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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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The Last Cynical Gasp of the Republican Senate
Alan Zendell, September 19, 2017 I hate to cast this in terms of Democrats versus Republicans, but the Senate Republicans have set it up that way. They seem relentless in their attempt to set health care back on the deadly … Continue reading
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Tagged bill cassidy, health care, John Kasich, lindsey graham, lisa murkowskil, medicaid, partisanship, poverty, Republicans, rob portman, susan collins, taxes, Trump
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If the GOP Health Care Bill Passes a Lot of People Will Die
Alan Zendell, June 27, 2017 One constant of the current administration is the level of noise coming out of both the White House and the Congress designed to distract and confuse the public. It’s a tactic Trump is famous for … Continue reading
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Tagged alt-right, children, disabled people, fixed income, greed, health care, medicaid, medicare, premiums, Republicans, Senate, taxes, wealth
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Listen Up, Rust Belt
Alan Zendell, May 23, 2017 Of all the constituencies that made up Donald Trump’s base, the one I found most perplexing was the so-called white working class Rust Belt. While at some level I couldn’t imagine why any woman would … Continue reading
