Ralph Nader
Ralph Nader is a consumer advocate and the author of "The Seventeen Solutions: Bold Ideas for Our American Future" (2012). His new book is, "Wrecking America: How Trump’s Lies and Lawbreaking Betray All" (2020, co-authored with Mark Green).
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Views Tuesday, October 27, 2020 Don't Rush to Declare Victory: Implementing a Two-Week Grace Period After November 3rd So All Voters Can Be Counted In an electoral season replete with unpredicted events, five developing situations are intertwined in ways certain to make for a combustible November 3rd. First, the Republicans’ detailed criminogenic voter suppression strategy that creates delay, confusion, and discord in the handling of voters... Read more |
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Views Thursday, October 22, 2020 Wrecking America: How Trump’s Lawbreaking and Lies Betray All Political analysts of all stripes have concluded that President Trump has a base of supporters who are credulous, immovable, and unpersuadable. Allow us to briefly test that hypothesis, but to ignore the skins-shirts labels — Left-Right, Democrat-Republican — that often though not always determine... Read more |
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Views Saturday, October 17, 2020 Corporatist Judge Barrett–Two More Senate Abstentions Needed to Stop Trump In a 1995 book review published in the University of Chicago Law Review, Elena Kagan (now Justice Kagan) wrote about judicial nominees avoiding disclosing their views on legal issues. She said, “[T]he safest and surest route to the prize lay in alternating platitudinous statement and judicious... Read more |
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Views Saturday, October 10, 2020 “Loser” – Pence Bullies Fabrications Through Debate Time Rules Vice President Pence “debated” Senator Kamala Harris in a way that reminded voters of how he and his boss, Donald Trump, have lawlessly misgoverned since 2017. Pence arrogantly and continually broke through the time rules that he and the Republicans agreed to obey. Again and again, Pence blew... Read more |
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Views Saturday, October 03, 2020 Ginsburg Institute for Justice Needed for Our Depleted Democracy Jean Monnet – a founder of the European Union once said: “Nothing is possible without men, but nothing is lasting without institutions.” I’m reminded of his observation each time our country loses a “just” Supreme Court Justice. So, what will follow after the few days of prominent encomiums at... Read more |
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Views Sunday, September 27, 2020 Debate Detector: Trump's Top 10 Tricks Ready for even more Trumpian disinformation? Cornered by a continuing pandemic, teetering economy and racial strife, President Houdini has been resorting to rhetorical tricks honed over a lifetime to escape political calamity. One way to prepare for this Tuesday's first debate and his Fall barrage... Read more |
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Views Saturday, September 26, 2020 To Democratic Voters – Up Your Demands; To Trump Voters – See How He Didn’t Deliver for You Here is some practical advice for casting informed votes to improve the livelihoods of all Americans where they live, work, and raise their children and also to lessen their anxiety, dread, and fear. Democratic voters should demand that the Democratic Party candidates pledge to vote to (1) raise... Read more |
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Views Saturday, September 19, 2020 Why Do Americans Give Away So Much Control to Corporations? The American people own most of the wealth—private and public—and most of the information in the country. The top one percent do not. The American people have most of the power in the country. The top one percent do not. The sovereign authority under the Constitution is us; we the people are the... Read more |
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Views Saturday, September 12, 2020 Trump's Broken Promises to His Voters—He Didn't Deliver! Trump voters are not inclined to change their minds. Some of them are forever Republicans and will only vote the GOP ticket; they are called hereditary voters. Others can’t stand the Democratic Party nominees, won’t vote for the Libertarian ticket, and will only vote for Trump. Some love Trump... Read more |
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Views Saturday, September 05, 2020 Can the Democratic Party Landslide the Criminal Tyrant Trump? Why can't the Democratic Party landslide the serial corporate criminal and government outlaw Donald Trump? He is a servant of Wall Street and, by his deeds favoring the powerful, a proven "enemy of the people." Why has the Democratic Party been losing again and again at the federal and state level... Read more |