A Whistleblower’s Chronicle of Trump’s Phone Call to Ukraine
On July 25, 2019, Donald Trump had a phone call with Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine....
Read Moreby Jack Hassard | Jun 10, 2021 | Politics
On July 25, 2019, Donald Trump had a phone call with Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine....
Read Moreby Jack Hassard | Apr 26, 2021 | Climate Change
The planet earth’s climate is undergoing rapid change that has resulted in human disasters. Climate change effects are causing wide-scale migration of people and impacting homeless populations, many of whom live in unsheltered locations.
by Jack Hassard | Apr 25, 2021 | Climate Change
Climate change is an existential threat to the earth. We’ve known this for a long time. In 1896,...
Read Moreby Jack Hassard | Apr 18, 2021 | Voting Rights
The suppression of voting rights has been a project carried out against Black, brown and Native American voters for centuries. Suppression of the vote continues with hundreds of voter suppression bills making their way through state houses. In this post I provide a list of more than 30 ways Republicans aim to suppress the vote.
by Jack Hassard | Apr 16, 2021 | COVID-19
The anti-science attack leveled at Dr. Anthony Fauci by Representative Jim Jordon of Ohio is part of a Republican attack on science that has gone on for decades. Today it raged in the House of Representatives. The chair of the Committee, Maxine Waters (D-CA) had to intervene to tell Jordon to “shut your mouth.”
by Jack Hassard | Apr 2, 2021 | The Authoritarian
Trump’s Legacy is based on The Big Lie. Trump’s big lie was that there was widespread fraud...
Read Moreby Jack Hassard | Mar 11, 2021 | COVID-19
On January 28, 2020, in a meeting in the Oval Office, Donald Trump was told by National Security Advisor Michael O’Brien that the virus outbreak in China “will be the biggest national security threat you face in your presidency.”
by Jack Hassard | Feb 14, 2021 | Impeachment, Insurrection
In this post I will explore the fragility of liberal democracy. In March 1981, I was a passenger...
Read Moreby Jack Hassard | Feb 13, 2021 | Impeachment, Insurrection
The United State Senate voted today on the Impeachment Trial of former president Donald Trump. Fifty-seven senators voted guilty when asked for their vote,. They voted to find Trump guilty by 15 votes. This was an historic rebuke. Fifty-seven percent of the elected Senators found Trump guilty. Keep in mind that the article of impeachment was a bi-partisan effort in the House of Representatives. This was the most bipartisan support for impeachment in history.
by Jack Hassard | Feb 2, 2021 | Impeachment
The House of Representatives released the House Trial Memorandum in the Impeachment of Donald J....
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