It seems that, once again, the state of Florida is on pace to establish itself as a leader in America's growing authoritarian movement.
Banning schools from teaching anything that might resemble an appreciation for racial diversity...
Despite promoting a racist, sexist, homophobic, misogynistic, oligarchic, anti-democratic agenda, the modern-day republican party has a distinct advantage over the Democratic party.
It's in the messaging.
"Build the Wall".
"Lock Her Up".
"Make America Great Again".
"States' Rights" (although they...
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...
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...
Back in September, two months before losing the election to Joe Biden, when Donald Trump was repeating the fallacy either he win the election or it’s “rigged,” Trump announced the formation of the “1776 Commission,”...
Despite being accused of "doing nothing," when Democrats reclaimed control of the House of Representatives in 2019, they wasted no time in passing a slew of legislation.
The first, and arguably the most necessary, was HR1,...
Republicans are afraid.
One term of Donald Trump's naked racism, xenophobia, and general incompetence cost them both houses of Congress and the White House.
They know their policies are unpopular with the American majority and the dog-whistle...
While Democrats seize their razor-thin majority in both houses of Congress with legislation designed to improve average Americans' lives, states with Republican majorities are going full authoritarian on voting rights and people's First Amendment right...
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...
This past spring, while COVID-19 ripped through mostly Democratic states like New York, Washington, and New Jersey, the American South had yet to feel its full brunt.
Later that season, though, into the summer, everything began...
Anyone still needing evidence of Republicans' racist voter suppression tactics should look at what just happened in Georgia.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is calling Tuesday's in-person presidential primary a “complete meltdown” after predominantly minority regions of the state...
Why is Florida apparently the only state to be receiving the lion's share of equipment necessary to combat the coronavirus?
Might it have something to do with the fact that Gov. Ron DeSantis is a Republican?
Could...
Donald Trump is moving.
No, not out of the White House.
Not yet. (It's coming.)
Like millions of septuagenarians, he's relocating to Florida because New York is just too damn expensive.
According to documents filed with the Palm Beach...
"Some very bad people and some very bad gang members and some very, very bad drug dealers.”
We probably all remember what Donald Trump said the day his presidential reality show debuted back in 2015.
Except this...
Last month, Donald Trump instilled fear in thousands after announcing mass Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids and round-ups of undocumented Americans.
Then in a classic reality show-style bait and switch to appear bi-partisan, he abruptly...
Republicans know most Americans find their policies odious, so in order to win, they cheat through voter I.D. laws, voter suppression, and plain old policies designed to do one thing--rig the system in their favor.
Regardless of the form...
2018 mid-term elections ushered in a wave of progressive candidates and state ballot measures.
One of the most consequential outcomes occurred in the state of Florida, where Amendment 4 restored voting rights to 1.5 million ex-felons, except those...
The "blue wave" cometh!
Tuesday's mid-term election results were historic, to say the least.
Hopefully they are a harbinger of the progressive direction the nation is heading as we look ahead now to unseating Trump and company...
There has been another mass shooting in America.
Yesterday's shooting at a Jacksonville, Fla. video gamers’ competition makes the 235 mass shooting in this country to date.
The 24-year-old gunman--whose name is withheld to prevent providing publicity--is reported to have opened...
Is it happening?
Weeks after Director of National Intelligence, Dan Coats, warned that almost two decades since the September 11, 2001 attacks, “warning lights are blinking red again” for a devastating cyber assault on critical U.S. infrastructure, and six months after Department of...
