Wednesday, February 12, 2025
A global pandemic ripping through the United States is not deterring American voters. More than 91 million have cast their ballots, putting the country on pace to produce the highest voter turnout since 1908. But this doesn't...
  There is no need for all the indicators to line up at once. Looking back at the past four years, it doesn't take much to think of an example for each. But in just the past days,...
In 2016, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham said about former President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland: https://twitter.com/vanitaguptaCR/status/1307153104941518848 He said it again two years later: https://twitter.com/YahooNews/status/1047509950778335232 Well, last week Donald Trump nominated his third Supreme Court justice...
Two days after the first presidential debate against Democratic rival Joe Biden, at which Donald Trump refused to condemn white supremacist groups, even instructing the white supremacist group "The Proud Boys" to “stand back and...
The ways in which Donald Trump has threatened our republic over the past three and a half years are legion. Yet, every day, he adds more evidence the country he took a bible oath to protect...
Civil unrest, an unmitigated pandemic, white supremacist fascists marching in the streets, an ailing economy, worsening income inequality, lies, and voter suppression. This is Donald Trump's America. If he is re-elected to a second term, these will...
There are 224 state-level ballot-qualified political parties in the United States. Most are obscure. Before the 2016 presidential election, third-party candidates did not hold considerable credence. Yet something happened when Democrat Hillary Clinton squared off against Republican Donald...
Did you know some people believe Democrats, the media, and some government agencies are either inter-dimensional demons or psychic vampires running a child sex trafficking ring? There normally wouldn't be any reason to waste time explaining...
Months ago, several political commentators (including this one) floated the possibility that behind Donald Trump and the complicit republican party's call to de-fund the United States Postal Service (USPS) is an insidious voter suppression strategy. We...
The 2020 presidential election is in exactly three months. Most polls predict a Biden win. Some are predicting a Biden landslide. However, even though Donald Trump’s approval ratings are in the toilet, assuming his political demise is a fait accompli is...
The moment many have been anticipating came Thursday morning when Donald Trump tweeted: https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1288818160389558273 Every word of this is false. Not to mention, absentee voting is mail-in voting, but anyway... The good news: the President of the United States does not have...
When Vt. Senator Bernie Sanders suspended his presidential campaign in April, progressives all over America continued writing the Democratic party's epitaph. Sanders was the last of the two genuinely progressive candidates vying for the Democratic nomination,...
Donald Trump's approval ratings are in the toilet. One month before their national convention, some Republicans are sounding the alarm about possibly dumping the doomed incumbent to save the party from a catastrophic defeat in November. Last...
The United States should not be this broken. Our failure to respond proactively to the coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic has hobbled our already ailing economy and led to the needless deaths of over 100,000 Americans. It's just yet another...
Republicans talk a good game about "democracy" and "patriotism." When it comes down to it, though, waving a flag is meaningless when one’s actions belie the very principles he or she claims to uphold. Republicans do not...
The 2020 presidential election is fast approaching, and Donald Trump can probably count on at least some of the 46 percent who approve of him voting for him. But as the coronavirus and the COVID-19 disease...
Last week, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers issued an executive order postponing the state’s presidential primary to June 9, as his counterparts in other states have done. That was until the state’s Republican-majority supreme court intervened, ruling elections must...
The Republican party talks a lot about "freedom," "choice," and "independence." When we peel back the rhetoric and focus on policy, though, we understand in its starkest form that Democracy is the GOP's Achilles' heel. It could...
Four years ago, progressive radio and talk-show host and author Thom Hartmann dedicated airtime to accepting calls from listeners who wished to deliver brief messages of gratitude to Senator Bernie Sanders. Some openly sobbed. All acknowledged the...
To date, Georgia, Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Louisiana, Kentucky, Puerto Rico, and New York have postponed their presidential primary elections. But something just happened in Wisconsin. On Monday, Gov. Tony Evers issued an executive...