamin
May 7, 20236 min read
When In Doubt, Cheat ! Republicans cheat for power and not altruism.
When you give Republicans power, this is what happens. They do not have common sense policy positions that will actually serve the people,
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Just Another Democrat
May 7, 20233 min read
Oliver Twist 2023 - Part 2
Part One of this series dealt with the history of child labor in America. Now let’s see what’s changed over the past 200 years. To be...
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Darryl Wimberley
Apr 30, 20234 min read
Picking Winners, Picking Losers
An often-repeated bromide in the tape deck of Republican rhetoric is that taxpayers’ money should not subsidize businesses in the private...
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Just Another Democrat
Apr 29, 20233 min read
Oliver Twist 2023 - Part 1
If you had a high school English teacher who was a 19th century British literary fanatic like I was, then you probably struggled with...
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Yvonne Surette
Apr 27, 20234 min read
Democracy Protects Us From Mayhem
You know the commercial for home insurance where Mayhem (in the guise of actor Dean Winter) comes to call, wrecking garages, cars, and...
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Christopher Benjamin
Apr 27, 20233 min read
Roar Like McMorrow
Just over a year ago this happened: Michigan Senator Mallory McMorrow gave a powerful speech that went viral and was an inspiration for...
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Christopher Benjamin
Apr 23, 20232 min read
Unintended Consequences ?
The US is number 1 ! A Commonwealth Fund report from 12/2022 that the US leads the rest of the similar high income countries in the world...
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Just Another Democrat
Apr 22, 20232 min read
Nobody Won
If you’re celebrating the decision by the squad in black robes to leave Mifepristone on the market for now - don’t. It’s not a win for...
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Christopher Benjamin
Apr 11, 20231 min read
Biden Schools the GOP on Real Economic Leadership.
Yes, inflation has been going down, down, down since 6/30/22 ! The rate of inflation for the year ending: 6/30/2022 was 9.1% 7/31/2022...
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Just Another Democrat
Apr 8, 20233 min read
Youngkin Rolling Us Back to "Jim Crow"
If you didn’t know that Virginia’s policy towards re-instating voting rights to ex-prisoners has changed, you aren’t alone. Seems that...
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Just Another Democrat
Apr 8, 20233 min read
The Bombs Never Fell But The Bullets Are Flying...
I was in the second grade in 1962, and the country was preparing for an atomic bomb strike. We had no idea what the fallout would be,...
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Christopher Benjamin
Apr 8, 20231 min read
Job Growth Strong Yet Again !
US job growth was strong in March 2023 resulting in an unemployment rate falling to 3.5% ! A total of 236,000 jobs were added. So what...
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Just Another Democrat
Apr 7, 20233 min read
Jane - Part 4: The End, or just the beginning…
Please read Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 first. Dobbs and all of its ramifications for women didn’t happen overnight. A cast of characters...
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Christopher Benjamin
Apr 6, 20235 min read
Democracy Was Saved on 4/4/23 ! And I Am Not Talking About The Orange One.
A VERY important thing happened on Tuesday April 4, 2023. Democracy was saved ! While most people were glued to the news about the orange...
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Just Another Democrat
Mar 28, 20232 min read
She, Sisyphus
Sisyphus is the mythological figure doomed by the gods to roll a rock up a hill, only to have it roll back down again and restart the...
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Christopher Benjamin
Mar 26, 20232 min read
Awesome Newsom !
Last year, Governor Gavin Newsom announced that California was going to wield the power of the 5th largest economy in the world to ......
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Just Another Democrat
Mar 26, 20233 min read
Just Say No Didn't Work in the 80’s Either…
I’ve got a great idea about how to extend the DeSantis plan of curtailing rights for everyone in his state. How about “just don’t say...
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Just Another Democrat
Mar 26, 20232 min read
Beware GOP bearing gifts…
I watched an interview with the governor of Utah this morning. He was defending his state legislature’s recently passed law that does...
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Darryl Wimberley
Mar 26, 20233 min read
Talking Straight About The IRA
Americans generally understand that federally funded programs which boost economic activity have some potential to raise the rate of...
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Christopher Benjamin
Mar 22, 20232 min read
130, 557 Billion, Generation Lockdown, Burger, Graham, TN, Biden
130 This is the number of mass shootings in America in 2023 so far. 557 billion This is the total economic cost to the economy from gun...
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