1. The Many Ways Single Payer pays for itself and saves you money

    October 22, 2019 by stephenshubert

    There have been a thousand lies told about single payer and how “unaffordable” it is.  Well, if you read the …
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    Category: Uncategorized

  2. Justice demands Antitrust Cases against Amazon, Boeing and Facebook

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    October 20, 2019 by epoetus

        There are a lot of technology monopolies.         Many more large companies qualify for this …
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    Category: Democracy, Monopolies, National government, Progressive, Supreme Court

  3. San Juan County Democrats: Vote Yes to Approve I-1000/R-88 and No on I-976

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    October 16, 2019 by epoetus

    On the November 5 ballot, which you will receive the week of Oct. 14, the San Juan  County Democrats’ Recommendations …
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    Category: Affirmative Action, Elections, Income Inequality, Infrastructure, Labor, Letters to the Editor, Opinion, Progressive, State elections, Unions

  4. Why won’t the Republicans stand up to the President

    October 12, 2019 by epoetus

    or have they begun considering other options.     As usual, the calculus of shifting political positions is very complicated …
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    Category: Democracy, National government, Trump

  5. Yes, a secure online voting system is possible, but maybe we need to fix the root cause first

    October 5, 2019 by epoetus

    When children can hack in and alter the votes tabulated by an official voting system in use today in under …
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    Category: Democracy, Elections, Government, Media, Money Out of Politics, Racism, Voting rights, Women's Reproductive Rights

  6. Could our narcissistic sociopathic White Supremacist President have committed treason?

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    September 28, 2019 by epoetus

    NOTE: He is now 73, not 71 – it is detailed in the text below the photos, specifically the left …
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    Category: Campaign Finance, Democracy, Elections, Foreign Policy, Income Inequality, Money Out of Politics, Progressive, Racism, Trump, Uncategorized, Voting rights

  7. A WA first: SJC Democrats just put an income and wealth tax onto the Democratic party agenda

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    September 22, 2019 by epoetus

        “We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of …
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    Category: Campaign Finance, Democracy, Economy, Income Inequality, Media, Money Out of Politics, National government, Progressive, Supreme Court

  8. Anybody want a book?

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    September 18, 2019 by epoetus

    The mobile library of the San Juan County Democrats is being given away to anybody who is interested.  There are …
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    Category: Democracy, Education, Racism

  9. We Must Become More Than Antiracists

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    September 16, 2019 by epoetus

        Ibram X. Kendi has struck a chord with his latest book “How To Be An Antiracist.” Reading it …
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    Category: Democracy, National government, Progressive, Protests, Racism, State government, Uncategorized, Voting rights, Women's Reproductive Rights

  10. Messages for the “Fly Over” states: Global Warming

    September 8, 2019 by epoetus

    4 points and a ‘truth sandwich’         There are political messages that resonate across political lines and …
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    Category: Climate Change, Democracy, Economy, Environment, National elections, Progressive

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