In 1960, when I entered college at the University of Florida, blacks were not allowed to enroll there or at any of the other major state universities across the …
The Tea Party, Rush Limbaugh and Fox News turned the Republican Party of Eisenhower into one built entirely on negativity. If President Obama or any Democrat had walked on water their headline would have been “Look he can’t even swim”. Now, instead of focusing on trying to solve real problems like unaffordable healthcare, crumbling infrastructure, Wall street fraud, and growing …
This is a long document, but a really, really good read. Stay informed!
THE REPUBLICAN-RIGHT’S
IRON CURTAIN OF POLITICAL INFLUENCE
SUMMER 2017
How the Republican-Right Controls American Politics
and
What Must Be Done to Create a Healthy Democracy
POLITICAL INFLUENCE IN AMERICA
The Republican-Right’s Path to Power
originally presented at
DONOR SUMMIT ON THE STATES
Washington, D.C. • …
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by Ken Malovos
“I run for President as a proud Democrat. I come from the long tradition of the party that brought America Social Security, stock market regulation and jobs during the depression, freedom and peace at the end of two World Wars, Medicare, the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act, nuclear disarmament treaties, a man on the moon …
