Lippitt’s Policy & Politics Blog
A central purpose of this blog is to share information that is under-reported by the mainstream, corporate media. If you find the posts too much to read on occasion, please just read the bolded portions. Here’s the link to this blog’s former website with over 400 posts and 10 years of history.
Common Sense Policies for America

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
John Lippitt is a long-time practitioner, analyst, and professor in the field of policy and politics. He earned a Ph.D. in Social Policy from Brandeis University. He has been an active member of the Reading (MA) Democratic Town Committee since the 1980s and a member of the Leadership Team of Progressive Democrats of Massachusetts since 2015. As a volunteer, he has been active in many campaigns for offices ranging from local town offices to State Representative to President. He worked as paid staff for the Dukakis for President campaign in 1988. Professionally, in addition to on-the-ground work in the early childhood field, he was adjunct faculty at Tufts University and the University of Massachusetts at Boston, teaching policy and early childhood programming from 2012 to 2020.
Campaigns & Elections

Corporatocracy
Cybersecurity
Economy & Inequality
Federal Budget & Taxes
Please contact your US Senators NOW and ask them to vote against the Continuing Resolution (CR) funding bill that the House Republicans passed. It has many very objectionable provisions. If you have a Democratic Senator, ask them to filibuster it.
Government, Politics, Democracy
Top Trump administration officials in the military and intelligence agencies have committed an unbelievable and unforgivable breach of national security. Investigations by Congress and the military are essential. Officials responsible should resign, be fired, or be impeached, and perhaps prosecuted.
Contact your US Rep & Senators. Demand a full investigation of the recent, major national security breach. Demand resignations, firings, or impeachment of the officials involved. Also, nationwide protests at Tesla dealerships Sat., 3/29 & BIG, nationwide protests on Sat., 4/5.
Trump’s proposal to eliminate taxes on tips sounds good but analysis shows it’s bad policy. Tariffs can be used effectively, but Trump’s tariff actions are already hurting our economy and will raise prices. They’re also ripe for political corruption.
Contact your US Rep and Senators regularly to thank them when appropriate and encourage them to resist and protest when needed. Join a protest in-person if you can. Big, nationwide protests are planned for Sat., April 5, and there are many protests planned before then.
The resistance to Trump, Musk, and Republicans is growing. You are all heroes for whatever you’ve contributed to the resistance. There are many heroes, including federal workers who work diligently despite the chaos and threats, as well as those who have resigned or resisted being fired to protest.
Please contact your US Representative and Senators NOW and ask them to support Ukraine. Contact Trump and ask him to stop the tariffs, the Republican budget, Musk, and Kennedy’s lackadaisical response to measles and the bird flu. Sample messages and contact information are provided.
The Trump administration and Republicans in Congress are not trying to make government work better. They’re focused on destroying our government and making it unable to perform functions we all rely on in our everyday lives. They want to give huge tax cuts to wealthy individuals and corporations.
The Trump administration, DOGE, and Republicans do NOT care about efficiency and making government work. They’re focused on destroying government and making it unable to function. Please contact your members of Congress and ask them to oppose indiscriminate firing of federal workers.
Our democracy is in danger. President Trump and co-President Musk are attempting a coup to establish a dictatorship. They are creating chaos, fear, and despair, while breaking our government and destroying our democratic institutions. We must take action to resist. See options below.