This week, Russian president Vladimir Putin ordered his long-anticipated, unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.
No sooner did this happen than Donald Trump--the twice-impeached, authoritarian-leaning, wanna-be autocrat former president of the United States--praised Putin's "brilliant," “savvy,” and “smart”...
Last year, before losing the White House to Joe Biden, former president Donald Trump warned:
"If he gets in, you will have a depression the likes of which you have never seen. Your 401(k)s will go...
President Joe Biden addressed the nation Monday about the events unfolding in Afghanistan.
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No sooner did Taliban forces begin overrunning the beleaguered Middle Eastern country when critics both left and right of the political spectrum started...
Right-wing extremist groups are on the rise.
Although one might be tempted to assume their activity is confined mostly to social outcasts languishing in their basements on 4Chan message boards, recently leaked membership data from the neo-Confederate...
One week into the Biden presidency, the Democratically controlled Senate is facing its first procedural hurdle.
Despite a raft of executive orders setting him apart from his predecessor, and despite Democrats now holding a narrow congressional majority,...
Do you know anyone who might have donated to the "Donald J. Trump Election Defense Fund"?
Well, it probably won't make any difference, but you might want to have a talk with him or her about...
Earlier this month, acting Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Chad Wolf released his department’s annual assessment of violent threats to the nation.
If we listen to the rhetoric coming out of the White House, its...
In 2016, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham said about former President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland:
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He said it again two years later:
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Well, last week Donald Trump nominated his third Supreme Court justice...
Type "BLM" or "ANTIFA" into any search engine of your choice and you're bound to be inundated with headlines like "Antifa Plans Anti-America Attacks, Blm Declares 'War On Police'."
Last month's Republican convention was a veritable...
Who doesn't want to pay lower taxes?
Of all the concerns voters have, the amount they pay in taxes seems to be the most prevalent complaint.
So when Donald Trump signed a memorandum last week suspending payroll...
Another Memorial Day has arrived.
Because of the number of COVID-19 deaths over the past two months, we have more to mourn this year than just fallen American soldiers.
Just in time for this sacrosanct holiday, we...
The blatant disregard for human life emanating from the Republican party is not something we might not have expected in an America of yesterday.
But as Donald Trump, right-wing hate media, and deep-pocketed right-wing groups get...
Two weeks.
That's all it took for Canada to ban assault-style firearms two weeks after the country suffered its worst mass shooting in history.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pronounced:
“These weapons were designed for one purpose and...
New York, New Jersey, and California top the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the nation.
Consider they are also states with Democratic governors and have been targets of Donald Trump’s ridicule.
They are also commonly cited as the...
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 COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic is forcing us to reconsider how we conduct our daily lives, manage our economy, and interact with each other.
After Congress passed a $2 trillion package to help mitigate the economic havoc, ...
Former Democratic presidential candidate--now CNN political commentator--Andrew Yang had a unique signature issue among the other presidential contenders with whom he shared the stage.
He wanted to give every American $1,000 from what he called the "Freedom Dividend."
But...
It's 2020.
Do you know what that means?
Of course it's the year we have a good chance of booting Donald Trump from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
It's also a year that ends in zero, which means, according to...
Former FBI director James Comey asserted during his Senate Intelligence Committee hearing in June 2017:
“We’re talking about a foreign government that using technical intrusion, lots of other methods, tried to shape the way we think,...