I have written many, many, many, many, many words about the reprehensible pile of garbage that now occupies a space at the White House. I was even galled by the question at one of the...
According to a recent study by American National Election Studies, published by FiveThirtyEight, the GOP has become older, whiter, and less educated. The American Electorate is, on the other hand, drifting in the opposite direction. A younger,...
Republican South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott proclaimed in his rebuttal to President Joe Biden's address to a joint session of Congress last Tuesday that "America is not a racist country." There was probably a political reason...
Americans are broke as f**k. How broke? According to the January MasterCard SpendingPulse data: 24.8% have $100 or less in their accounts. 23.8% have $101-$500 in their accounts. (48.6% total have less than $501 saved.) 7.7% have $501-$1,000...
On Friday, I went to the Trump Rally at the San Diego Convention Center to witness history as his supporters listened to the presumptive Republican nominee speak and protesters gathered in a designated free speech...
It's 90 degrees in Venice, California, today. November 9, 2016; a day and a year that will go down in infamy the world over. As many of my less optimist Liberal friends and family spread hate,...
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Happy 4th of July! Happy Birthday to the Declaration of Independence. Today seemed like a good day to reread the famous document. I wanted to really think about the meaning of what the writers were trying to...
Most of your reality is not a given. It is shaped by your expectations, beliefs, and thoughts you have formed about it. A big chunk of these beliefs and expectations are encoded into habits you...
Damn, North Carolina. Back at it with the oppression again. In today's heart-warming news, a billboard just outside of Winston-Salem on Interstate 40 West simply reads: "Real men provide. Real women appreciate it." There has been a lot...
Bill Maher went on another rant about those damned Millennials – apparently young Americans do not understand socialism, and are too quick to accept it. Maher launches into a tirade, stating that "Millennials are too...
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Arguably the most popular progressive of all time, Bernie Sanders continues to be an outspoken leader in this turbulent, post-election period. An election result of this magnitude demands serious change for the Democratic Party. That change...
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Many of us long for the days when Sarah Palin's brand of crazy was the worst thing on the presidential ballot. Though some could not believe that such a person was the vice presidential nominee,...
America’s preeminent intellectual, Noam Chomsky, accurately predicted the rise of Donald Trump. In a 2010 interview, the linguist, philosopher, and activist warned against a “charismatic figure” who would take power by seizing on the anger...
Please Note: The opinions in this article are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Liberal America.  Every day there seems to be yet another astonishing revelation about some new scandal...
In his speech Thursday afternoon commemorating the first anniversary of the attempted coup against our government, President Joe Biden said: "Rioters rampaging, waving for the first time inside this Capitol, the confederate flag that symbolized the cause...
One of the stories of my childhood involved John F. Kennedy. I grew up in greater Boston, so that shouldn't be a big surprise. Still, the story has stayed in my mind for 50 years...
Under former President Barack Obama's administration, several U.S. cities came under a consent decree that outright stated they would work with the Department of Justice's civil rights division to reform themselves. This decision came after...
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The implications of the drastic, criminal failure of Michigan's Gov. Rick Snyder and his emergency management system to keep Flint residents safe from lead-tainted drinking water have become so widely known and understood, even beyond...
Let's face it: Obama has moved on without us, and it hurts. We've seen him sailing the ocean seas and and sharing hot tubs with smiling individuals. He's been on a post-presidential vacation, and he...
Democrats hold the majority in the House of Representatives. They hold a narrow majority in the Senate. They have the White House. So why are they bowing to republicans? At a carpenters’ training center outside Pittsburgh, Pa. last month,...