Short post for today, but the point is pretty simple. The year started with a 33% drop in GDP. An epidemic has killed over 300,000 Americans. The President blocked medicine from coming into this country to reduce the severity of the epidemic. The Senate blocked stimulus bills for Americans who had lost their jobs. Unemployment …
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Great Democratic Quotes
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” “My own sympathy has always been with the little fellow, the man without advantages.” “Let every nation know whether it wishes us well or ill that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to asure …
Build an Apache Server on Ubuntu
We are going to host two different websites on an Apache Server running Ubuntu. Step 1, install packages sudo apt-get install apache2 Step 2, create your conf files Create two conf files in /etc/apache2/sites-available Call them site1.conf and site2.conf Create links using ln-s to both of those conf files in /etc/apache2/sites-enabled sudo ln -s /etc/apache2/sites-available/site1.conf …
Eras of European History
This is meant to be a brief overview to help people fully understand the importance of our current political situation. I am focusing on all of Europe in this overview of history, from the Ural mountains to the ocean. The era before the Minoans is prehistory for Europe because there are no written records. Early …
Two types of election systems
There are only two types of elections systems currently in use: Party insiders decide Voters have the final say Every election system can be categorized as one of the three. Here is the proof: Based off of Wikipedia’s list, there are 14 types of election systems they list as currently being used, with one being …
Progressives Strike Back
This article attempts to give significant historical context for the progressive movement today. Early Founding Fathers The early founding fathers were a divided bunch, representing slave owners such as Washington, Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe, and abolitionists including Adams, Franklin, and Hamilton. The abolitionist founding fathers are the antecedents of the modern Progressive movement, not just …
Pass legislation, win the presidency
Here is a plan on how Progressive Democrats can win the Presidency in 2024. I am talking about the Warren wing of the Progressive caucus, given how most of Bernie Sanders’ closest allies got absolutely destroyed this year. The first thing we need to do is make sure that we win more seats in the …
The Lincoln Project
Let’s take a quick look at the Lincoln Project, this one will be quick. All data is from OpenSecrets and Ballotpedia. In the 2020 cycle the Lincoln Project raised about $8 million. That’s it. Biden for President raised $937.67 million, over 100 times the total amount raised by the Lincoln Project. The Lincoln Project spent …
Consequences of Corporate Consolidation
In 2018 Wendover Productions made a video on YouTube where he discussed the issue facing airlines where they are not being able to get enough pilots, so they are cancelling routes. There are a few reasons for this. The cost of training is absurdly high, the starting wages are very low, and the good routes …
How to win the 2022 Senate election
It’s quite simple… $10 million against a deeply entrenched establishment Republican with a deep war chest in a very red state or $500k each against 20 Republicans in deep blue states who are facing strong campaigns from community leaders… It’s pretty clear from this which strategy is going to win in the 2022 Senate election. …