Backstory on a Sleaze Bucket

Trump

            New Orleans        Rumor has it that Trump is increasingly coming to recognize that the gale winds of opposition from all corners, including his own Republicans, have made the $1.8 billion slush fund created for his pleasure and distribution politically untenable. They may let it die a slow death thanks the federal judge who …

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Stuck at the Bargaining Table

Labor Organizing Unions

            New Orleans       Several years ago there seemed to a spurt of union organizing success in unusual places.  The results were impressive.  More than 500 Starbucks stores have organized.  Amazon workers in a Staten Island warehouse won an election.  Even REI coop retail workers won elections.  Spoiler alert.  This is the story of the …

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Blocking Narcissism and Grift

Corruption Grift Trump

            Marble Falls       Maybe, just maybe, there are limits to the fawning by the Republican US Congress and the level of corruption and grift that Trump and his family are allowed.  I hesitate to generalize because with this crew, it’s whack-a-mole with more that crops up even as restrictions are imposed elsewhere.  Regardless, it’s …

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