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Examining Trumpism: Ideologies and Impact

by Jack Hassard | Mar 29, 2025 | The Trump Files

My 2022 book, The Trump Files, analyzed the impact of Trump’s first term in office on...

The Critical Role of Federal Government in Education Reform

by Jack Hassard | Mar 27, 2025 | Progressive World-View

Trump and McMahon do not know how federal and state governments are integral to public education. This system supports about 50 million students in K-12 and more than 13 million in public colleges.

President Jimmy Carter’s administration helped establish the Federal Department of Education. Ever since conservative politicians have gone out of their way to dismantle it. Ronald Reagan was the first to go after it. Now, we have Donald Trump and his crony Linda McMahon, former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment. Trump signed an executive order to “begin eliminating” the Department of Education.

The Rise of Dictators: From Germany to America

by Jack Hassard | Mar 19, 2025 | Autocracy, Dictators

In Volker Ullrich’s book, Germany 1923, he focuses on an “intoxicating time” in the year...

ACLU’s Warning to Trump: Protecting Civil Liberties

by Jack Hassard | Mar 7, 2025 | Progressive World-View

I received this letter from the American Civil Liberties Union, addressed to Mr. Trump. As America’s anti-democratic turn imperils the free world, the ACLU will be a crucial defender.

A Letter from an American Citizen

by Jack Hassard | Mar 5, 2025 | Progressive World-View

Note: This is a copy of a letter. I sent it to colleagues and friends in Australia, England,...

The 100th Monkey and 3.5% Rule Explained

by Jack Hassard | Mar 4, 2025 | Progressive World-View

The 100th Monkey and The 3.5% Rule—What’s in common? Tomorrow’s post will compare these ideas....

The Press + the Idiot = Danger

by Jack Hassard | Mar 4, 2025 | Autocracy, The Authoritarian, The Trump Files

Tonight the press is going bonkers over the idiot’s showtime to the Congress, the Supreme Court,...

Understanding Climate Change: A Fact Sheet for Deniers

by Jack Hassard | Mar 2, 2025 | Climate Change

This post is a fact sheet for climate change. I wrote this post during Trump’s first term. I’m revising it and reposting today.
Donald Trump’s 2.0 administration shows no interest in dealing with climate change, other than sticking their heads in oil-rich sand. They also refuse to understand some elementary concepts of climate change. If they did, they would stand with most Americans. Americans believe climate change is as much a local problem as a global one.
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