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Author: Madonna Gauding

Madonna Gauding is a freelance writer, illustrator and book designer living in St. Louis. MO. She is the author of 10 books on a variety of "mind, body, spirit" topics.

UK’s Labour Party elects socialist leader Jeremy Corbyn

September 18, 2015 Madonna Gauding Government, International, Labor and unions Leave a comment

Jeremy Corbyn, elected by a landslide to lead Britain’s Labour Party, has for his entire 32 years in politics held fast to the socialist

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Is Obama endorsing Biden for President?

August 25, 2015 Madonna Gauding 2016 Election, Obama One comment

On August 24, White House press secretary Josh Earnest responded to reporters asking about Joe Biden possibly running for the Democratic nomination against Hillary Clinton:  

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Trump to nation: Political system is rigged against you

August 12, 2015 Madonna Gauding 2016 Election, Corruption, Democrats, Republicans One comment

  In a rare, and perhaps historical, moment of truth telling in presidential politics, Donald Trump told 24 million Americans that wealthy people like

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Myths and lies about Greece

July 14, 2015 Madonna Gauding Banks, Financial reform, Foreign Policy, International, Justice One comment

  From Truth and Satire: Every single mainstream media has the following narrative for the economic crisis in Greece: the government spent too much

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Elizabeth Warren: Change will happen when enough people say “I’m mad as hell”

June 17, 2015 Madonna Gauding 2016 Election, Corruption, Democrats One comment

At a recent conference of media and tech influencers, a member of the audience asked Elizabeth Warren a simple question. Her spontaneous and passionate

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Joe Stiglitz wants to rewrite the rules of the American economy

May 18, 2015 Madonna Gauding 2016 Election, Economy, Financial reform, Hillary Clinton Leave a comment

The time is ripe for genuine progressive ideas to take hold because, for once, they have a chance to resonate with people across the political spectrum. Bernie Sanders and Joe Stiglitz, together, offer real solutions to an economy, and a country, gone off the rails.

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Glass-Steagall: Warren and Sanders bring it back into focus

May 13, 2015 Madonna Gauding Congress, Economy, Financial reform 4 comments

Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren are putting a new focus on the Glass-Steagall Act, which was, unfortunately, repealed in 1999 and led directly

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Obama and TPP

TPP: What Obama’s secret trade deal means for you

April 24, 2015 Madonna Gauding Banks, Corporations, Obama Leave a comment

Since 2009, the Obama administration has been negotiating the Trans-Pacific Parnership (TPP) trade agreement in secret. Only lawyers and advisors representing banks and corporations,

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Hillary Clinton another Wall Street candidate

Hillary Clinton’s pretend populism

April 15, 2015 Madonna Gauding 2016 Election, Hillary Clinton One comment

  I watched Hillary’s slick ad announcing her 2016 presidential campaign. If you haven’t seen it, you can watch it here. Left writer and thinker

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Scott Walker anti-union

Obama’s indifference to labor allowed the rise of Scott Walker

April 2, 2015 Madonna Gauding Labor and unions, Obama Leave a comment

  My Obamaphile friends may object, but it’s time to consider an uncomfortable fact about Obama: His indifference to the plight of labor unions in Wisconsin led to the

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