Opening Boxes from 2019
Annals of Corruption: Objects from a Vanished World Reveal Rotten Institutions When, in Fall of 2019, I moved out of what had been my home in the West Village, I thought I was simply moving from one place to another. I was excited to build a home again, this time …
“Facing the Beast: Can We Really Confront the Biggest Crime in Human History?”
I was relaxing in our screened porch in our little cottage in the forest, feeling rather pleased with myself. It had been an arduous week of the usual combat for liberty, but there had been victories. I was reading a decorating magazine (we all have our vices). The grass was …
Is Losing “Roe” Actually A Feminist Outcome?
Is Losing “Roe” Actually A Feminist Outcome? Last Friday, in a 6-3 ruling, the Supreme Court struck down the ruling Roe v Wade via its decision on Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization. Across the country, understandably, frightened and angry young women are protesting; screaming and weeping. The organized, institutional, heavily funded …
Rethinking the Second Amendment
Rethinking the Second Amendment Can We Indeed Have Peace and Freedom Without Guns? I wrote this essay some weeks ago, but I kept waiting to publish it til tragic mass shootings were no longer in the news. But that day looks as if it will never come, so I am …
It’s Over – The Always-Unverifiable Pandemic Evaporates Into Thin Air
For the last two days I’ve felt an uneasy sense of grief, or of a heavy pressure on my heart. At first I could not figure out the cause of it. Nothing unusual was wrong in my personal life. My loved ones were safe and well, thank God. The battle …
Opinion: Steven Maslow, “Ukraine and the Ironies of History”
“We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere.” –Elie Wiesel, Author of Night and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature That truth is the first casualty in war has been observed at least since the …
I’m not “Brave”; You’re Just a P—y.
Some people who love me advised me not to write this essay, and not to use its current title. “Take the high road,” I was advised. Usually that is a good idea, but not in this case — not at this moment. In this essay I need to talk about …
The Fall of Canada, the Danger in the US
The world has watched, in pain, as images of police violence from Ottawa, and of a bid for Canadian tyranny (that I would ever write those words!) are flashed around the world. As usual, I hate to be Cassandra; but the chessboard ahead is all too clear. On Feb 12, …
Prewar Germany and 2022
Are there meaningful parallels between prewar Germany and 2022? After all, the Rally Against the Vaccines on January 23rd was a major success and has led to a perceptible turn in the public discourse about vaccines. That, on top of SCOTUS overturning employer-mandated vaccines (except in the case of Healthcare …
Big Fights Ahead in 2022
Dear DailyClout Community, I want to take a moment to congratulate you on an extraordinary past six months as activists/leaders in this DailyClout community, and I want to show you what we achieved together in 2021, as well as alert you to the big fights ahead in 2022. Some highlights …
The Week In Congress: Border Assistance Bill, where are the BILLIONS really going?
Published June 30, 2019 A bipartisan bill designed to help kids detained at the border sounds cheer-worthy, right? But the real numbers are staggering and there are middlemen involved. Who else might be benefiting from the BILLIONS redirected to kids in this crisis? Watch this video to find out! <iframe src=’https://billcam.dailyclout.io/bills/OPcUNCTe4H/widget’ width=’770′ …
CA SB 700: $800 MILLION FOR GREEN ENERGY STORAGE BY YOU; GET OUT OF FOSSIL FUEL INVESTMENTS IN CA
https://youtu.be/d3kUdkzzfgg We read and explain SB 700, the California bill (now law) that gets California out of fossil fuels used for generating electrical power by January 1 of next year, and reimburses consumers for putting solar grids on their roofs and windmills in their backyards to connect back to the …
H.R. 109—The “Real #Greennewdeal”—60% Green, 40% Handouts
https://youtu.be/bgLLSI6srcA This version of the #Greennewdeal is almost as shocking as the one we read last week that Rep. Ocasio-Cortez disavowed. This one is 60 percent green and forty percent giant non-transparent blank checks to unions, “vulnerable and frontline communities” and geoengineering venture capitalists, as well as huge interventions in …
The Anti-BDS Bill—S1: States Urged to Report BDS Support to AG!
https://youtu.be/1vAVJ_G2rf8 This bill—S1: Strengthening America’s Security in the Middle East Act of 2019—has passed initial hurdles in the US Senate this past week (Jan 30 2019). It gives Israel the power to jointly patrol US skies alongside NASA and creates a joint Israel Space Agency/NASA anti-drone and satellite program, also allowing …
The Green New Deal ASTONISHES – Vast $$ for VCs, “New Banks”, Fed Reserve, Nat’l “Smart Grid”, No Oversight
Here’s the deal with the Green New Deal. We actually READ the #GreenNewDeal. Watch the video above to walk through the staggering details with Dr. Naomi Wolf. It’s NOT a draft bill — it’s 11 pages of a Google doc with shocking surprises. It assigns a vast “wartime footing” level …
Fix Our Wealth Disparity Now: A Populist Manifesto
America has reached a critical turning point in terms of our growing disparity in wealth. Recent reports indicate that the world’s three richest individuals — Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, and Warren Buffett — have more wealth than do the bottom half of Americans combined. https://www.forbes.com/sites/noahkirsch/2017/11/09/the-3-richest-americans-hold-more-wealth-than-bottom-50-of-country-study-finds/#472c34123cf8 To understand this disparity even …
MAJOR 5G Danger Update — Environmental Health Trust & DailyClout Explain
5G is being rolled out in cities across the US — and people feel more unwell than ever. Environmental Health Trust explains the solid science behind the headaches and illnesses! Will legislation hurt or help? https://youtu.be/uvyrv25W9Is
New 5G Bill Pushed by Bipartisan Leaders Strips Your Local Right to Say No to 5G Rollout by Telecoms – AND Hands Over Local Govermment Buildings to 5G Towers at Less than Market Rents!
A bipartisan bill limits the powers that towns used to have to stop the rollout by Telecommunications companies of 5G. It also says that telecoms can place 5G transmitters on local government structures such as post offices and schools, and that the towns can’t even charge market rents! It gives …
What’s Really in That Budget Bill? Huge Surprises! Student Loans Costlier, $7.1 TRILLION for Arms
https://youtu.be/laUIdTMFdh8
Your Rights to Protest in NYC! 1st Amendment 101
Many of us want to make our voices heard but are fearful of getting out there and joining a protest – let alone holding one. Our Founders wanted us to assemble to protest grievances whenever we needed to do so. Here’s DailyClout’s How-To for safe, legal, and effective protest in …