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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...

Banning TikTok – concerning National Security, Civil Rights & Investments 

In the last week of April, Congress passed, and President Biden signed, a law banning TikTok in the United States if its parent company,...

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

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The Parties want the Constitution to Balance our Budget

Released July 1, 2023 Both parties provoked Federal debt crises for decades, yet they willfully deny the possibility of the US defaulting on future loan...

Conservative Justices Save The Voters Rights Act by Describing Systemic Racism Conditions

Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh joined the three liberal Justices in Allen v. Milligan to reject Alabama’s Congressional district mapping. Their verdict upheld...

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...

Our Cultural Assumptions stop us from achieving National Health Care Coverage

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

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A Bloated Military Budget enables waste, corruption, and world-wide intervention

Please become a Patreon patron so that Citizenship Politics can reach more people While the Republicans and Democrats do a slow tangle to lift the debt ceiling to avoid...

Passion for overturning the Abortion Ban outweighs Anger over Inflation        

SCOTUS has lit a fire under the Democrats and Independents to get out and vote           Passion, not facts, drives voters to the polls. Republicans and...

Can the Global Corporate Tax Clip Corporate Power?

What is the Proposed Global Corporate Tax?In early October, The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), consisting of 136 countries representing more than 90%...

Making a case for Legalizing Psychedelics

Aside from issues that rightly dominate print headlines and social media, there is an inconspicuous national movement arising: legalizing psychedelics.  This movement may cause many...

What is to be done about America’s growing disparity in wealth?

Over the past year, new research has shown how a phenomenal accumulation of wealth has become concentrated among just 1 percent of Americans over...

Teach Civics In Schools or Face More Insurrections

Special Note for classroom use - any portions of this essay may be reprinted freely.  Ignorance Does Not Lead to Freedom The slogans of the January 6...

How Can Hate Speech and Conspiracy Theories be Banned on Social Media?

            The legal answer to that question depends on how the courts treat the status of social media providers. The political answer depends on who...

Does Esper’s Firing Imply Using the Insurrection Act?

Written by Nick Licata | Originally published 11/15/2020   Trump’s firing of Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, two months before leaving the White House, may mean...

Could the Covid-19 virus Delay Barrett’s Confirmation?

Written by Nick Licata | Originally published 10/4/20   The push for the Senate’s confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett may be impacted by...

How Slowing Mail Delivery Affects the Vote Count 

Written by Nick Licata In five swing states, local officials must have mail-in ballots in hand  by Election Day, or they will not be counted. Thirty-four states...

The Supreme Court DACA Decision—It was about politics—of providing a “reasonable” executive order

Urban Politics – USA  6/25/20 Written by Nick Licata   Photo by Rachel Cooper, “The “Authority of Law” marble statue by sculptor James Earle Fraser on the steps...

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....

It’s Time for A Robot Tax

Written by Nick Licata It’s simple; the robot that replaces every worker or reduces their pay will be taxed. The Robot Maria Fritz Lang's 1927 Metropolis Taxing robots...

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...

Authoritarian Leaders Rejected the Danger of a COVID-19 Pandemic Because It Challenged Their Image

Written by Nick Licata        They responded in two ways, first ignoring it and then blaming others. A Brazilian government official (r) posing for a...

The Minimum Wage Could be Raised in the Majority of States – This Year

Written by Nick Licata The 2020 new year marks a historic landmark for dramatically improving many people’s living standards by increasing the minimum hourly wage....

Debating Climate Change Has Limits – Let’s Start Talking About the Weather

Written by Nick Licata This piece also appears on Medium for easier reading and submitting comments   In a debate, one side wins and the other side loses. How...

How States Can Disregard SCOTUS’s Pro-Gerrymandering Decision

Written by: Nick Licata and Roger Scott   The Supreme Court gave the green light to 30 states (with 46% of the Congressional seats) to gerrymander...

The Green New Deal Died in Congress – Because the Dems did not have 2 Key Allies

Written by: Nick Licata   Without the support of farmers and unions, the GND will remain a list of talking points for politicians. The Democrats made...

Low-Income Motor Home Park Residents Evicted but keeping together

Written By: Nick Licata   A year ago, in March 2018, three young female filmmakers (ages 13 – 15) made a short film to call attention...

Mississippians are Organizing to Get Government Accountability

Written By: Nick Licata Not all deep red southern states are alike.     Virginia over the past several years has become more purple while Mississippi has remained...

Virginia’s Approach to Government Accountability

Part II of Identifying a Winnable Southern State Strategy Written by: Nick Licata   Despite the top three elected Virginia State Democrats generating national headlines for being...

Can Promoting a Beautiful America Unite this Nation?

  Originally Posted in Urban Politics – US - 3/5/18 By Nick Licata  Can Promoting a Beautiful America Unite this Nation? This nation’s politics have become ever...

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