politicians
Reviews of the politicians kissing babies and running governments around the world; applaud and criticize the decisions they make and their implications.
Nancy Pelosi’s Husband Was Almost Killed
On Friday, Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul Pelosi was attacked by an intruder with a hammer in his own home. The 82-year-old husband of the House Speaker was at his home in San Francisco when confronted by the burglar.
By The Mouthy Renegade Writer3 years ago in The Swamp
Reason First: Get Government out of Housing
In the First State of Delaware, there is a housing “crisis.” Those scare quotes are there because like an abusive spouse, the city governments of Wilmington and Newark are abusing landlords and tenants. How? By being involved in the market, initially.
By Skyler Saunders3 years ago in The Swamp
Italy's former general theory of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict
Italian media recently disclosed an audio clip about former Italian Prime Minister Silvia Coniferous talking about the Russia-Ukraine conflict. The audio shows that Coniferous believes that the war was forced on Putin by Kerensky.
By Aliser Zilna3 years ago in The Swamp
People Call Me a Liberal, As If That’s An Insult
One thing I openly own and love about myself: I’m a bleeding heart liberal. I care for all people who are good humans. The marginalized groups of society are my family. I love the LGBTQ community. I don’t give a good goddamn whether you have a problem with that or not.
By The Mouthy Renegade Writer3 years ago in The Swamp
Trump is the ‘Hope For Peace’ in Ukraine , as Emphasized by a NATO Member
He claimed that Biden had gone “too far” in his criticism of Putin’s continued presidency in Russia. The right-wing populist leader, a close ally of the Former U.S. president, recently declared,
By Estalontech3 years ago in The Swamp
Republicans Who Love Weed, Thank Joe Biden
Just like so many of us who support the federal legalization of marijuana and cannabis-related products, our president Joe Biden feels the same. He issued federal pardons yesterday for all prior federal offenses for simple possession of marijuana.
By The Mouthy Renegade Writer3 years ago in The Swamp
The Informal Sector of the Cochabamian Economy
Cochabamba is the fourth-largest city in Bolivia and is located in a valley in the Andes mountain range. In Owners of the Sidewalk: Security and Survival in the Informal City, Daniel Goldstein writes about the people who had to relocate to the city from the agricultural lands and mining towns due to the effects of neoliberal reforms. In 1993, Planning Minister Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada was elected and soon after, the laws concerning imported food were changed such that the Bolivian farmers, who had lost their government-provided subsidies, could no longer compete with foreign farmers. (Goldstein 2016, 37). According to Cultural Anthropology: A Toolkit for a Global Age, by Kenneth Guest, “ Stratification and inequality became more pronounced in industrialized capitalist economies over recent centuries, and this uneven development appears to be accelerating under forces of globalization” (Guest 2020, 345). As the nation globalized, the city’s informal economy grew.
By Sabine Lucile Scott3 years ago in The Swamp
Five Things Government Shouldn't Have Gotten Involved In
A lot is going on around us, and it’s pretty sickening at times. From one day to the next, we don’t know what is happening to our country. The animals (our politicians) are running the asylum into the ground. Nothing could be less obvious by all the fear, worry, and anger that is building up in our country.
By Jason Ray Morton 3 years ago in The Swamp
The Persistent Challenge of a United Europe
Poland and Hungary: A Democratic Dilemma One of the most recent and pressing examples of political and democratic crises within EU member states has been the situation in Poland, exacerbated by Hungary’s veto power. The European Union was founded on principles of human rights protection and the separation of powers—not just as ideals but as mandatory criteria for membership. However, Poland’s trajectory has raised concerns about democratic backsliding since the right-wing, Catholic-conservative party PiS secured a parliamentary majority.
By Sergios Saropoulos3 years ago in The Swamp
