Four reasons why Trump’s NAFTA 2.0 is a bad deal
See this information: https://www.worc.org/four-reasons-why-nafta-2-0-is-a-bad-deal/
Month: August 2019
Candidates Must Commit to Immediate US Withdrawal From Afghanistan
This article’s lead paragraph reports this: On July 30, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan reported that the Afghan government and international military forces, primarily the United States, caused most of the civilian deaths in Afghanistan during the first six months of 2019. That’s more killings than those perpetrated in the same time period by the Taliban and ISIS combined. https://truthout.org/articles/candidates-must-commit-to-immediate-us-withdrawal-from-afghanistan/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=84b92979-bb4e-43d9-975d-6146d244cab9
Expert exposes Trump’s suppression of truth: “The White House Blocked My Report on Climate Change and National Security”
The White House Blocked My Report on Climate Change and National Security Politics intruded on science and intelligence. That’s why I quit my job as an analyst for the State Department. By Rod Schoonover, who was a senior analyst in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research at the State Department. July 30, 2019 https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/30/opinion/trump-climate-change.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage
U.S. tests missile that the INF Treaty would have prevented, but Trump canceled the INF Treaty.
On August 18, 2019, the U.S. tested a ground-launched cruise missile that the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty had prohibited since the Reagan-Gorbachev era, but Trump’s cancellation of the INF Treaty went into effect earlier this month, so now the U.S. and Russia are fighting a new Cold War. See the article I linked below. It has this headline: “Nuclear Weapons Arms Race Is Here”: Russians, Anti-Nuke Experts Denounce US Missile Test The article begins with these short paragraphs: A spokesperson for Russian President Vladimir Putin said that “such tests only proved that from the very start, the Americans were […]
Let’s Boldly Create the Future We Really Want
I wrote this essay to encourage people to create a very good future for all of us” CLICK THIS LINK: Let’s Boldly Create the Future We Really Want
The U.S. Deserves Its Own Nuremberg Trials
This smart, insightful article deserves to be read widely and acted upon: https://www.opednews.com/Quicklink/The-U-S-Deserves-Its-Own-in-Best_Web_OpEds-Afghanistan-War_Donald-Rumsfeld_George-W-Bush_International-190325-349.html
Militarism is the U.S.’s national religion!
A retired Air Force officer who was raised Catholic wrote this powerful article. It deserves to be read widely. Here it is: https://truthout.org/articles/military-might-is-our-national-religion/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=f6a2f5ca-73b0-41a9-bf35-b85dcd8f0210
Korea: Recent information, insights and recommendations
Diplomacy with North Korea should include reuniting families separated in the early 1950s. See this article: https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/foreign-policy/455595-reuniting-families-is-a-critical-step-in-diplomacy-with Urge Congress to finally END the Korean War, which has never been officially ended. Most Americans — and probably most members of Congress — do not know that THE KOREAN WAR WAS NEVER OFFICIALLY ENDED. A truce was proclaimed about 70 years ago, but the war is OFFICIALLY still underway. NOW WE MUST FORMALLY AND EXPLICITLY END THE WAR! The Korean Peninsula needs stable peace. On June 30, 2019, Trump visited North Korea, which was a positive step, but nobody trusts Trump […]
Pass the law that will allow law suits against gun manufacturers – Sign the Petition
Conservatives believe in the glories of the “market” in driving public policies. But they avoid using “market” solutions for certain kinds of issues. Let’s make gun manufacturers LEGALLY AND FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE for the expensive damage their products cause? Several years ago cigarette manufacturers were held responsible and provided funding for state governments. Gun manufacturers impose huge costs upon individual victims and their families, and also local governments (policing, courts, etc.), and health providers (hospitals, insurance companies, etc.). See more information and sign a petition is at this link: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/95d58ea293aa01df1dcbb603a2f65721dc330525/?link_id=1&can_id=1d662460c0abb8939c5044c82927552b&source=email-firstname-default-friend-pass-the-law-that-will-allow-law-suits-against-gun-manufacturers&email_referrer=email_594753&email_subject=firstname-default-friend-pass-the-law-that-will-allow-law-suits-against-gun-manufacturers
Extreme Inequality Is Driving Anxiety and Depression in the U.S.
