The Progressive Democrat
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Articles about discussing the way forward for progressive democrats. The Progressive Democrat blog is small attempt to offer solutions to our nation's problems and call out those who threaten to diminish our country and its people.
The Progressive Democrat
3y ago
Rudy Giuliani has run out of time. His public relations gig to slow down the Mueller investigation no longer has any credibility. Contrary to what Rudy thinks, he is not running this investigation. For eight months he has given the impression that his buddy, Donald Trump, wants to sit down with Special Counsel Robert Mueller for an interview. Nothing has been further from the truth, which is standard operating procedure for the Trump administration in the first place. Giuliani’s role has been simply a political ploy, an effort to stall the investigation by teasing the American public with a “m ..read more
The Progressive Democrat
3y ago
No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one ever will.
The freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty and can never be restrained but by a despotic government.
Thomas Jefferson’s quotes on the importance of a free press to democracy
There is no question that President Trump is making every effort to denigrate one the pillars of our democracy. His continual attacks on “fake news” and “the press is the enemy of the people”, particularly at his non-stop campaign rallies, are not only outrageous but also are dangerous to the people whose j ..read more
The Progressive Democrat
3y ago
As our country is less than 100 days out from the 2018 mid-term elections, every American, who still has the ability to think for themselves, needs to ask a very serious question. Who is protecting the nation against “all enemies both foreign and domestic?” It is not an idle question. Every official of the federal government including senators and members of the House of Representatives takes the following oath:
I (name), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true fait ..read more
The Progressive Democrat
3y ago
He is at it again! The petulant child in the White House is making another threat. On Sunday, like the “terrible twos” toddler he is, he threw open his toy box and threw all his tweet toys everywhere in a ‘manic tweetstorm lasting two hours. In this berserk tirade, the current occupant of the White House seemed to be tweeting an unfettered stream of his own consciousness. None of the tweets seemed related one exception. There were several tweets that covered Trump’s favorite go-to red meat issue-immigration. He started off with this one:
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
Tom Homan, fmr ICE Dire ..read more
The Progressive Democrat
3y ago
With the frenzied tweet storm, incessant lying and chaotic pronouncements emanating from the Trump White House, we have a tendency to get an information overload from the daily news cycle, regardless of its veracity. This is perhaps by design and/or incompetence on the part of the Administration. The mainstream media and the cable news networks are complicit in this overload. A front-page headline from the print media or the leadoff news story on the television networks prompts us to focus on the new “shiny object” of the day.
Yet despite this overload, there are some events we should never fo ..read more
The Progressive Democrat
3y ago
The 2018 elections are just around the corner and the campaigning will soon begin in earnest. I thought it might be of interest to Progressive Democrats to share some of my insights from having been involved in managing and coordinating numerous campaigns up and down the ticket over the years. Take it for what it is worth…it’s free .
The headline for this post is Talking Points For Progressive Democrats….They Aren’t Just For Candidates Anymore. Talking points are normally associated with candidates to use in public appearances, pressers and private gatherings like coffee parties and fundraisin ..read more
The Progressive Democrat
3y ago
The much-heralded Putin-Trump Summit in Helsinki, Finland has come and gone. In a stunning climactic joint press conference, President Trump disgraced not only himself but his country. Fawning over Putin, Trump appeared mesmerized by the stoic Putin, who was obviously in full control and dominated the president of the United States. Trump failed to even suggest that Putin and the Russian intelligence services were responsible for attacking the United States’ 2016 elections and continuing their attacks to this day. It is time for some straight talk about this president and the threat he p ..read more
The Progressive Democrat
3y ago
This past Friday the 13th proven to be an unlucky day for the Trump administration and certain Republican members of Congress. Early that morning, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, announced the criminal indictments against 12 Russian military intelligence officers who masterminded and conspired to interfere with the 2016 presidential election. According to Rosenstein’s announcement statement: “Eleven of the defendants are charged with conspiring to hack into computers, steal documents, and release those documents with the intent to interfere in the election.” Rosenstein went on further ..read more
The Progressive Democrat
3y ago
Rudy Giuliani is at it again. The president’s chief-of-flak can’t resist an opportunity to spew the company line. The Mueller investigation is a “witch hunt” and a “hoax” according to the Trump hymnal. Today is just another example of just how pathetic Rudy Giuliani has become.
According to The Washington Post, “President Trump’s lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani said Friday that congressional testimony by FBI agent Peter Strzok demonstrated such a bias against Trump that the results of the investigation being led by special prosecutor Robert S. Mueller III should be dismissed.” Giuliani went o ..read more
The Progressive Democrat
3y ago
Once again President Trump’s public relations flak, Rudy Giuliani, is making new demands of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of the president and the president’s administration. The media have coined this a new strategy in teasing the public on whether or not the president will sit with the Special Counsel for a personal interview. There is nothing new about this strategy at all. It is simply the same old strategy Giuliani has been squawking about since he came back from under a rock to join the swamp. It is called stalling, hardly anything very novel. Lawyers for criminals do it ..read more