Trump’s Carrier Deal Is The Opposite Of Capitalism

Ken AshfordCorporate Greed, Economy & Jobs & Deficit, Trump & AdministrationLeave a Comment

  So a few days ago, President-elect Donald Trump tweets that Carrier is not moving to Mexico and it is keeping jobs here.  He pats himself on the back for delivering on a campaign promise.  Except now we learn the truth: The Carrier deal, brokered by President-elect Donald Trump, may not have saved as many factory jobs as was presented … Read More

A Win Against The Pipeline

Ken AshfordEnvironment & Global Warming & Energy, Immigration and Xenophobia, RaceLeave a Comment

In a rare win for progressives, the Secretary of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reportedly told Standing Rock Sioux Chairman Archambault that the current route for the Dakota Access pipeline will be denied. According to MSNBC, the Corps of Engineers will conduct an environmental study to see how the pipeline can be rerouted to lessen any potential environmental impact. … Read More

Trump’s Lies About Voter Fraud Will Make Voting Harder

Ken AshfordVoter Suppression & Voter SecurityLeave a Comment

From The Nation, we get another aspect of how things are getting worse already: Less than a month after Donald Trump unexpectedly carried Michigan by 10,000 votes, Republicans in the state legislature are already pushing to make it harder to vote. The presidential recount hasn’t even finished yet and Michigan Republicans are trying to pass a strict voter-ID law through … Read More

Why McCrory Lost

Ken AshfordElection 2016, Local Interest, Sex/Morality/Family ValuesLeave a Comment

Public Policy Polling looks at why Governor McCrory lost here in North Carolina in what was obviously a banner year for Republicans: What happened in the summer of 2013 to make McCrory so permanently unpopular? He allowed himself to be associated with a bunch of unpopular legislation, and progressives hit back HARD, in a way that really caught voters’ attention … Read More

Action/Reaction

Ken AshfordEnvironment & Global Warming & EnergyLeave a Comment

If we are to get through the next four years, we need to see more of this: (1) An article in Breitbart: .@BreitbartNews: Global Temperatures Plunge. Icy Silence from Climate Alarmists https://t.co/uLUPW4o93V — Sci,Space,&Tech Cmte (@HouseScience) December 1, 2016 A response from the source: Haha https://t.co/EPS7BDFtSc pic.twitter.com/gshDN61yBi — Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) December 6, 2016