Economic inequality is a SERIOUS CRISIS in the U.S. — not only because it is economically unjust, but also because it hurts our health and mental health. See this article: https://truthout.org/articles/extreme-inequality-is-driving-anxiety-and-depression-in-the-u-s/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=84b92979-bb4e-43d9-975d-6146d244cab9
Urge Congress to pass “No First Use” legislation to prohibit starting a nuclear war — and other bills opposing nuclear weapons!
SUPPORT the “No First Use” bills: The U.S. Constitution explicitly states that only Congress can declare war, but since 1945 presidents have claimed the de facto power to start the most horribly destructive war possible without any congressional approval, and Congress has allowed that unconstitutional power to persist. We must restore the Constitution – especially now during the Trump era. • S.200 and H.R. 669 are companion bills. • S. 272 and H.R. 921 are companion bills. Senator Markey and Rep. Lieu introduced Senate and House legislation (S. 200 and H.R. 669) that would limit Trump’s (or any subsequent president’s) […]
Presidential candidates MUST pledge “No First Use” of nuclear weapons! But CNN’s debate journalist BIASED his question about this.
Most Americans want a “No First Use” protection against starting a nuclear war. But during an early August 2019 presidential debate, CNN’s Jake Tapper asked about it in an extremely biased and deceptive way by referring to “No First Use” as “tying the President’s hands.” Actually, “No First Use” is REQUIRED BY THE U.S. CONSTITUTION, which explicitly says ONLY CONGRESS has the authority to declare war. However, since 1945 a de facto loophole has existed in which a president has grabbed the power to start the biggest war of all — a NUCLEAR WAR — without getting Congress to declare […]
Russian nuclear-powered missile explodes, kills people, and contaminates area. We must STOP the new arms race!
This outrageous accident on August 8, 2019, should be yet another wake-up call to the whole world. We must abolish nuclear weapons! Nuclear warheads are placed on missiles, but Russia designed a missile that itself is powered by a small nuclear reactor onboard. This power source would enable Russia’s nuclear missile to stay aloft for a very long time and attack a target anywhere in the world. On August 8, 2019, one of these missiles blew up, killed some scientists and engineers, and contaminated the nearby geographical area. Russia designed this horrible nuclear-powered missile in order to overcome the U.S.’s […]
BLOG: Trump has SEVERE psychiatric disabilities. Here are links to several articles.
Article #1: Bully-in-chief: Experts say Trump’s ‘antisocial personality disorder’ fits a pattern. I have read a number of articles in which experts in psychology and psychiatry explain Trumps mental illness. This article does a good job and points out some interesting political aspects. While mental illness is not an impeachable offense, the 25th Amendment is a remedy. I am interested in that too, but that’s a long shot because the leadership for using that remedy would have to come from people close to Trump. https://www.alternet.org/2019/07/bully-in-chief-experts-say-trumps-antisocial-personality-disorder-fits-a-pattern/?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=828 Article #2: Yale psychiatrist predicts Trump’s ‘disgrace and downfall.’ The article is at this […]
Solid info + smart insights: Psychoanalyst says Trump’s ‘mental pathology’ means he ‘hates reality.’
The quotations I have included here include some links to source materials. Those links are live in the full article, which I have linked at the end of this blog post. The article I have linked at the end of this post starts with this paragraph: Donald Trump is a living, breathing national emergency. Our president has repeatedly encouraged violence against his perceived enemies — and at least some of his supporters are following his lead. These are not isolated incidents. There are dozens of court cases where Donald Trump has been cited for “inspiring” acts of violence and other […]