politics getting worse?

In Roman democracy, the prevailing republican virtues sought to justify class dictatorship on the basis of the alleged inability of the masses for directly controlling our own lives—attitudes exemplified by Plato’s Allegory of the Cave. ... This self-styled ‘conservative’ tendency sought to..

the "neos": neoliberalism, neoconservatism

By the 1980s, most neocons had become Republicans, inspired by the tall-in-the-saddle of Ronald Reagan.  ... This is Republican Party's of the old notion promoted by President Woodrow Wilson that it's America's mission to make the safe for democracy... ..

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nayib bukele is elected president of el salvador, vows to end

Carlos Callejas of Nationalist Republican Alliance ended in distant second at less than 32 percent, while even farther back were former Foreign Minister Hugo Martinez of the currently governing Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front and minor party candidate... ... FMLN and Nationalist..

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recent political scandals the 'for the people act' would prevent from

But during a lame-duck session, Wisconsin’s Republican-controlled Legislature used its gerrymandered majorities to strip the incoming Democratic governor of powers and reverse those reforms; a federal judge subsequently reversed some of those impermissible power grabs. ... During the last election..

raging cold war 2.0

Responsible leadership in America is nonexistent, run by its war party, undemocratic Dems and Republicans equally bloodthirsty, supporting a nuclear arms race that may kill us all. . ..

the intelligence ‘community’

The president, in typical fashion, lashed out, criticizing the intelligence community’s collective analysis, which predictably elicited criticism from both Democrats and Republicans. ..

barry poulson

Colorado is swing state, and Broomfield County, where I live, has electorate, with roughly equal shares of Republicans, Democrats, and unaffiliated voters... ..

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