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Archena April 3, 2024April 3, 2024Current, Wednesdaycivil rights, Democratic Party, illegal immigration, Immigration policies, Job market, Party base, Policy critique, Political polarization, Political strategy, Voter demographics

Is Illegal Immigration Good for the Democrats?

They think so but they are most likely wrong. Very, very wrong. Since the Eighties with roots going back into the Civil Rights era the Democrats have tooled themselves as the party of civil rights for the oppressed. Their policies have been unmitigated disasters for all the people they ‘helped’ but owning the media has its perks, right? I mean, until you don’t own the media anymore. At least not the media anyone watches. The Democrats literally do not know … Continue reading “Is Illegal Immigration Good for the Democrats?”

Archena April 1, 2024April 2, 2024Current, MondayDonald Trump, European Union, F-16 fighter jets, Geopolitics, International Relations, Military Aid, Russia, Ukraine, United States, Viktor Orban

Is Ukraine Doomed?

No. Seriously, people who pick up Molotov cocktails and shotguns to take on TANKS are not going to crumble because the US is late with a delivery or ten. Not immediately, anyway. Sure, they legitimately need the aid and it should have been there by now, but they were at war more than two years before the US finally decided to send lethal aid sometime in 2017. No, they can’t hold out forever against the economic power Russia can bring … Continue reading “Is Ukraine Doomed?”

Archena March 28, 2024March 28, 2024Current, WednesdayAmerican media, Democratic Party, Election dynamics, Hypocrisy in politics, Joe Biden, Media bias, Political awareness, Political discourse, Public trust, Trump presidency

Do Americans Notice the Hypocrisy?

Yep, they sure do. But you can be forgiven for thinking otherwise. Media of all stripes tends to play up the egregious and the stupid. The left assures us all conservatives are mouth breathing morons that hate democracy and science. The right shows us blue haired crazies spouting that nonsense. Free speech is dangerous in the wrong hands and yet the blue haired crazies are out to save democracy. Forget hypocrisy, they can’t even manage logical consistency! Let’s not be … Continue reading “Do Americans Notice the Hypocrisy?”

Archena March 25, 2024March 25, 2024Current, MondayChange management, Cognitive biases, Critical thinking, Democracy, Empathy, Failure analysis, government, human nature, Political discourse, Social media addiction

The Failure You Know

Yep. That’s a huge part of why Donald Trump is leading in the polls. Before you accuse me of hypocrisy, polls near the primaries are more reliable but nothing this far out from the general election tells us anything of substance about the general. It is WAY too early for that. However, we’d normally expect Biden to be leading in the polls right now. He’s the incumbent and the media loves him. That Trump leads in a lot of polls … Continue reading “The Failure You Know”

Archena March 15, 2024March 25, 2024Current, Friday.Trump administration, American Values, Democratic Party, Extremism, Middle ground politics, Party identification, Political awakening, Political polarization, Republican Party, Traditional institutions

Is It Really About Trump?

Good grief, no. What do they teach you kids these days? Look, I think Trump was a danged site better president than he had any right to be but that doesn’t mean he was all that great. I agree with him politically but his administration left something to be desired in the ‘actually getting stuff done’ department. To his credit he gave a decent try at every major promise he made on the campaign trail but he left more than … Continue reading “Is It Really About Trump?”

Archena March 13, 2024March 14, 2024Current, Wednesday#AmericanPolitics, #ConservativeBase, #DonaldTrump, #Election2024, #PartyCollapse, #PoliticalAnalysis, #PoliticalShift, #RepublicanParty, #TrumpAdministration, #TwoPartySystem

What if the Republican Party Collapsed and No One Noticed?

If you aren’t one of the three folks who actually listen to me from time to time, you may not have heard me rant about a ‘party system shift’. It’s nothing particularly new to American politics. Depending on who you ask we’re due for Number 6 or Number 7. Personally, I think we’re on 6.5 but let’s just go with 7. Everyone is familiar with our two party system. What most folks aren’t aware of is that those parties collapse … Continue reading “What if the Republican Party Collapsed and No One Noticed?”

Archena March 12, 2024March 12, 2024Current, MondayBiden administration, Center voters, Democrat base, Election strategy, foreign policy, Geopolitics, Israel support, Political analysis, Presidential elections, Ukraine aid

Useless to Ukraine and Turning on Israel – Biden’s Confused Foreign Policy

Seriously? What the heck, Joe? Hint: winning wars – or at least supporting the winners – tends to go over well with voters. Betraying the nation-states that count on us, not so much. It’s like the Democrats have no idea how to win elections any longer. I’ll help you out guys – this ain’t it. I’m well aware that many conservative supporters of Ukraine blame the Republicans for the failure to pass a new aid package. They are half right. … Continue reading “Useless to Ukraine and Turning on Israel – Biden’s Confused Foreign Policy”

Archena March 9, 2024March 9, 2024Current, FridayAmerican politics, Election process, Electoral strategy, Legislative agenda, Political analysis, Presidential nominations, Presidential primaries, State of the Union, Super Tuesday, U.S. governance

Super Tuesday and the State of the Union

Well that was a busy week wasn’t it? In a surprise to absolutely no one, Donald Trump won 14 of the 15 states on Super Tuesday. In a shock to absolutely everyone, Joe Biden made it all the way through the State of the Union address without collapsing, wandering off the stage or otherwise showing advanced stages of dementia. Having won Vermont, Nikki Haley, finally getting a clue, has dropped out of the presidential race. So what does all this … Continue reading “Super Tuesday and the State of the Union”

Archena March 6, 2024March 6, 2024Current, SpecialBallot, Constitutional Law, Democracy, election, Judicial Decision, Legal Ruling, Rule of Law, Supreme Court, Trump, US Constitution

9 – 0 ! The Constitution WINS!

The United States Supreme Court just handed down a rare unanimous and per curiam decision in the Colorado case attempting to remove Donald Trump from the ballot in which the Court reversed the Colorado Supreme Court. Fancy words for the Supreme Court smacked the Colorado Supreme Court hard. Not only will Trump be on the ballot, the Court in no uncertain terms told Colorado and the rest of the States that they do NOT have the power to determine who … Continue reading “9 – 0 ! The Constitution WINS!”

Archena March 4, 2024March 4, 2024Current, MondayDemocracy, Democratic deficit, EU governance, EU politics, European democracy, European integration, European politics, European Union, Governance, Political institutions

Is the European Union Democratic?

No, of course not. It’s a bureaucracy. You need details, huh? They really don’t teach you college kids much for all that money they charge you, do they? Any word ending in -cracy refers to what governs. Democracy just means the people govern – there aren’t any true democracies. Autocracy means a single person has full governing power. Think ‘despot’ but that’s just the usual outcome. Benevolent autocracy is possible in theory. So far, it hasn’t happened. So what’s a … Continue reading “Is the European Union Democratic?”

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