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Arlen Grossman
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Arlen is a writer/blogger living in Monterey, CA. His political blog is thebigpicturereport.com. He also wrote a quotation quiz "What's Your QQ?" at the Monterey Herald for 9 years. Arlen is a guest every Monday talking politics on Hal Ginsberg's "Halitics" YouTube videocast see quotationquotient.com.
He lives bicoastally in California and Vermont with his wife and an assortment of animals, with visits from his two grown children.OpEd News Member for 732 week(s) and 5 day(s)
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Friday, November 1, 2024
American Democracy's "Dirty Little Secret" With Super PACs there is no limit to the amount of money an individual can donate to their favorite candidates. And even more undemocratic, you can donate anonymously, what is called "dark money."
Friday, November 1, 2024American Democracy's "Dirty Little Secret" With Super PACs there is no limit to the amount of money an individual can donate to their favorite candidates. And even more undemocratic, you can donate anonymously, what is called "dark money."
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Tuesday, July 23, 2024
Yes, Kamala Can Lead a Democratic Sweep in November! Kamala Harris can reenergize the Democratic Party, especially with her intelligence, normal behavior and stability compared to her Republican opponent. If Democrats get behind her 100% I can envision a Democratic sweep (President, House, and Senate) in November.
Tuesday, July 23, 2024Yes, Kamala Can Lead a Democratic Sweep in November! Kamala Harris can reenergize the Democratic Party, especially with her intelligence, normal behavior and stability compared to her Republican opponent. If Democrats get behind her 100% I can envision a Democratic sweep (President, House, and Senate) in November.
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Friday, July 19, 2024
Biden is on the Verge of Stepping Down, Possibly Because of a More Serious Disease Than Covid-19 It is possible a medical condition will allow Biden to end his campaign and history will show him in a positive light. Both Joe and Donald are two old men with little to offer future generations. This country deserves better.
Friday, July 19, 2024Biden is on the Verge of Stepping Down, Possibly Because of a More Serious Disease Than Covid-19 It is possible a medical condition will allow Biden to end his campaign and history will show him in a positive light. Both Joe and Donald are two old men with little to offer future generations. This country deserves better.
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Friday, July 19, 2024
Do Democrats Want To Hand The Presidency To Trump? Watching President Biden stumble through his debate and subsequent interviews and talks, it is clear this old man is on the decline and would have trouble beating Trump and his MAGA cult. Biden doesn't have the fire to motivate voters to march to the polls. There are younger, more vibrant Democrats that could charge up the voters and have a better chance at beating Trump.
Friday, July 19, 2024Do Democrats Want To Hand The Presidency To Trump? Watching President Biden stumble through his debate and subsequent interviews and talks, it is clear this old man is on the decline and would have trouble beating Trump and his MAGA cult. Biden doesn't have the fire to motivate voters to march to the polls. There are younger, more vibrant Democrats that could charge up the voters and have a better chance at beating Trump.
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Tuesday, July 9, 2024
Democrats And Biden Have An Obvious Choice Donald Trump and his cultists MUST be beaten on Election Day. President Biden has done a good job up to now. But he is not the best candidate to finish the job. A better choice would be Vice-President Kamala Harris. Joe needs to gracefully step aside and let her run.
Tuesday, July 9, 2024Democrats And Biden Have An Obvious Choice Donald Trump and his cultists MUST be beaten on Election Day. President Biden has done a good job up to now. But he is not the best candidate to finish the job. A better choice would be Vice-President Kamala Harris. Joe needs to gracefully step aside and let her run.
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Wednesday, July 3, 2024
The Two Most Selfish Presidential Candidates in American History Donald Trump cares only about himself and always has. Everything he has done has been selfish. Joe Biden is not like that. But he would be selfish if he chose to stay in power. I think he will realize that and accept he needs to step aside.
Wednesday, July 3, 2024The Two Most Selfish Presidential Candidates in American History Donald Trump cares only about himself and always has. Everything he has done has been selfish. Joe Biden is not like that. But he would be selfish if he chose to stay in power. I think he will realize that and accept he needs to step aside.
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Tuesday, July 2, 2024
Do Americans Believe Truth and Integrity Matters? We'll Find Out As bad as Biden's debate performance was, Trump didn't do all that well either. So while the Democrats decide whether Biden should continue running, Trump will have four months of sounding crazy, as he does more and more. The Dems are still in it and maybe more motivated as Trump sounds more crazy and dangerous than ever.
