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The USA is so Far Down the Path of Corruption that its Citizens Fail to see...

(c) Josh Sager – October 2012 American politics today have become so extreme and bought by corporate interests that we should be near-universally protesting the decay of our political system....

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The New Kleptocracy

© Josh Sager – August 2012 As posted on Wolf-PAC.com Throughout history, humans have arranged themselves into societies based around hierarchy and a system of selecting who is allowed to wield...

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Fracking the Earth

© Josh Sager – November 2012   Fracking is a very dangerous, yet increasingly common practice in the United States. Hydraulic Fracturing extraction (“fracking”) is a method of breaking up oil shales...

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Lobbying and its Effects

© Josh Sager – May 2012   In a post-Citizen’s United V. FEC political landscape, lobbying has become a multi-billion dollar industry. The floodgates were opened by the Supreme Court – which decided...

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The Michigan GOP’s Anti-Union Blitz

© Josh Sager – December 2012 Last Monday, Michigan was a state with long history of union protections and nobody was talking about this changing any time soon. Yesterday (Dec. 11th, 2012), Michigan...

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The Toxic Combination of Corporate Money and a Neutral Media

© Josh Sager – September 2012 In a post-Citizens United political landscape, those with large amounts of money are able to spend near-unlimited amounts in order to spread propaganda favorable to their...

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The Death of Debate in Washington

© Josh Sager – January 2012   The classical view of the legislative process in Washington is one of debate and compromise between officials representing their constituents. Ideally, our legislators...

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Use Knox V. SEIU to Attack Money in Politics

© Josh Sager – June 2012 Jsager99@gmail.com Background Money in Politics The modern political era has been party to massive regressions in campaign finance law, as well as corresponding increases in...

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Don’t Let the Gun Extremists Control Our Democracy

© Josh Sager – October 2013 The United States is in the middle of a gun murder epidemic but our elected officials are apparently unable or unwilling to pass gun law reforms. Every recent fight over...

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American Politics 2013 Part #2: The Bad

The Marathon Bombings — On the afternoon of April 15th, terrorists Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev detonated two bombs near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. These bombs killed three people and...

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Incarcerated and Incapacitated: The Failing State of Healthcare in Our Prison...

(c) Don Gomez – September 2015 This is a guest post by Don Gomez, a progressive political writer who will be starting his own blog in the near future. Renowned author and journalist Fyodor Dostoevsky...

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