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Published in the Consortium News (Link to article) Despite a nearly $600 billion military budget, congressional Republicans are demanding even more money for the Pentagon, while rejecting cuts in spending for military bands and resisting emergency funds to fight the Zika virus, notes Mike Lofgren. Our military is falling apart. How do we know this? Because…

Published in “Moyers and Company” (link to the original article) The trouble with Trump isn’t because of too much democracy; it’s decades of political malfeasance that have made Americans furious. Occupy Wall Street joined with unions during the May Day protests in New York City on May 1, 2016. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) British…

Published in the Consortiumnews (link to article and comments) Exclusive: Donald Trump’s ascension to the Republican presidential nomination was predictable, paved by years of right-wing fear-mongering and dissemination of anti-knowledge, says former GOP congressional staffer Mike Lofgren. By Mike Lofgren A lot of pundits have egg on their faces. Nate Cohn recently issued a mea culpa in…

Published in the Consortiumnews, (Link to article) The Washington establishment dismisses Donald Trump as a buffoon who doesn’t understand the intricacies of national security policies, but some of his comments underscore how foolish those policies are, writes Mike Lofgren. Despite the fact that modern technological civilization is supposed to be founded on empiricism and rationality,…

Published in the Truthout (Link to article and comments) The people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way…

Published in the DailyBeast (link to article) I worked for Kasich on Capitol Hill. Yes, he’s very conservative. But there are a few surprises in there, and he’s in Bizarro World. With his surprising second-place finish in the New Hampshire primary, Ohio governorJohn Kasich has vaulted out of the pack of also-rans to become the latest hope…

Published in the Consortiumnews  (Link to article and comments) As Official Washington lusts for a new Cold War – all the better to fleece the taxpayers on behalf of the Military-Industrial Complex – there are also smaller perks that the powerful prefer, like U.S. generals having enlisted soldiers perform as their personal servants like the…