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Can Democrats Reign In ICE by Valentine’s Day?

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Overcoming opposition from right-wing Republicans and left-wing Democrats, the House reached a compromise to pass the budget bill and the Continuing Resolution (CR). The...

Is ICE acting as an accountable public agency or a private paramilitary?

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An elderly naturalized U.S. citizen forced out of his home by ICE into the freezing weather ICE agents’ aggressive tactics in arresting people in their homes,...

The Epstein Files Sparks a Class Conflict

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Class conflict in America has been primarily framed either in economic terms favored by the left or in cultural terms favored by the right....

Trump can’t hide his most serious illness

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When critics suggest potential illnesses President Donald Trump might have, they point to evidence of a possible ailment. They notice bruises on his hands,...

Training our Military as Warriors not Defenders

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What is the purpose of a nation’s army? Common sense would say that it is to defend the nation’s territory and protect its citizens...

Creating a Non-Woke Military Has Begun

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Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is rejecting liberal woke beliefs because he claims they have weakened and misguided our military. He introduced the generals...

The Folly of Political Assassinations 

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The folly of assassinations is that they generate the opposite of what the assassin intended. Aside from the tragedy of taking a human life,...

Who is a Fascist? & What is Fascism?

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At the end of August, huge banners hung from trucks circling Chicago’s downtown streets, carrying a message for President Donald Trump: "Do not come to...

The Art of Deflection,  Look at Soldiers in Cities – Forget the Epstein Files

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President Trump sent soldiers into U.S. cities, not to fight crimes, but to distract the public from the Epstein Files. There is a clear link...

A Rational View of Capitalism vs Socialism in America & History

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President Donald Trump declared that America will never be socialist. He’s beating up a strawman, since there has never been a fully socialist country....

5 Key Lessons from Mamdani’s Startling NYC Win 

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YouTube – Eyewitness News ABC on Marist Poll the week before Election Day

How do we know if our President is Mentally Unstable?

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How do we know if our President is Mentally Unstable? You can also read this piece on Substack, Medium and Linkedin   Congress should pass a law to...

Did we elect a Manchurian Candidate to Guide our Defense?

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A Manchurian Candidate, as initially defined in Richard Condon's 1959 novel and the 1966 movie, is a nation’s leader controlled by that country’s enemy. These works...

Trump’s lying strategy is to destroy our republic’s liberal institutions

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You can also read this piece on Substack, Medium or Linkedin You can also continue to read below.If you like it, become a Patreon patron or make a single...

Trump’s Oval Office Blowup: a Clash of Personalities for Resources

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At the abrupt end of an intended photo-op meeting, Trump noted, “This is going to be great television.”  Was there some irony in this statement?...

Is the Republican Party now the Working-Class Party?

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Conservatives claim that Donald Trump’s electoral victories show that his Republican Party, not the Democrats, now represent the working class.   You can read this piece...

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

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

The Return of a Demagogic Populist President after 200 Years

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This year, our nation experienced the mobilization of the lowest economic class against the establishment controlled by the elites for the second time. It’s...

Trump’s Playbook to Win Regardless of Election Night Results

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

How Are Biden and Harris Endangering Trump’s Safety?

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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 

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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

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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...

Is anti-Zionism same as antisemitism?

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Protestors of Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza are accused of being anti-Zionist and, therefore, antisemitic. Those defending the protestors argue that they don’t...

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

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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

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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

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

Biden Can Stop the Middle East War from Losing His Election

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Democrats must realize that despite keeping our troops out of Gaza, the longer the Israeli-Hamas War continues, the more the public will see the...

How Trump Would Destroy the Deep State

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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.

Seattle’s Socialist Alternative: a Marxist’s puzzle of what to do when you win an election?

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After being a Seattle Councilmember for a decade, Kshama Sawant will retire from public office at the end of December. In January 2023, Sawant...

Can the Ukrainian War be Won?

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The answer to the question Can the Ukrainian War be Won? No ­— unless both sides settle for exercising less sway over the future...

Do Radio Stations & Newspapers Push a Liberal Or Conservative Agenda?

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Conservative commentators and politicians attack the reliability of the "media" since they believe the liberals control it. They often point to television and some...

Why did the Parties Switch as Conservative & Liberal?

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Graffiti in Licata, Sicily, by N. Licata The Democratic and Republican parties have flipped their basic philosophies since being founded. Currently, we strongly associate each with being...

Civil War – MAGA & the Abolitionists

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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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If you like this piece, email it to others. And if you really like it, become a Patreon patron to help me reach others. - Thanks, Nick Florida...

The Parties want the Constitution to Balance our Budget

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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...

