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Trump uses 3 Jacksonian Strategies: Define Citizenship, Use the Military, Hire Loyalists

Presidents Andrew Jackson and Donald Trump are not just changemakers but revolutionaries who want to overthrow the established political apparatus.

Trump – “It’s the economy, stupid!”

Special Note: Please go to my interview with Brian Callanan of the Seattle Channel on his podcast  Seattle News, Views, and Brews. I describe why Donald Trump won the...

Trump’s Playbook to Win Regardless of Election Night Results

Should Donald Trump lose the initial and final vote tally, he still has a game plan to win the election and has set it...

Harris Can Stop Losing the Senior Vote to Trump

Harris is losing senior voters to Trump by not presenting crisp, short points that can be easily understood, such as addressing their concerns that...

How Are Biden and Harris Endangering Trump’s Safety?

Former President Donald Trump blames Vice President Kamala Harris for the assassination attempt on him. He told Fox News Digital that the would-be assign had “believed the rhetoric of...

Republican probing-attacks on Kamala Harris 

If you like this piece, become a Patreon patron or make a single contribution to help me reach others.  - thank you, Nick  The Republican party faces a new, perplexing...

Biden and Harris can enable the Democrats to win in November

Biden and Harris must place the interests of their party and nation first. Biden clings to the classic belief that only he can save the...

Republicans woo Libertarians, Democrats ignore them – at their peril.

If you like this piece, become a Patreon patron or make a single contribution to help me reach others.  - thank you, Nick  Former President Donald Trump spoke to the...

How Russia and China Pursue a Soft Regime Change in America

Both Russia and China are manipulating our democratic election process to benefit their foreign policies. Russia has been attempting a soft regime change in America...

Haley Could Threaten Trump’s Hold on the Republican Party

Nikki Haley listens to Gov. Ron DeSantis, Photo by Charlie Neibergall, AP

America must force Israel to avoid a “catastrophic” military invasion of Rafah

The U.S. must attempt to deter a possible Israeli military slaughter of Palestinians in the city of Rafah. President Biden needs the support of Congress...

How Trump Would Destroy the Deep State

Jan. 6 footage had been displayed in the background before former president Donald Trump told his campaign rally in Waco, Tex., in March 2023, who to expel from the government.

Surging Immigration has led to right-wing governments

In the last five years, populist right-wing parties have been elected to rule or effectively control major legislatures in these six stable European democracies:...

Eliminate some tax laws, not IRS funding, to avoid shutdowns

If you like this piece, email it to others.  And if you can, become a patron or make a one-time donation to help me reach others. – Thanks, Nick Republicans lean on government...

Civil War – MAGA & the Abolitionists

Republican MAGA movement folks have been predicting another civil war. The federal government’s deep state is trampling upon their freedoms and those of former...

Republicans Diminishing the Cruelty of Black Slavery is a Loser’s Play

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The Debt Ceiling Settlement Dismantled Republican Demands

The leadership of both the Democrat progressive wing and the Republican reactionary wing voted against passing the legislation to allow the debt ceiling to...

How the Legal and Political Worlds Shape Trump’s Criminal Trial

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Stop Playing Politics – Provide Americans Universal Health Care – Part 1

If you like this piece, email it to others. And if you really liked it, become a Patreon patron to help me reach other readers.  Although Republicans in...

A Debt Ceiling Holds Our Economy Hostage

If Congress doesn’t raise the ceiling, one of the political parties threatens to bring our economy to a halt. That is not a sensible...

President Biden can and must Resolve America’s Immigration Crisis

President Biden is the only person in government who can break Congress's record of failure.  No pundit can predict what heated issue will dominate the...

SCOTUS could let state legislatures decide presidential election counts

Republicans are arguing about resurrecting an Independent State Legislature Theory (ISLT) derived from language within the dysfunctional Articles of Confederation Constitution. This is the Constitution...

The 2022 Senate elections exposed the MAGA movement’s weakness

Their performance foreshadows the 2024 elections. Dr. Mehmet Oz at Service Nation Summit (photo: Jim Gillooly/PEI/Flickr, licensed under Creative Commons) Two core beliefs define the MAGA movement....

The Far-Right Freedom Caucus will steer Congress’s agenda for the next two years

The Red Wave was a ripple; nevertheless, reactionary Republicans will be crashing down on Congress's House.  Republican House Leader Kevin McCarthy is bargaining his way into...

Democracies have prosecuted corrupt leaders – America can too

According to Axis Research, since 2000, at least 76 countries have jailed or prosecuted their former leaders. Many were democracies, including established functioning ones such as...

Don’t expect another attempted coup– it may not be necessary

Was there really an attempted coup? Bennie Thompson, chair of the House of Representative's select committee investigating the insurrection at the US Capitol, said, "January...

