Tag: Election 2022

• Skin In The Game

  Simple fact of Life: games change when you have skin in them. A person will treat the home in which they live better if they own it versus if they rent it. Skin in the game. Elections are when Americans most have skin in the game. That’s the whole point of democracy – recognizing that […]

  A L Katz

  November 5, 2022

  American News Media, Culture, Election 2022, New Ways of Thinking

  Civics, Conventional wisdom, Election 2022, Polling, Propaganda, Skin game, Skin in the game, swing voters, Violent crime, White suburban women, Young voters

• Republicans PUT Democracy On The Ballot

  Sometimes, elections aren’t about what you think they’re about. We know damned well what Election 2022 is about – “Democracy: Do Or Die”. While that’s not literally on the ballot, it might as well be. The thing is, “Democracy: Do Or Die” didn’t premier in this election. It’s played in American elections since 2016 – […]

  A L Katz

  October 18, 2022

  American Exceptionalism, Corruption, Culture, Election 2016, Republicanism, Rule of Law, Russia, Treason, Trump

  American Exceptionalism, Corruption, Democracy, Diversity, Election 2022, Kevin McCarthy, Koch Network, Nationalism, Putin pays Rohrbacher and Trump, Putinism, Right Wing Money, Secret Sauce

• All Opinions Are NOT Created Equal

  Everyone has an opinion. In America, we believe everyone has that right – to hold an opinion that’s uniquely theirs (no matter how goofy). It’s a wonderful thing! But just having an opinion doesn’t make that opinion correct. It’s entirely possible to hold an opinion completely formed by feelings with not an iota of fact […]

  A L Katz

  June 27, 2022

  American News Media, Corruption, Culture, Freedom, Magical Thinking, Religion

  abortion, American News Media, Conservatism, Corruption, Election 2022, Jesus Take The Wheel, journalism, Pandemic, Power Grab, Public Opinion, Strategic thinking

• Q: In The Coming Election, What Is The “Republican Alternative”? A: There Isn’t One

  Maybe if our news media didn’t insist on seeing EVERYTHING through a binary lens, we wouldn’t be in the deep trench we’re in where the alternatives are so stark. Per our news media, the world’s either “this way” or “that way”. The middle ground – a much desired thing called “bi-partisanship” – remains forever out […]

  A L Katz

  April 12, 2022

  American News Media, Branding, Coronavirus, Corruption, Culture, Election 2016, Election 2020, Republicanism, Treason

  American News Media, Bi-partisanship, Both Sides Do It, Civil Rights, Cynicism, Election 2022, Horse Races, Jim Jordan, journalism, Lauren Boebert, Marjory Taylor Greene, Matt Gaetz, Mitch McConnell

• The Democrats Have Another Card Up Their Sleeve — Except It’s Not THEIR Card, It’s OURS – A Functioning Department Of Justice

  The press loves a horse race more than anything because, in theory, horse races are easy to cover whereas covering the Republican Party’s attempt in plain sight to seize power forever? That would take perspective and the ability to aggregate a story — two things “Both Sides Do It” brand journalism just doesn’t “do”. Our […]

  A L Katz

  May 9, 2021

  American News Media, Bill Barr, Branding, Election 2016, Election 2020, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, Mitch McConnell, Republicanism, SCOTUS, Treason, Trump

  Bill Barr, Both Sides Do It, Civil Rights Violations, Election 2022, Judge Amy Berman Jackson, Lindsey Graham, Merrick Garland, Mitch McConnell Traitor, Putin pays Rohrbacher and Trump, Treason, Voter Suppression, Voting Rights

• Playing Fields Can’t Level Themselves

  The whole notion of “The American Dream” rests on the foundational idea that, in America, provided you’re willing to work your ass off, anyone (from anywhere) can make themselves and their future into whatever they want it to be. American exceptionalism flows from the fact that people from every other country on earth aspire (still) […]

  A L Katz

  February 21, 2021

  American Exceptionalism, Bill Barr, Election 2016, Election 2020, Republicanism, Slavery, Treason, Trump

  Accountability, All Men Are Created Equal, American Exceptionalism, Black wealth, Compassionate Conservatism, Counter Intelligence Investigation, Election 2022, Level Playing Field, Leveling The Playing Field, Merrick Garland, Mission Accomplished, The American Dream