Yellen’s June 1 Deadline May Not be Real

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There is a Strategy for Not Defaulting on Federal Loans Unfortunately, the media and both parties have tended to conflate a shutdown with defaulting. That...

What is the Federalist Society and what does it want from our courts?

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If you liked this piece, email it to others. And if you really liked it, become a Patreon patron to help me reach other readers. The Federalist...

Banning Abortion Pills – Choosing between secularism and moralism

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 If you liked this piece, email it to others. And if you really liked it, become a Patreon patron to help me reach other readers.   How a single...

Creating Chaos is not an accident but a strategy

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Dear Readers, If, you find reading Citizenship Politics informative and would like others to read it, please become a Patreon patron. By doing so I can...

President Biden can and must Resolve America’s Immigration Crisis

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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...

The 2022 Senate elections exposed the MAGA movement’s weakness

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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

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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...

Ranked Choice Voting – The sleeper issue on the 8th

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Flying under the radar this Election Day are cities, counties, and one state voting to accept rankedchoice voting (RCV). This isn’t the first time...

The unspoken label for a growing political movement is “Reactionary”

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Lots of labels are thrown around to define or tag political opponents. Proponents embrace other labels as a badge of honor. And a few...

How Much a Threat to the Republic are Christian Nationalists?

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If Cancer cells grow unchecked, they take over the vital organs of a body, and the host dies. Some people can live with cancers...

Could Liz Cheney Initiate a new Conservative Party?

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The future of the Republican Party is often framed as either continuing as a traditionally conservative party based on policy issues or becoming a...

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

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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...

Could ethnic minorities save the Senate for the Democrats?

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Two different approaches to shaping America's future The Republican Party, through Donald Trump and their primary system, has repeatedly fanned fears among white Americans of crime coming...

Passion for overturning the Abortion Ban outweighs Anger over Inflation        

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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...

Democrats need the Independent Voters to keep the Senate

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If the Democrats can keep the support of Independent Voters, they can win key swing States and maintain control of the Senate. But who...

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

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BACORR Clinic Defense at Planned Parenthood on Valencia | Flickr Visit

The Democrats Can Avoid a Devastating  Loss in November

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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...

A National Network of Election Deniers will Oversee the 2024 Election

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            Followers of Donald Trump are methodically placing election deniers, those who believe Biden stole the election through fraudulent voting, in crucial state positions who...

The wealthiest push nationalist conspiracy theories to win elections

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Recently there has been extensive reporting on how a select group of the wealthiest Americans promotes Donald Trump's accusation that he won the election,...

The Party of Fear vs. Party of Hope

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Both the Democrat and Republican parties employ Fear and Hope messaging in marketing their campaigns. The Republicans present Fear like a paperback novel you can’t...

The inspired terrorists who invaded the Capitol were your neighbors!

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 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,...

Media Monopolies Amplify Conspiracy Theories 

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While Congress was in session, the Capitol's violent invasion illustrates the power of conspiracy theories to grip average Americans.             The FBI believes that most who...

The Big Lie Strategy for Grabbing Political Power

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The big lie shaking this nation for the past seven weeks is that Trump won the election by a landslide. It is a lie. President...

Is a fascist movement developing here?

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Written by Nick Licata | 12/17/20     After Joe Biden won the presidential election, there has been a proliferation of right-wing Trump rallies. Is this a movement...

Does Esper’s Firing Imply Using the Insurrection Act?

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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...

The Battle Will Come After the Voting is Over!

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Written by Nick Licata Even if Biden had clearly won enough electoral votes after the November election, Trump’s attorneys are prepared to go nuclear.  Two recent...

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

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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...

Democrats have been a minority on the Supreme Court since 1970

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Written by Nick Licata | Originally published 10/11/20   The Senate Judiciary Committee begins hearings Monday, Oct. 12, on the appointment of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to...

Citizenship – Bridging Individualism & Community to Sustain our Democracy

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Written by Nick Licata | Originally published 9/17/20 Citizenship should support a democratic republic that protects individuals’ freedoms and the community’s welfare. We need it...

Two Conventions – In One Nation Divided between Liberalism and Populism

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Written by Nick Licata on 9/2/20 for Medium     Defanging Repressive Immigration Legislation City by City The party conventions televised a growing chasm in our nation. Under Biden, the...

How Slowing Mail Delivery Affects the Vote Count 

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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...

Three Books on the 2020 Presidential Election and their relevance to the Black Live Matter Protests

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Each discusses strategies on how the election could address minority and racial injustices that have long been ignored. The recent killings of unarmed Black citizens...