Tuesday, July 2, 2024Do Americans Believe Truth and Integrity Matters? We'll Find Out As bad as Biden's debate performance was, Trump didn't do all that well either. So while the Democrats decide whether Biden should continue running, Trump will have four months of sounding crazy, as he does more and more. The Dems are still in it and maybe more motivated as Trump sounds more crazy and dangerous than ever.
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Saturday, June 1, 2024
America's Remarkable Election Denial November 5 will tell us whether or not we have elected an ignorant, dysfunctional, incompetent criminal as president. Donald Trump's demented mind and fascist leanings should have him totally disregarded as a candidate. Because of what I would call America's Remarkable Election Denial, he is not taken seriously enough by leaders and influencers who should be warning us.
Saturday, June 1, 2024America's Remarkable Election Denial November 5 will tell us whether or not we have elected an ignorant, dysfunctional, incompetent criminal as president. Donald Trump's demented mind and fascist leanings should have him totally disregarded as a candidate. Because of what I would call America's Remarkable Election Denial, he is not taken seriously enough by leaders and influencers who should be warning us.
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Tuesday, March 12, 2024
The Night Joe Biden Woke Up As his poll numbers stagnated and it became conceivable Donald Trump could return to power, Joe Biden needed to shake things up. His best opportunity to do so came up: his final State of the Union Address. Biden seemed to come alive and surprised most observers. But will his newfound energy be enough to make a difference? We only have until November to find out .
Tuesday, March 12, 2024The Night Joe Biden Woke Up As his poll numbers stagnated and it became conceivable Donald Trump could return to power, Joe Biden needed to shake things up. His best opportunity to do so came up: his final State of the Union Address. Biden seemed to come alive and surprised most observers. But will his newfound energy be enough to make a difference? We only have until November to find out .
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Thursday, February 29, 2024
Merrick Garland Must Go Merrick Garland was a poor choice to become Attorney General. He has dragged his feet on holding Donald Trump accountable for his multiple crimes, to the point that Trump can use his stalling techniques to avoid charges before the November election. And Garland's choice of Robert Hur to investigate Biden's mishandling of official documents turned out badly. Biden nominated Garland and needs to correct that mistake.
Thursday, February 29, 2024Merrick Garland Must Go Merrick Garland was a poor choice to become Attorney General. He has dragged his feet on holding Donald Trump accountable for his multiple crimes, to the point that Trump can use his stalling techniques to avoid charges before the November election. And Garland's choice of Robert Hur to investigate Biden's mishandling of official documents turned out badly. Biden nominated Garland and needs to correct that mistake.
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Thursday, February 1, 2024
Will Trump's Senility Save Us? Conventional wisdom tells us President Biden will be facing the inevitable GOP nominee Donald Trump. But there are obvious signs that the ex-president is losing what's left of his mind, and that, combined with his endless legal problems, may take him down before we get to November.
Thursday, February 1, 2024Will Trump's Senility Save Us? Conventional wisdom tells us President Biden will be facing the inevitable GOP nominee Donald Trump. But there are obvious signs that the ex-president is losing what's left of his mind, and that, combined with his endless legal problems, may take him down before we get to November.
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Monday, October 2, 2023
Trump Will Not be President--It Will be His Choice There is only one logical way for Donald Trump to avoid what terrorizes him most, going to prison. Merrick Garland is probably uncomfortable with sending an ex-president to jail. The solution: a plea deal in which Trump will avoid prison, but it will have to be at the cost of agreeing not to run for president. It will be in the best interests of the country.
Monday, October 2, 2023Trump Will Not be President--It Will be His Choice There is only one logical way for Donald Trump to avoid what terrorizes him most, going to prison. Merrick Garland is probably uncomfortable with sending an ex-president to jail. The solution: a plea deal in which Trump will avoid prison, but it will have to be at the cost of agreeing not to run for president. It will be in the best interests of the country.
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Sunday, September 3, 2023
Why American Elections Are a Sham Our elections are far from fair and democratic. We rely on the electoral college to pick our presidents. More than once candidates with less popular votes became president. Besides that, the Supreme Court says that money equals speech, so that the wealthy in America have much more control over who gets elected than ordinary Americans.
Sunday, September 3, 2023Why American Elections Are a Sham Our elections are far from fair and democratic. We rely on the electoral college to pick our presidents. More than once candidates with less popular votes became president. Besides that, the Supreme Court says that money equals speech, so that the wealthy in America have much more control over who gets elected than ordinary Americans.
