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How far America has slipped away from democracy

April 17, 2022 by sergneri Leave a Comment

In Politico, this interview with Ruth Ben-Ghiat – An expert on autocracy assesses how far America has slipped away from democracy, and what it will take to get it back. Ben-Ghiat: One of the big talking points and strategy of right-wing authoritarianism, is to label democratic systems as tyrannical. Mussolini was the first to say … [Read more…]

Posted in: Politics, Thinking about, Trump Tagged: authoritarianism, autocratic, bully, democratic, democratic systems, Democrats, GOP, Republican, right-wing

THE PRESENT CONGRESS

March 5, 2017 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Healdsburg Tribune, 5 March 1927 THE PRESENT CONGRESS passed out of existence at high noon on March 4th. Its present session has certainly been a dismal failure. We think of no outstanding measure that has been given to the people. Several good measures were before them, but the democrats and republicans seemed to be afraid … [Read more…]

Posted in: California History, California Newspaper Archive, Faits Divers, Politics, This Day in History Tagged: 1927, BOULDER DAM, Democrats, Healdsburg, Republicans, Senator Hiram Johnson, Volstead act

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