Author Archives: eeldav

Trump’s base is his power: Would you believe that up to $50 trillion of income likely bypassed the lower 90% of American wealth holders between 1975 and 2020 and flowed mostly to the top 1%?  That is what a Time.com … Continue reading →

President Trump loves the leverage that tariffs give him.  He can use them to cause countries to kneel to his wishes, punish U.S. companies if they displease him and grant exceptions to companies that stroke his ego.  And so far, … Continue reading →

Will Americans benefit? As I started writing this post, the S&P 500 index had just closed 10% down from its recent high point and entered correction territory.  Reports indicate that the markets are reacting to the uncertainty and the chaos … Continue reading →

Almost everything President Donald Trump has done since the inauguration was proposed in Project 2025’s Mandate for Leadership in 2023, including numerous changes to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).  But the Trump approved savagery Elon Musk has … Continue reading →

The blog post I was writing can wait.  Events of the past two weeks make it imperative that Americans who love our democratic republic contact their representatives in Congress to demand that they take action to stop President Trump and … Continue reading →

It serves no purpose anymore to rage about what an awful man Donald Trump is, how unhinged he frequently acts, or why he should be held accountable for his crimes; he will be the president of the United States for … Continue reading →

There is endless speculation in the media about what President Trump and his appointees will do during his second term.  Much of this is just too damn depressing and causing many news consumers to tune out.  The pundits frequently go … Continue reading →

No doubt many Republicans are thrilled with former president Donald Trump’s victory.  What frightens me, however, is that he won with a racist, misogynous campaign of lies and threatened revenge.  It makes me wonder if numerous white citizens and men … Continue reading →

Just over a year ago, I published a blog entitled, “2024 – A Tipping Point for American Democracy.”  It described Project 2025, which I believe is a right-wing effort to establish an all-powerful presidency.  Sponsored by the ultra-conservative Heritage Foundation … Continue reading →

For decades the Republican Party has advocated for lower taxes, smaller government, fewer federal regulations and federalism (basically, states’ rights).  These policies were the core of GOP ideology as the party became closely aligned with corporations and the wealthy.     … Continue reading →