The Biden Problem and the Midterm Elections

            To win the midterm elections, Democrats must address the problem of President Biden’s poor approval ranking with voters. The public’s support of a candidate...

Messaging Abortion Rights in Swing States Will Determine Who Controls the Senate in 2021

With the Democrats blocked from codifying the protections provided to women by the Supreme Court’s Roe vs. Wade decision, they must now turn their...

To Save Roe in Congress, the D’s Must Change Their Strategy

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Trump-Republicans Should Fear Mike Pence – as a Libertarian Presidential Candidate

Gov Mike Pence speaking at a 2016 campaign rally for Donald Trump in Phoenix, Arizona. Photo by Gage Skidmore  Former President Donald Trump has repeatedly...

The Democrats Can Avoid a Devastating  Loss in November

A day doesn't go by without news that the Republicans are making another move to oust Democrats this November from Congress and state governments.              Democrats...

Can Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Peel-Off Blue-Collar Workers from the Republicans?

The Democrats have been losing blue-collar voters for the last decade; this legislation could reverse that trend.             The Democrats and the Republicans are struggling over...

Democrats Say Eliminate the Filibuster – but they use it more than the Republicans

Filibusters have blocked and supported progressive legislation             Independent and Democratic progressives are pushing to eliminate the Senate filibuster. They see how it has often succeeded...

The inspired terrorists who invaded the Capitol were your neighbors!

 Photo credit: Sebastian Portillo/Shutterstock.com The major networks and cable news channels largely ignored research findings showing who were the "incited terrorists" that invaded the Capitol. Instead,...

Biden’s Biggest Challenge Stems from Inheriting Trump’s Legacy: More Countries Wanting Nukes

Former President Donald Trump had placed the United States on the runway to take off on another nuclear arms race. Trump threw out two treaties...

Trump’s Last Chance – Pence Counts the Electoral Votes

Written by Nick Licata | 11/25/2020   The last avenue available to Trump for winning the election is using the Electoral Count Act of 1877. This...

Trump’s Plan for Winning the Election in 2020 or Even 2024!

Written by Nick Licata   Trump began months ago executing a seven-step plan to win or at least upset the apple cart. Here is how it...

Running against the Devil by Lincoln Project co-founder Rick Wilson

Rick Wilson has worked to elect Republicans for thirty years, but he will “no longer use those skills to serve the party I once...

Hydroxychloroquine Could Help Trump⁠—Politically

Written by Nick Licata   This month, President Donald Trump boldly continued to promote the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine as a protection against being infected by COVID-19....

Trump Disrupts the Distinction Between Personal Loyalty & Constitutional Allegiance

Written by Nick Licata Trump has expanded his responsibility for dealing with a pandemic by firing federal government watchdogs.            Donald Trump was elected president to disrupt...

Trump’s State of Denial, Not the Deep State, kept us unprepared for the COVID-19 Pandemic

Written by Nick Licata   I lay out how Trump's consistent denial of the need to listen to government experts exposes his suspicion of a deep...

Could Putin actually prefer Sanders over Trump?

Written by Nick Licata   Sanders presents a more stable and predictable adversary but with a foreign policy similar to Trump's. Bernie Sanders at George Washington University...

Trump’s Acquittal may Flip the Senate

Written by Nick Licata     US Senate in session The Senate’s acquittal of President Donald Trump could flip the Senate to the Democrats.  That is because swing...

Senate Republicans have more to lose than the Senate Democrats in the Trump Trial

Written by Nick Licata     Realistically the focus for the Democrats should be to sway public opinion, more than persuading the Republicans to convict Trump House Managers...

Fired Prosecutor Is Trump’s Savior from Impeachment

By Nick Licata   The Republican Defense of Trump Relies on a Ukrainian Prosecutor Removed from Office for Tolerating Corruption  Prosecutor General of Ukraine Viktor Shokin –...

Providing Links to all the Major Presidential Candidate Websites

While the televised debate among the Democrat Presidential Candidates has dominated the public’s attention, what has been missing is a detailed comparison of what...

Trump is not a Tyrant – he just admires them

Written by: Nick Licata   President Trump is not a tyrant, but he doesn’t shy away from admiring them. And, that should give one pause in...

Convictions Will Not Alter Trump’s Reality

Originally Posted on 8/23/18 By Nick Licata   Convictions Will Not Alter Trump's Reality             To understand President Trump, one must take him at his word, when he said,...

I am a Trump Addict – And so are Others

Originally Published - 5/28/18 By Nick Licata   Dear Urban Politics Reader, The political environment in many of our cities, large and small, has been impacted by President Trump...

Why Trump Ignores Russian Interference

Originally Published February 20, 2018, in Urban Politics - US by Nick Licata, author of Becoming a Citizen Activist Columnist Thomas Friedman, who is not associated with...

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