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Thursday, June 22, 2023
No Truth, No Facts, No Reality = No Democracy With the rise of the Trump MAGA cult, democracy (or at least the version of it we have here) is in real danger. The appetite for a fascist-style authoritarian government is stronger than ever. Those of us who fear a MAGA power-grab need to step up to save our flawed democracy. If we don't, the results would be devastating.
Thursday, June 22, 2023No Truth, No Facts, No Reality = No Democracy With the rise of the Trump MAGA cult, democracy (or at least the version of it we have here) is in real danger. The appetite for a fascist-style authoritarian government is stronger than ever. Those of us who fear a MAGA power-grab need to step up to save our flawed democracy. If we don't, the results would be devastating.
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Friday, April 14, 2023
Why Donald Trump Is Responsible For the Tennessee Travesty Donald Trump has poisoned the political atmosphere so much that we can expect more incidents like the one in the Tennessee state House of Representatives. So much hatred and bitterness everywhere that politics is dysfunctional all across this nation.
Friday, April 14, 2023Why Donald Trump Is Responsible For the Tennessee Travesty Donald Trump has poisoned the political atmosphere so much that we can expect more incidents like the one in the Tennessee state House of Representatives. So much hatred and bitterness everywhere that politics is dysfunctional all across this nation.
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Thursday, October 27, 2022
Brace Yourself--Fascism Is Coming to America With the midterm election just days away, it is entirely conceivable Republicans will be in control of one or both houses of Congress. As the party gets more extreme, we can see them embracing the principles of fascism. We are close to finding out what American fascism looks like. It won't be pretty.
Thursday, October 27, 2022Brace Yourself--Fascism Is Coming to America With the midterm election just days away, it is entirely conceivable Republicans will be in control of one or both houses of Congress. As the party gets more extreme, we can see them embracing the principles of fascism. We are close to finding out what American fascism looks like. It won't be pretty.
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Thursday, September 1, 2022
America's Choice: Semi-Democracy or Fascism Our election choices in this country are narrow. You will either get the Democratic Party or the Republican Party. The parties have set it up in this way to make our choices limited. This time around the stakes are especially high, because the Republican Party seems to prefer fascism over democracy, Should the GOP regain power, Democrats may not get another chance to counter the right-wing MAGA takeover.
Thursday, September 1, 2022America's Choice: Semi-Democracy or Fascism Our election choices in this country are narrow. You will either get the Democratic Party or the Republican Party. The parties have set it up in this way to make our choices limited. This time around the stakes are especially high, because the Republican Party seems to prefer fascism over democracy, Should the GOP regain power, Democrats may not get another chance to counter the right-wing MAGA takeover.
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Saturday, August 27, 2022
The Trump Empire's Final Days Why did Donald Trump fight so hard to overturn the 2016 election? Most likely because he realized that if he were the sitting president he would be immune to criminal charges. Not so if he was out of office.
Saturday, August 27, 2022The Trump Empire's Final Days Why did Donald Trump fight so hard to overturn the 2016 election? Most likely because he realized that if he were the sitting president he would be immune to criminal charges. Not so if he was out of office.
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Thursday, June 23, 2022
How Putin--and Trump--Ruined America The efforts of Russian President Vladimir Putin to help assist Donald Trump become president paid big dividends. America has turned into a mean, intolerant, and bitter nation, split apart into two widely divergent political and cultural factions. Putin must be happy to see the results of his interference.
Thursday, June 23, 2022How Putin--and Trump--Ruined America The efforts of Russian President Vladimir Putin to help assist Donald Trump become president paid big dividends. America has turned into a mean, intolerant, and bitter nation, split apart into two widely divergent political and cultural factions. Putin must be happy to see the results of his interference.
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Friday, May 20, 2022
The Last Days of American Democracy? Democracy, as we know it in America, is in great danger. The Republican Party is nuts but they are surging. If they win back Congress in November, democracy will be in danger. They seem poised to win and Democrats appear hopeless. The Supreme Court draft resolution on abortion rights gives Democrats something to run on and energize their passive voters. Can they take advantage of this great opportunity?
Friday, May 20, 2022The Last Days of American Democracy? Democracy, as we know it in America, is in great danger. The Republican Party is nuts but they are surging. If they win back Congress in November, democracy will be in danger. They seem poised to win and Democrats appear hopeless. The Supreme Court draft resolution on abortion rights gives Democrats something to run on and energize their passive voters. Can they take advantage of this great opportunity?
