The sitting justices face a once-in-a-lifetime crisis of legitimacy that could determine the future of the US Courtesy of Guardian News & Media Ltd. Author: Gary Gerstle Common sense suggests that America ought to…
Friday Serenade: Exhausted, Frustrated, But Not Lost
A participating member at DemocraticUnderground.com posted a truthful, and, yes, haunting essay on his frustration with the current state of affairs in the United States. He asks the question: Anyone else just utterly exhausted,…
With Honours – 11. 11. 2021. A Good Soldier, A Strong Man
“I would like to be remembered as a strong man and a good soldier” Lawrence Brooks, aged 112, smiled as his daughter, Vanessa, tenderly placed his new garrison cap on his head in the…
Veterans For Peace: Reclaim November 11 As Day For Peace
The best way to honor the service of those in the military is to work for Peace” "As veterans we know that a day that celebrates peace, not war, is the best way to…
Wednesday WayBack: Protests, Boos and Fossil Fuels, Oh My
New COP26 Drafted Ripped For Climate Action Amid Existential Crisis "This draft deal is not a plan to solve the climate crisis, it's an agreement that we’ll all cross our fingers and hope for…
Reminder: The Past Becoming Our Present
But There's Still A Chance To Alter Our Course, It Must Be With Every Move We Make This is sick behavior from Rep. Paul Gosar. He tweeted out the video showing him killing…
Women In Trousers. What a Concept
Ted 'I Don't Wet The Bed' Cruz: Hey, We Have a Paris,Too On 7 November 1800, a law was enacted in Paris, France, that made it illegal for women to wear trousers/pants without first…
A Happy Guy
Happy UnHappy President Joe Biden was a happy guy when the House late Friday night passed his $1.2 trillion infrastructure package. The bill now is waiting for his signature. The bill passed with help…
Friday Serenade: Lotta Lotta Lotta Lotta Work To Do
Who CARES? They Did! Billionaires Received Taxpayer-Funded Stimulus Checks During the Pandemic In March 2020, as the first wave of coronavirus infections all but shut down the U.S. economy, Congress responded with rare speed,…
Is This a Trick Question?
Is There a Republican Alive Who Still Believes in Democracy? Republican state governments are currently passing laws to restrict Democrats from voting in the future, while taking care not to suppress the Republican vote.…
Wednesday WayBack: Promises Broken. Elections Lost!
It Is What It Is On Tuesday, Republican Glenn Youngkin, a career private equity executive running his first campaign, defeated Democrat Terry McAuliffe in not even a close race for Governor in Virginia. Youngkin…
Voter Fraud! Voter Fraud! Voter Fraud! Oh, Never Mind, The Republican Won
Hypocrites Hucksters and Hacks Over a month ago, Republicans were planning their end-of-the-cycle strategy for the Virginia election for governor. It was simple. Not new, but simple. As election day got closer right-wingers…
Dem Rep. Cori Bush Takes Down That Phony Little Joey
Democratic Representative Cori Bush of Missouri did not hold back (she rarely does) when on Monday she told the country just what she thought about Democratic Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia and his…
When A Image Tells The Whole Sad Story: Part Infinity
Top Democrats Spend Weekend Talking Amongst Themselves While Mitch McConnell And Top Republicans Wait In The Bushes, Ready To Pounce, Ready To Eat Dems' Lunch. Again! (more…)
I’m Not Sure, But Doesn’t It Sound Familiar?
Republican Lt. Governor Mark Robinson of North Carolina said he's almost certain he will run for governor in 2024. Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson of North Carolina is a Christian nationalist. On Friday, at a…
Friday Serenade: Same Old D-Crap
Can't Step Out of The Fantasy Many campaign promises fail to make the Biden BBB framework as Democrats coming to terms with shrinking agenda The new $1.75 trillion framework and Biden’s morning…
Da Dems…
Prescription Drug Reforms Are Out Of The Spending Deal, At Least For Now No reforms would be a major setback for Democrats, a big victory for the drug industry — and a loss for…
An Image of Our Very Near Future
Biden/Manchin HC Compromise Joe Biden, who received over 81 million American votes giving him that seat in the Oval Office, and the senator from West Virginia who makes millions from coal, Joe Manchin, came…
Wednesday WayBack: Choices, Still. But For How Long
Early Thoughts On the American Coup of 2024 A warning about the very possible nightmare yet to come Background: Message from the Manila Hotel The message for democracy offered from the Manila Hotel…
Shrinking Into Nothingness
In an opinion piece on Tuesday at The Guardian, Robert Reich poses a familiar, and some may say inevitable, Democratic Party policy outcome: Is Biden's entire agenda about to shrink into nothingness? While Dr.…
Similarities? Undeniable!
School Board Protests Are Not Grassroots Movement, Are Not Spontaneous Conservatives are disrupting school board meetings by shouting, using Nazi salutes, and even physically assaulting anyone they disagree with. But these attacks are anything…
Mr President, Whattaya Gonna Do
'No issue is more important than voting rights'. Agreed! “Let’s be clear: Obstructing the Freedom to Vote Act was as subversive as state voter-suppression actions to roll back access to the vote, as…
Friday Serenade: Blue Skies No More
Where Did All The Blue Skies Go ~ In Face of Planetary Emergency, Long Awaited U.S. Report Denounced as 'Pitiful' Failure "Finding consensus between those who see or don't see our climate reality is…
So, Joe. How Ya Feelin’
Manchin Didn't Get Even One Republican For His Compromise 'Bipartisan' Voting Bill No, really, Joe, how are you feeling today? Maybe a little embarrassed? Or, maybe a little exposed – ya know, for once…
Wednesday WayBack: Lesson For 2 Joes
Joey B. Standing On The Sidelines / Joey M. Searching For Friends Biden is acting more like an interested bystander than a politician whose presidency is riding on Congress’s ability to deliver on…
Times Have Changed, But Battle Goes On
With Honour, Alice Paul. On 20 October in 1917 U.S. suffragette Alice Paul began a 7 month jail sentence for peacefully picketing in support of the women's Suffrage Amendment (19th Amendment - right to…
Another DINO Manchin Self-Own
But, He Is Making A Lot Of Money Off Them When asked by a CNN reporter to respond to Senator Bernie Sanders accusing him of holding up the Biden agenda, Senator Joe Manchin…













