Rants about politics and society https://www.politusic.com/rants/ Left-leaning political and social articles to help you understand American politics, appreciate music, and laugh at being human. Sun, 15 May 2022 20:02:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://www.politusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/pt-square-96x96.png Rants about politics and society https://www.politusic.com/rants/ 32 32 American Democracy Will Die Without A Center Majority Resurgence https://www.politusic.com/rants/american-democracy-will-die-without-a-center-majority-resurgence/ https://www.politusic.com/rants/american-democracy-will-die-without-a-center-majority-resurgence/#respond Sun, 15 May 2022 19:51:00 +0000 https://www.politusic.com/?p=21424 POLITUSIC

A two party system is difficult enough for democracy, but it becomes inoperable when it loses a center majority. America has crossed that threshold. There’s an inverse relationship between political …

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Who Is To Blame For Overturning Roe v Wade? Bernie Sanders. https://www.politusic.com/rants/who-is-to-blame-for-overturning-roe-v-wade-bernie-sanders/ https://www.politusic.com/rants/who-is-to-blame-for-overturning-roe-v-wade-bernie-sanders/#respond Sat, 14 May 2022 20:36:03 +0000 https://www.politusic.com/?p=21376 POLITUSIC

History teaches time and time again that an overly-idealistic crusader for Cause ends up being the trigger for its demise. In Bernie’s case: Cause was a more progressive America. Overturning …

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“Donald Trump!”: The Final Rebel Yell Of The Confederacy https://www.politusic.com/rants/donald-trump-final-confederate-rebel-yell/ https://www.politusic.com/rants/donald-trump-final-confederate-rebel-yell/#respond Mon, 04 Jun 2018 23:21:15 +0000 https://www.politusic.com/?p=20839 POLITUSIC

Say his name in the south and applause burst like shells raining on the battlefield. Many cheer, some holler and a few hoot: “Don-ald Trump!  Don-ald Trump!”…. The modern Rebel …

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What Trump Doesn’t Understand: HE IS Political Discord Thusly Sowed https://www.politusic.com/rants/trump-doesnt-understand-he-is-the-sowed-discord/ Sun, 18 Feb 2018 16:43:17 +0000 https://www.politusic.com/?p=20600 POLITUSIC

President Trump is no longer his own brand: he is the mascot of Russian political sabotage. “NO COLLUSION!” Trump once again tweets… Following Mueller’s latest indictment pinpointing 13 Russians and …

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Tough Talk: Hardline Evangelicalism Is Bad For Democracy, Society https://www.politusic.com/rants/evangelicalism-bad-democracy-society/ https://www.politusic.com/rants/evangelicalism-bad-democracy-society/#respond Tue, 14 Nov 2017 22:07:38 +0000 https://www.politusic.com/?p=20463 POLITUSIC

I like faith. I have faith. I have no issue with faith, only those who exploit it. That being clear, read on this rant. Talking about faith has more pitfalls than …

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Obamatons Can Work With Trumpsters To Turn Bad Politics Into Good Policy https://www.politusic.com/politics/right-wing/democrats-work-trump-turn-bad-politics-good-policy/ https://www.politusic.com/politics/right-wing/democrats-work-trump-turn-bad-politics-good-policy/#respond Fri, 29 Sep 2017 02:15:09 +0000 https://www.politusic.com/?p=20265 POLITUSIC

Democracy isn’t a spectator sport, and it isn’t a gift granted by an orator or strongman. Self-governance requires a lot more than merely shouting your desire for it – a …

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Save Humanity From Itself: Stop Twitter https://www.politusic.com/politics/malarkey/save-america-kill-twitter-one-month/ https://www.politusic.com/politics/malarkey/save-america-kill-twitter-one-month/#respond Sun, 13 Aug 2017 03:40:37 +0000 https://www.politusic.com/?p=20133 POLITUSIC

Social media is directly responsible for the antisocial behavior that dominates Western Culture. Social media condones – and actively promotes – the total isolation of ideology… because doing so makes …

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What Democrats Do Best: Lose Elections https://www.politusic.com/politics/democrats/democrats-best-lose-elections/ https://www.politusic.com/politics/democrats/democrats-best-lose-elections/#respond Wed, 21 Jun 2017 16:05:40 +0000 https://www.politusic.com/?p=19792 POLITUSIC

“Losing by a little” doesn’t protected my healthcare coverage. City Council to Congress, democrats continue to reflect the stereotype cast upon them by the republican marketing machine: spend millions of …

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We Know Why Polls Are Wrong: Americans Don’t Know Anything https://www.politusic.com/rants/know-polls-wrong-americans-dont-know-anything/ https://www.politusic.com/rants/know-polls-wrong-americans-dont-know-anything/#respond Thu, 09 Feb 2017 02:34:11 +0000 http://www.politusic.com/?p=18690 POLITUSIC

Never assume Americans have a clue – about anything –  people can’t correctly answer a poll question if they don’t know the noun. Puppet Trump was twitterpated by a recent …

