Are we witnessing the beginning of the end of the American experiment?
While we haven't slipped into full-on fascism yet, a recent Global State of Democracy (GSoD Indices) report from the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral...
Amid all the perfidy, cronyism, and disregard for democracy and the rule of law the former Trump administration is guilty of, one good thing that came out of four years of the most corrupt regime...
One of the ways Donald Trump secured the republican nomination for president, and ultimately the White House in 2016, was his opposition to other GOP contenders on Medicare, Social Security, healthcare, and the Iraq war.
While the other republicans–Jeb Bush,...
45 Q Anon supporters are running for congressional seats in next year’s mid-term election.
Seriously.
But it gets worse.
Hoping to join them are fellow Trumpistas who participated in the January 6 domestic terror attack on the Capitol intending to violently subvert...
This week we witnessed another example of how much the republican party hates democracy.
On Wednesday, Senate republicans blocked debate on S.2747, “The Freedom to Vote Act," the Senate's version of the “For the People Act”...
Most people are familiar with the symbolism behind a white flag.
From television, movies, and literature, we understand it to indicate surrender.
But a new phenomenon has emerged in America.
Some Donald Trump supporters have taken to displaying...
There are some people out there who actually believe Democrats, the media, and 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...
A seat on a local school board isn't traditionally a controversial, high-profile position.
Boards of education do not usually make front-page news.
They aren't responsible for national security, federal budgets, environmental policy, healthcare, defense, or immigration.
Most couldn't...
Even months before election day, Donald Trump was peddling the "big lie" that "the only way we're going to lose this election is if the election is rigged."
It was that either/or fallacy that helped gin...
After decades of hearing republicans harangue about debt, deficits, and "fiscal responsibility," one would assume that when they are in the congressional majority and/or the White House, our economy would be stronger and more "fiscally...
What’s another term for a “failed coup”?
A rehearsal.
The United States came dangerously close to losing democracy January 6 when thousands of spiteful Donald Trump supporters descended on the Capitol to do the failed president’s bidding to “stop...
For all their sturm und drang about "big government," republicans really don't have a problem with government intervention as long it helps boost their wealthy campaign contributors' profits, prevents voters they don't want to include...
We might be witnessing the beginning of the end of the Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court (SCOTUS) decision that legalized safe abortions in 1973.
Despite indefatigable legal attempts to block it, the most radical abortion law...
Predictably, republicans and the corporate for-profit media pandering to them are tripping over themselves in piling on critiques of President Joe Biden's handling of the Afghanistan evacuation.
Some of the right-wing media headlines range from "Biden...
If you're a Californian, September 14 is an important day.
That's the day republicans hope to unseat Democratic governor Gavin Newsome in a special recall election.
Citing the administration's policies regarding taxes, immigration, homelessness, and the state's...
Amid all the perfidy, cronyism, and disregard for democracy and the rule of law the former Trump administration is guilty of, one good thing that came out of four years of the most corrupt regime...
The 2020 Census data is in, with both encouraging and disconcerting results.
First, the good news.
The country has gotten more diverse.
According to Nicholas Jones, the Census Bureau's Population Division director of race, ethnicity, research and outreach:
"These...
President Joe Biden addressed the nation Monday about the events unfolding in Afghanistan.
https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/1427365579145482246
No sooner did Taliban forces begin overrunning the beleaguered Middle Eastern country when critics both left and right of the political spectrum started...
Imagine a Democrat suggested shooting unvaccinated people.
Now imagine a republican suggested shooting the vaccinated or anyone advocating vaccinations.
We don't need to imagine, because Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) was caught on video last month suggesting...
“We’re going back to the Capitol, right where it started. And it’s going to be huge.”
That's what Matt Braynard, former data chief for Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign, proclaimed on former White House strategist Steve Bannon's...