An “Autonomous” Three Block-Long Seattle Street Threatens America – What?

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Written by Nick Licata   President Donald Trump from his New Jersey private golf club tweeted this past Friday morning June 12, that “The terrorists burn...

Hydroxychloroquine Could Help Trump⁠—Politically

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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....

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

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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...

The 20th Anniversary of the WTO Battle in Seattle

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Originally posted at the Medium. Written by Nick Licata.   The freedom to dissent was tested as the US closed out the twentieth century with a...

Profiles in Courage – U.K. Conservatives Have It, U.S. Republicans Don’t

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Written by: Nick Licata   As a Senator, John F. Kennedy authored Pulitzer Prize-winning Profiles in Courage in 1957 to highlight the integrity by eight United States Senators...

Providing Links to all the Major Presidential Candidate Websites

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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...

SDS’s Imploded 50 Years Ago – A Triumph of Extremism

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Written by: Nick Licata Fifty years ago, this June, the Students for a Democratic Society held its last United National Convention. It was torn apart...

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

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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...

Identifying a Winnable Southern State Strategy in 2019

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Written By: Nick Licata What does a win look like? Seeing a win depends on who’s looking at it. I take the viewpoint of a Pragmatic...

The Wall, The Democrats and The Art of Negotiating

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Originally Published Jan. 9 on Medium by Nick Licata The first rule of successful negotiating is to do so from a position of strength. If you are...

The Campaign for Abolishing ICE – Is it a Winnable Strategy?

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Originally Posted on 7/12/18 By Nick Licata    The Campaign for Abolishing ICE – Is it a Winnable Strategy?      What does a win look like...

My Book Review of ‘Reclaiming Gotham’ – how cities can close the wealth gap

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Urban Politics - US - November 2, 2017 ‘Reclaiming Gotham’: NYC a case study in a push for more affordable cities by Nick Licata - ...

What Happened to The Underground Press ?

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Urban Politics – US   9/26/17 By Nick Licata – author of Becoming a Citizen Activist www.becomingacitizenactivist.org The answer to that question is not simple but I do...

If Politicians Actually Want to Make Change, They Have to Think Like Organizers

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Six Strategies To empower your constituents and help get you the votes you need to pass progressive legislation “What has fueled Seattle’s progressive victories, isn’t some...

Seven Steps to Becoming a Citizen Activist

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Despite who is elected as President or elected to Congress or City Hall, each citizen has the ability and the tools to influence whether...

Defunding the Dakota Access Pipeline City By City

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President Trump faces a new challenge from city governments. These are the cities where many progressives live and feel powerless to challenge the Trump...

Don’t Let Trump Trash Our Culture

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Our diversity in arts and culture must flourish for the next 4 years to keep our Democracy from drifting into a conformist nationalist template...

Visiting the Twin Cities – The Struggle for Justice in the Workplace

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Talking to citizen activists & politicians in the Twin-Cities as they struggle to adopt Minimum Wage & Paid Sick Leave I’m speaking on Tuesday, Sept...

45 Years Ago Today Attica Prisoners Rebelled

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Remembering Attica's Lessons Forty-five years ago today, the inmates of New York’s Attica prison initiated the largest revolt of prisoners this nation had ever seen....

If Politicians Actually Want to Make Change, They Have to Think Like Organizers

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This 8-page PDF brochure details "Six strategies to empower your constituents and help get you the votes you need to pass progressive legislation." >> Download...

Speaking at People’s Convention in Pittsburgh

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by Rebecca Addison at Pittsburgh City Paper – July 6, 2016 In Seattle’s 2013 election, Nick Licata broke the city’s record for the most votes...

A Progressive Democrat Joins the right-wing ALEC organization

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By Seattle City Councilmember Nick Licata From Democracy and Media’s PR Watch 7/30/15 http://www.prwatch.org/news/2015/07/12894/blowing-whistle-alecs-little-brother-acce You’re Not In Kansas Anymore It’s true. I plopped down my $50 and became...

Inside the conservative plan to take over city politics

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By Nick Licata First appeared in CrossCut 1/6/16 http://crosscut.com/2016/01/a-seattle-liberal-ventures-into-a-den-of-conservative-activism/ The conservative American Legislative Exchange Council is the most successful political force, left or right, producing state legislation...

From the Cities a Progressive Movement Will Rise

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By Seattle City Councilmember Nick Licata First appeared in Huffington Post December 23, 2014 Progressives have been getting their asses kicked by conservatives, and it's not...

Run your City for $15,000 a Year, No Desk or Staff Needed

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Last week I spent a few days in Indianapolis talking to their city council members and constituents. I was there as the keynote speaker...

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