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Democrats Have Gone Too Soft: America Likes Loudmouth Bullies https://www.politusic.com/politics/society/liberals-have-gone-soft-america-likes-loudmouth-bullies/ https://www.politusic.com/politics/society/liberals-have-gone-soft-america-likes-loudmouth-bullies/#respond Sat, 04 Feb 2017 18:10:36 +0000 http://www.politusic.com/?p=18561 POLITUSIC

You can’t win the heart of America being a self righteous elitist polishing your own halo. You need to be a loudmouth bully sucker punching for the protections of the marginalized. …

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Best of the Day: News World Finally Catches Up With POLITUSIC https://www.politusic.com/best/best-day-american-news-finally-catches-politusic/ https://www.politusic.com/best/best-day-american-news-finally-catches-politusic/#respond Thu, 17 Nov 2016 22:49:56 +0000 http://www.politusic.com/?p=17716 POLITUSIC

Proper news sites across the globe have been posting about fake news on facebook, and how people running satire websites have made a lot of money – possibly even helping …

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Why Democrats Lose Elections https://www.politusic.com/rants/democrats-lose-elections/ https://www.politusic.com/rants/democrats-lose-elections/#respond Wed, 16 Nov 2016 15:34:19 +0000 http://www.politusic.com/?p=17608 POLITUSIC

As Americans emerged from the fog of the 2016 presidential result, one repeating question heard from all corners has been: Why do democrats keep losing elections? While coming to my own …

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Democrats, Media Need to Tamp Down Trump Bashing https://www.politusic.com/politics/presidential/democrats-media-need-stop-attacking-trump/ https://www.politusic.com/politics/presidential/democrats-media-need-stop-attacking-trump/#respond Wed, 03 Aug 2016 19:34:52 +0000 http://www.politusic.com/?p=17243 POLITUSIC

Donald J. Trump’s performance has been a gift to the Democratic Party and cable news alike. Both are making a lot of money as a result of his candidacy. Both …

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Why Are Democrats So Stupid? https://www.politusic.com/politics/why-are-democrats-stupid/ https://www.politusic.com/politics/why-are-democrats-stupid/#respond Wed, 13 Jul 2016 01:43:32 +0000 http://www.politusic.com/?p=17068 POLITUSIC

I can testify with full confidence that democrats are strolling down Dumb American Voter Lane with just as much blind vigor as the GOP base voter they cannot tolerate. Personally, …

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Beginning Of The End. Trump’s Poll Numbers Signal The End Of An Empire? https://www.politusic.com/politics/beginning-of-the-end/ https://www.politusic.com/politics/beginning-of-the-end/#respond Fri, 21 Aug 2015 23:48:47 +0000 http://www.politusic.com/?p=16726 POLITUSIC

As I watch the non-stop coverage of Donald Trump I wonder. Currently the cameras are fixed to the sky – at  Trump’s giant name-tagged jet performing a fly-by over an …

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Narcissism, Self Esteem, and American Politics https://www.politusic.com/rants/narcissism-arrogance-american-politics/ https://www.politusic.com/rants/narcissism-arrogance-american-politics/#respond Mon, 09 Mar 2015 18:54:18 +0000 http://www.politusic.com/?p=15791 POLITUSIC

Know thyself is for philosophers. Love thyself is for politicians. To be an effective ruler requires confidence. Being able to make decisions that impact a large number of people mandates …

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Who Do We Blame For Political Extremism, Polarization In America? https://www.politusic.com/rants/political-polarization-blame-misinformed/ https://www.politusic.com/rants/political-polarization-blame-misinformed/#respond Tue, 23 Dec 2014 20:30:49 +0000 http://www.politusic.com/?p=15596 POLITUSIC

Two events sparked this “what caused political extremism?” rant: Fox News going dark on Dish Network, and North Korea going dark on the Internet. In their own ways both events …

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Democrats: Sue FOX News (Who’s With Me?) https://www.politusic.com/rants/democrats-sue-fox-news/ https://www.politusic.com/rants/democrats-sue-fox-news/#respond Thu, 07 Aug 2014 00:27:18 +0000 http://www.politusic.com/?p=14574 POLITUSIC

Let’s sue FOX News for contributing to the stupidity of America. With a good lawyer, I think it can be done. We live in a country where a thief can …

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Republicans Don’t Understand Immigration Reform https://www.politusic.com/rants/republicans-dont-understand-immigration/ https://www.politusic.com/rants/republicans-dont-understand-immigration/#respond Fri, 01 Aug 2014 23:30:51 +0000 http://www.politusic.com/?p=14434 POLITUSIC

Beyond the fact that the Republican Party has imploded this week by once again demonstrating it cannot pass its own bills, I think die-hard republicans actually don’t know what immigration reform …

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Tea Party is Crazy https://www.politusic.com/rants/tea-party-crazy/ https://www.politusic.com/rants/tea-party-crazy/#respond Thu, 17 Jul 2014 15:31:44 +0000 http://www.politusic.com/?p=14278 POLITUSIC

