As Trump is sworn in—the nation is deeply divided
By SJ OttoI'm glad to see all the planned protests against the Donald Trump inauguration. I am also glad to see all the Democrats and Celebrities who are planning to boycott Trump's swearing in. This...
View ArticlePompeo- nominee for CIA- snagged over privacy rights
By SJ OttoThe press has been saying that Mike Pompeo will sail right through congress to become the next CIA director. But…WAIT…not so fast. “Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon, a Democratic member of the Senate...
View ArticleHere are Some thoughts on the demise of the Kasama Project
សតិវអតុ is a Marxist writer in the Wichita area. He disguises his name to prevent discriminationagainst himself.By សតិវអតុSometimes it feels as if I’m the only Maoist left in America. I know that...
View ArticleWichita's Women's March was a huge success
By SJ OttoI was really impressed with Wichita's Women's March. There were thousands of people there. That has got to be about the larges march I ever attended in Wichita. There seemed to be a general...
View ArticleStop Trump from silencing EPA employees
From the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC):President Trump just instituted a media blackout to all employees in the Environmental Protection Agency. That means scientists are barred...
View ArticleTrump disrespecting Standing Rock Sioux Tribe with Dakota Access Pipeline
By SJ OttoAfter just a few days in office President Donald Trump has begun his destructive agenda, which will adversely affect Native American Indian, immigrants and Muslims.First he signed an...
View ArticleTrump and/ or Mulvaney need to leave our Social Security and Medicare alone!
By SJ OttoRight now President Donald Trump has promised not to change Social Security or Medicare. And yet he has nominated Representative Mick Mulvaney, R-S.C., to become the nation's budget director....
View ArticleOppose Neil Gorsuch as Supreme Court Justice—defend Roe vs. Wade
From Julie A. Burkhart, Trust Women:President Trump is making good on his campaign promises, and with tonight's announcement of his U.S. Supreme Court pick, Judge Neil Gorsuch, we are not folding.Trust...
View ArticleKansas National Guard commander sees intimidation as a second amendment right
By SJ OttoThe conceal and carry laws, favored by Kansas conservatives, are getting crazier every year. It is one thing to claim they have a right to carry guns, but it is an absurd twist in logic when...
View ArticleJournalist student who helped break coverage of the Koch Brothers...
I just found out that Nathen Davis, a reporter at The WSU(Wichita State University) Sunflower has died. Davis is the student who gave me information when I wrote Koch brothers helped create a “culture...
View ArticleHow unpaid tickets trap poor workers in cycle of poverty
By SJ OttoI have to thank The Wichita Eagle for putting out a piece that actually exposes abuse by our corporate rulers who seem to relish seeing poor people suffer....just for being poor. In this...
View ArticlePublic Citizen sues Trump over de-regulation
FromRobert Weissman, President, Public CitizenMoments ago, Public Citizen filed a lawsuit against President Trump.Here’s what you need to know about the case, Public Citizen v. Donald J. Trump:In a...
View ArticleBacklash against Republican’s repeal and non-replacement of Obamacare
By SJ OttoFor years now the Republican Party has been trying to kill Obamacare (Affordable Care Act or ACA). That was a major promise made by President Donald Trump as he ran his election campaign. But...
View ArticleDrone use not heroic —and in Wichita, we will work to stop it
An open letter to The Wichita Eagle:I read with disgust the article "How Wichitans fight in Combat from here." The whole article makes a hero out of a woman who sits in a nice safe room and kills...
View ArticleMy favorite presidents on President Day
By SJ OttoIt is Presidents Day, so I decided I' mention my favorite and least favorite presidents of all times. So first of all, here in the US I like Thomas Jefferson. He is about my favorite. He was...
View ArticleLeaked tapes reveal Trump's offer to his 'real group'
From Daily Kos:All those everyday working stiffs who think they have a friend in Trump need to spend a minute listening to him talk to the $200k a seat members of his club.“So, this is my real group,”...
View ArticleReince Priebus may have opened the floodgates.
From Daily Kos:One simple question. What the hell is going on at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue? According to the Cheeto Prophet, the White House is running “like a fine tuned machine”. Yeah, sure. And...
View ArticleWorld War I revisited- Where is Cashier?
It was Saturday Night and we had just enough time for another panel discussion on World War I. The last few years have been the anniversary of World War I and this is the year the US joined in on the...
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