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The Long View – Why Trump Will Fail
Alan Zendell, August 16, 2019 Every day I hear people moan about how Trump is going to be re-elected. That defeatism is not only depressing, it’s dead wrong. While the Democrats proved in 2016 that they are uniquely capable of … Continue reading
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Tagged adolescent behavior, American values, Bill Weld, economy, elizabeth warren, inverted yield curve, James Carville, Jeff Flake, Joe Biden, Kim Jong Un, Larry Hogan, long-term, Mandarin philosophy, Mark Sanford, nativism, racism, stock market, tantrums, tariffs, taxes, trade war, vladimir Putin, volatility, Xi Jin Ping
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Obamacare Coup
Alan Zendell, December 15, 2018 The people have consistently made their opinion clear in poll after poll. A Kaiser Health Tracking Poll published at the end of November showed the largest gap ever between people who view the Affordable Care … Continue reading
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Tagged 2017 tax cuts, ACA, entitlements, Fifth Circuit, health care, health insurance, individual mandate, Justice Roberts, midterm election, Obamacare, polls, supreme court, taxes
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What Hath Trump Wrought?
Alan Zendell, October 29, 2018 As you contemplate how you will vote this year, keep in mind that President Trump has characterized this election as a referendum on him. Of course it is. In Trumpland, everything is about him. Let’s … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-semitism, ballots, bombs, Brad Parscale, Jeffersontown KY, midterm election, monica lewinsky, murder, neo Nazis, pittsburgh, racism, stock indexes, taxes, terrorism, Trump, unemployment, wages, white supremacists
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Pants on Fire
Alan Zendell, May 6, 2018 He’s lied his entire life – it’s well documented. He’s made promises he never intended to keep and defrauded people all his life. That’s well documented, too. He lied when he said he couldn’t release … Continue reading
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Tagged agreements, children, contracts, courts, DACA, fake news, health care, honesty, justice, lies, muslims, NDAs, North Korea, promises, South Korea, taxes, truth, values
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Guns In Schools
February 26, 2018 When Governor Jay Inslee of Washington responded to President Trump’s proposal to arm teachers in our public schools at the National Governors’ Conference, it didn’t take a mind reader or a psychologist to read the president’s body … Continue reading
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Tagged ar15, assault weapons, counselors, draft dodger, florida, gun control, guns, high school security, jay inslee, John McCain, law enforcement, Parkland, school budgets, taxes, teachers, Trump
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Conspiracy versus Stupidity
Alan Zendell, December 21, 2017 It’s sometimes difficult for people who aren’t in the inner circle to tell the difference between ulterior motives and sheer incompetence. In my experience, which includes nearly fifty years working for one government or another … Continue reading
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Tagged Bush, estate tax, incompetence, lies, Mitch McConnell, Paul Ryan, payback, reagan, tax cuts, taxes, the one percent, Trump, voodooeconomics, wealthy donors
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Train Wrecks
Alan Zendell, December 18, 2017\ Today’s unfortunate, tragic train accident between Tacoma and Olympia, Washington elicited a couple of perplexing reactions from President Trump. As emergency crews were desperately trying to stabilize train cars hanging over interstate 5 so they … Continue reading
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Tagged 2018 election, bigotry, bridges, cycnicism, greed, health care, highways, infrastructure, mysogyny, Progressive values, railroads, Steve Bannon, taxes, Trump, wealth
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