January 6 was one of the single most devastating days in American history. In the months and years after, Donald Trump and MAGA manufactured a nearly...
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IIT’S BEEN YEARS in the making but with the arrival of president-elect Trump, America’s oligarchy is near completion. The transformation from a democracy to an oligarchy is a victory for Trump’s friend, Vladimir Putin. In the past, America has taken pride in the exportation of democracy by promoting free elections abroad, placing sanctions on authoritarian regimes, funding civil society to foster democratic values and, when all else failed, invading countries in need of the U.S. brand of democracy. Unlike a traditional oligarchy, where wealthy elites are part of government, the Russian model is referred to as “sultanistic” oligarchy. This style of oligarchy requires loyalty to Putin in maintaining their influence and wealth without formal participation in government. As in the U.S., Russia wasn’t always ruled by an oligarchy. The rape of Russian’s public resources began during the post-Soviet privatization era in the 1990s. That’s when a select few oligarchs acquired valuable state-owned assets. Given the size of Trump’s ego, a sultanistic oligarchy is a perfect match. The morally challenged president-elect imagines himself as a dictator. He imagines himself as being on the top of the heap and with the power of the presidency he will seek retribution from his perceived [...]
January 6 was one of the single most devastating days in American history. In the months and years after, Donald Trump and MAGA manufactured a nearly...
President Donald Trump has done so much damage to the formerly steadfast pillars of democracy that it's often difficult to single out any one...
President Donald Trump has done so much damage to the formerly steadfast pillars of democracy that it's often difficult to single out any one...
Pay attention to this professional liar:“I’m the only president in modern history who left office with a smaller national debt than when I came...
Iowa Soybean Association President Tom Adam urged the Trump administration, in a statement Thursday, to prioritize a trade deal with China and to...
Iowa Soybean Association President Tom Adam urged the Trump administration, in a statement Thursday, to prioritize a trade deal with China and to...
Donald Trump and many of the people surrounding him have become explicit threats to what’s left of our democratic republic. And now they’re saying...
President Donald Trump's administration just made a huge gamble — and opened the door for a golden opportunity for the opposition, a Democracy...
I had intended to write today about a video the repulsive President of the United States loaded up on his odious social media account Monday night. I...
Most jobs have a “playbook,” a sort of instruction manual or checklist for how to do the job right, whether it’s running an assembly line,...