The actions of the über Tea Party groups are so crazy that they give all Americans a bad name – like how most people in other countries think of Americans …

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Democrats Love Everyone: That’s Why They’re Weak https://www.politusic.com/rants/democrats-love-everybody/ https://www.politusic.com/rants/democrats-love-everybody/#respond Wed, 16 Jul 2014 19:15:51 +0000 http://www.politusic.com/?p=14232 POLITUSIC

You know the problem with democrats? They want everyone to love them. That’s their problem. Well you know what? The world isn’t that simple, and the world isn’t that pretty. …

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Boehner v Obama: Partisan Stunt, Obamacare Entrapment https://www.politusic.com/rants/boehner-sue-obama-aca-obamacare/ https://www.politusic.com/rants/boehner-sue-obama-aca-obamacare/#respond Fri, 11 Jul 2014 16:48:43 +0000 http://www.politusic.com/?p=14019 POLITUSIC

  What John Boehner is doing is either a bizarre form of entrapment, or a bold-faced political stunt. Either way it’s another dark cloud on his directionless speakership. Entrapment:  “The act …

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Republican Party and Religion https://www.politusic.com/rants/republicans-controlled-religion/ https://www.politusic.com/rants/republicans-controlled-religion/#respond Mon, 07 Jul 2014 20:53:46 +0000 http://www.politusic.com/?p=13729 POLITUSIC

Some things I write here might cause a twinge, but get over it. There’s a reason it’s called a rant. Organized Religion’s impact on American society is like race in …

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Hillary Clinton Out of Touch With Real Americans https://www.politusic.com/rants/hillary-clinton-out-of-touch/ https://www.politusic.com/rants/hillary-clinton-out-of-touch/#respond Mon, 23 Jun 2014 23:01:08 +0000 http://www.politusic.com/?p=13264 POLITUSIC

Hillary Clinton, wealthy, rich and out of touch with real Americans. “Flat Broke”… don’t get me started… If you’re like me, then you’ve seen Hillary Clinton out on all these friendly …

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Republicans Love Socialism https://www.politusic.com/rants/republicans-love-socialism/ https://www.politusic.com/rants/republicans-love-socialism/#respond Sun, 22 Jun 2014 00:30:20 +0000 http://www.politusic.com/?p=13024 POLITUSIC

Most republicans are socialists, they just don’t know it. There are thousands of socialist programs in the United States, all of which we rely on to maintain stability and basic services. …

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Look Out Republicans: Dick Cheney Is Twice Fooling About Iraq War https://www.politusic.com/rants/dick-cheney-rewrite-history-blame-obama/ https://www.politusic.com/rants/dick-cheney-rewrite-history-blame-obama/#respond Wed, 18 Jun 2014 22:36:39 +0000 http://www.politusic.com/?p=12831 POLITUSIC

George W. Bush, the lead-from-behind his own VP President once said, “There’s an old saying in Tennessee — I know it’s in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me …

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Media, Politics Condemn Bowe Bergdahl. Story of America. https://www.politusic.com/rants/media-politics-condemning-bowe-bergdahl-family/ https://www.politusic.com/rants/media-politics-condemning-bowe-bergdahl-family/#respond Wed, 04 Jun 2014 20:32:29 +0000 http://www.politusic.com/?p=12049 POLITUSIC

The return of Bowe Bergdahl is not a story about an American soldier. It’s a story about the rest of us. No one – no matter what a soldier did in Afghanistan, …

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Tea Party: Why Are Democrats Destroying America? Answer: Your Brain. https://www.politusic.com/rants/democrats-destroying-america/ https://www.politusic.com/rants/democrats-destroying-america/#respond Sun, 01 Dec 2013 21:33:48 +0000 http://www.politusic.com/?p=10920 POLITUSIC

Conservative republican brain theory: relentless negative repetition serving as the keystone of the long term electoral and fundraising tactics of the extreme right have created permanent connections in the republican …

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Hey You! Who Are Here for Music: It’s Time To Pay Attention https://www.politusic.com/rants/hey-came-recording-music-time-pay-attention/ https://www.politusic.com/rants/hey-came-recording-music-time-pay-attention/#respond Tue, 01 Oct 2013 02:25:58 +0000 http://www.politusic.com/?p=10607 POLITUSIC

POLITUSIC exists because we’re tired of campaign donors being the only voice determining how countries and communities are run. We deserve better. So we turn to you: It’s time to …

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GOP Barnstorming For The Brainless https://www.politusic.com/rants/gop-brainless-defunding-obamacare-attempt/ https://www.politusic.com/rants/gop-brainless-defunding-obamacare-attempt/#respond Wed, 18 Sep 2013 17:21:54 +0000 http://www.politusic.com/?p=10326 POLITUSIC

Once again the Republicans in the House are trumpeting that they are locking in cuts and trying to defund Obamacare. To see the absurdity and futility of it all, you …

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