Articles by: Ernest A. Canning (Page 8)

Ernest A. Canning is a retired attorney, author, and Vietnam Veteran (4th Infantry, Central Highlands 1968). He previously served as a Senior Advisor to Veterans For Bernie. Canning has been a member of the California state bar since 1977. In addition to a juris doctor, he has received both undergraduate and graduate degrees in political science. Follow him on Twitter and Bluesky.
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If Gina Haspel, Trump's nominee to lead CIA, were subjected to the same standards that were applied by the Allies after WWII to those who tortured my father, she would now be languishing in prison...

Gerrymandering Cases Highlight Need for State, Federal ‘Blue Waves’ in Both 2018 AND 2020

An entire new decade of government control hangs in the balance...

Beyond the ‘Steele Dossier’

Separating fact from defamatory Republican myth about the 'Steele Dossier' and Fusion GPS research...

Revolutionary Strategies to End GOP Rule in 2018

What Democrats and their voters must do in 2018, and beyond, to restore a progressive vision to the American political landscape...

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