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Thom's blog
Ronald Reagan launched an attack on the middle class. We must reverse it to save our democracy
 The destruction of the middle class is destroying democracies and paving the way for authoritarian rule. In 2016, Roberto Stefan Foa and Yascha Mounk published a paper in the Journal of Democracy showing how, in the era since Reagan led America out of classical economic policy and into neoliberalism (aka "trickle-down" and "supply-side" economics), many Americans have ceased to value democracy. "In the United States," they write, "among all age cohorts, the share of citizens who believe that it would be better to have a 'strong leader' who does not have to 'bother with parliament and elections' has also risen over time: In 1995, 24 percent of respondents held this view; by 2011, that figure had increased to 32 percent." By the time the paper came out in 2016, fully 49 percent of Americans thought elites should make decisions, rather than "government." And the growing disillusionment with democracy as a way to protect the interests of average voters doesn't just push them toward solutions hatched by the Heritage Foundation or the Cato Institute; increasingly, Americans would even consider a military junta ruling America, something that would shock the founders. Read more here. -Thom |
Thursday's Daily Stack 
Hour One: Anything Goes "Thursday" - Mike Pence involved in Ukraine scandal too? Will he be impeached as well?
Article: " Constitution of the United States", article 2 section 4. "... The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors...." Article: " Contempt of Congress" (inherent contempt, criminal contempt, civil contempt) by Wikipedia.
Hour Two: Anything Goes "Thursday" - Is a Second Civil War a Possibility for America?
Tweet: " 1/ Trump just committed a felony violation of law by soliciting something of value in connection with a US election from a foreign gov't on national TV. 52 U.S. Code § 30121. Violating the law isn't necessary for Impeachment but it certainly warrants it. https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/52/30121" by Joyce Alene. Tweet: " 2/ The statute requires knowledge your conduct is a crime. After the Mueller investigation, there's no way Trump was unaware this violates the law. Ukraine/China can you hear me is even worse than Russia, if that's possible, because it comes from a sitting president." by Joyce Alene. Tweet: " 3/ Campaign finance crimes also require a thing of value be involved. But as FEC Chair @EllenLWeintraub recently said, you don't have to be able to assign a dollar amount. But, in the case of Ukraine, Trump did this. The help he sought was worth $400mil in US aid. That's a felony" by Joyce Alene. Tweet: " Pelosi at war:
1) Checks Trump's schedule, sees meeting with foreign leader, knows Trump will hold a press conference.
3) Schedules her own presser ahead of his b/c she knows he will watch and stew.
4) Trump, predictably baited, melts down on live television.
Advantage, Pelosi." by Kim Wexler's Ponytail.
Hour Three: Anything Goes "Thursday" - Trump is Coming for Your Medicare...
Article: " Internet of Things" by Cisco. " According to Cisco, 500 billion devices are expected to be connected to the Internet by 2030". |
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