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realID

I got my Real ID last week in Missouri. Here’s what you can learn from my experience.

January 17, 2020 Gloria Shur Bilchik Government, Missouri region Leave a comment

By October 1, 2020, anyone wanting to fly domestically, or gain legal admittance to a government facility or a nuclear power plant needs to

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Beware a National Unity Government

August 16, 2018 Adam Levin 2020 Election 3 comments

The date is January 20th, 2021, and Joe Biden is assuming the presidency. The demagogue Donald Trump has been defeated, the republic restored, and

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Going after Federal regulations: Trump discovers ‘dark matter’

February 1, 2017 Bill Kesler Government, Politics, Trump Leave a comment

In his first weeks in office, Donald Trump has been all about executive orders. He has also talked about going after Federal regulations. But,

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The plot to kill American democracy: This is not a movie

November 1, 2016 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2016 Election, Democracy, Republicans Leave a comment

The Republican plot against American democracy is not a myth, a slogan, or a theory. It would probably make a very bad movie with an implausible

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“We can’t afford it.” The untrue, anti-tax mantra of 21st century government

March 12, 2015 Gloria Shur Bilchik Budget, Good government, Ideas, Taxes Leave a comment

For the past 30 years, “We can’t afford it” has become the mantra of city councilmen, state legislators and even U.S. Congressional representatives. But

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Solar (Freakin’) Roadways!

May 29, 2014 Madonna Gauding Environment, Ideas, Infrastructure Leave a comment

Global warming and its effect on climate change is real, and it’s frightening. While our political and corporate classes are joined at the hip and still

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Scientific study concludes US is an oligarchy, not a democracy

April 18, 2014 Madonna Gauding Corporations, Corruption, Government, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

  We are so close to losing our democracy to the mercenary class, it’s as if we are leaning way over the rim of

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Daniel Ellsberg: Edward Snowden was right to leave the U.S.

July 16, 2013 Madonna Gauding Civil liberties, FBI/NSA/CIA, Government, Obama, Privacy/surveillance Leave a comment

Snowden did what he did because he recognised the NSA’s surveillance programs for what they are: dangerous, unconstitutional activity. This wholesale invasion of Americans’

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Blueprint for a federal takeover of national elections

December 3, 2012 Madonna Gauding 2012 Election, Democrats, Good government, States 2 comments

Some Democrats in the last election had a hard time voting. Republicans, like Secretary of State John Husted of Ohio, worked overtime, using a

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The Waltons and Walmart: a fortune built on food stamps

November 29, 2012 Madonna Gauding Economy, Labor and unions, Poverty 5 comments

Government is instituted for the common good; for the protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness of the people; and not for the profit, honor, or

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