cosmicrat23
@cosmicrat23.bsky.social
For equal rights, freedom, peace, economic justice; democracy, NOT oligarchy, autocrats, bigots, and liars. Glendale, AZ. Website: www.cosmicrat.com. cosmicrat23 on Threads & Instagram. No DM's.
"Lame ducks" sound weak and ineffective, but motivated by revenge against the voters who lamed them, they can be even more dangerous. open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...
Saturday Report 10/3/26 - Corporations Aren’t Pricing Products Anymore. They’re Pricing You.
The Best of the Rest of the News and Opinion
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Trump's stupid war has done major harm, but it may have an unintended positive side-effect. open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...
Did Trump’s Iran War Just Blow a Hole in Big Oil’s Future?
The surest way to escape oil shocks, dictatorial petrostates, and endless energy wars is brutally simple: stop consuming and subsidizing their oil….
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Let's DEFEAR HAMADEH! He's a 2020 election denier, against clean energy, wants to legalize gun silencers. AZ district 8 needs a Democrat in Congress.
Bernadette Greene Placentia@bernadetteaz08.bsky.social · 3w agoHamadeh has voted with Trump 100% of the time - cutting taxes for billionaires, supporting the war in Iran, raising prices through tariffs, and backing extremist policies that hurt working families. It’s time for a representative that will put people first.
Senator Schmitt blundered badly trying to harrass Jack Smith, accusing him of attending the wrong basketball gane. www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
WATCH: Schmitt suggests Jack Smith perjured himself about a basketball game, but mixes up 2 teams
Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., questioned former special counsel Jack Smith on Tuesday about whether he had attended an NBA game in Atlanta in Feb. 2024, but seemingly confused two different basketball tea...
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In case anyone has forgotten Trump's incompetence and his misinformation during the Covid pandemic, here is the timeline: doggett.house.gov/media/blog-p...
Timeline of Trump’s Coronavirus Responses
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If you stay healthy,you don't exist, and might get your insuance cancelled. Trump loves the uneducated, and wants more of them. Is Natalie the new Melania? She might want to be. open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...
Saturday Report 9/26/26 — Crazy Alert. Trump Rewrites His Own Presidential Moment, Melania Vanishes and Natalie Harp Takes Center Stage?
The Best of the Rest of the News with Opinion…
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Not long ago, we would have thought this was satire, perhaps a SNL skit. Government-funded pro-Trump propaganda? open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...
Trump Orders America to “Love Me” and Sends Us Taxpayers the Bill
Taxpayers are footing the bill for a Fox “News” ad glorifying the president, as lawmakers question whether federal law has been crossed…
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Some Republicans are beginning to criticise Trump's actions and policies. We've been waiting for that to happen. Did they suddenly discover how wrong, corrupt, and destructive Trump has been all along? Nope. Just trying not to lose elections. They haven't become trustworthy.
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Rightwing Billionaires Aren’t Just Buying CNN and CBS: They’re Seizing the Power to Shape Reality
When Trump-aligned billionaires control the networks Americans trust for news, they don’t just own the cameras. They gain the power to decide what the entire country sees, hears, and never learns…
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The time has come for America to join the civilized world of universal healthcare. It wasn't easy for Canadians to do it back in the 60's, but they won. We the people can finally get Medicare For All, and beat the greedy insurance corporations. open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...
The Insurance Industry Built a Tollbooth Between You and Your Doctor. Who Will Tear It Down?
Americans pay extraordinary sums for a system that can still deny doctor-recommended care, while Canada’s Medicare fight shows another path…
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Human Rights Campaign PAC Endorses Dr. Amish Shah for Arizona’s First District via: www.hrc.org/press-releas...
Human Rights Campaign PAC Endorses Dr. Amish Shah for Arizona’s First…
Victory in the Grand Canyon State is Key to Regaining Pro-Equality Majorities in Congress
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Much of the support for Trump and his Republican allies comes from the White/Christian nationalists and other bigots who have long lurked among us. We need to remain aware of them and the dangers they pose. www.splcenter.org/resources/re...
Holy Hate: The Far Right’s Radicalization of Religion
The U.S. government, media organizations, and political scholars often characterize the “War on Terror” as a clash of civilizations or a battle against radical Islam.
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Holbrook AZ...The Econolodge satellite TV has Free Speech TV with Stephanie Miller and Thom Hartman! First time I've. seen that.
Women have been meeting the standard since day one, that's more than we can say about Pete Hegseth.
The more we understand the causes and dangers of one such as Trump, the more motivated we will be to stop him and his minions, and work to reverse the damage. open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...
My Republican Dad Fought Fascism, Then Gave Me Kafka. Trump Just Made Me Understand Why.
He believed due process separated America from the authoritarian governments his generation fought. That line is now being tested…
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We've heard of Schrodinger's cat, but the Republicans have Schrodinger's Mitch, the senator who may be alive and dead at the same time. We may learn Monday if he is one or the other. Or, we may not.
Trump brings out the ire in the Irish. They see him for the worldwide problem he is, and encourage Americans to remove him like we should. open.substack.com/pub/heidicud...
Shaving Thorns Off Roses
Reflections from Dublin’s protest against Trump in Ireland
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The concept of socialism is commonly associated with Marx, who saw revolution as a path to change, but others like Bellamy recognized the need for society to cooperate for the common good. and that revolts and dictators were not needed to achieve that. open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...
Looking Backward: From 2000 to 1887. The Book That Launched a Movement (Chapters 8 through 14)
September’s book for Thom Hartmann’s Well-Read Troublemakers’ Book Club
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Arizona District 8: We need to elect Bernadette, the Democrat, to Congress, and replace awful Abe Hamadeh, the election-denying, Kirk-loving Trump puppet.
Abe Hamadeh isn’t people first. He isn’t even America first. He’s Donald Trump first.
I heard Trump speak of protecting freedom and democracy, which was odd, since he is the biggest threat to both.
We remember what others did to us, but we LEARN when we know our past mistakes, and the lies that led to them. open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...
9/11: America Can’t Let the War Lies Go Down the Memory Hole Again
America has been lied into too many wars. It’s cost us too much in money, credibility, and blood. We must remember the lies, and tell our children about them so that memory isn’t lost...
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The historical perspective. open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...
The Old America Is Dying. Who Will Build the New One?
Economic desperation opened the door to both FDR and Hitler. Nearly a century later, America again faces competing visions of who should rule and whom government should serve…
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