In a campaign-style speech Tuesday in Pennsylvania, President Joe Biden FINALLY got serious about calling out officials in the highest levels of government who refuse to denounce the armed Capitol rioters, the pro-Trump insurrectionists,…
Monday Ménage: Edition Cherish Freedom, Submissive People, Moving Offshore
Albright. Berry. Schweizer. We cannot, of course, expect every leader to possess the wisdom of Lincoln or Mandela’s largeness of soul. But when we think about what questions might be most useful to…
Friday Serenade: The Affidavit. TFG. The Plea.
It's fair to say that the just released heavily redacted search affidavit that sent the FBI to Mar-a-Lago has The Former Guy a little bit nervous. Well, maybe more than a little bit. Moreover,…
The MidTerms 2022. My Takeaway…
A Cautionary Tale A little bird was flying south for the winter. It was so cold the bird froze and fell to the ground into a large field. While he was lying there,…
Monday Ménage: Edition Politics and Corruption; Corruption and Politicians
Sallust. Floyd. Hopes. Frequent mobs, seditions, and at last civil wars, became common, while a few leading men on whom the masses were dependent, affected supreme power under the seemly pretence of seeking…
Friday Serenade: There’s Knowing Someone, Then There’s KNOWING Someone. Part Deux
The 'must read' if you really want to know and understand what Liz Cheney is all about. ~ Liz Cheney and Donald Trump—The Two Faces of American Totalitarianism By Richard Eskow at Common Dreams.org…
Wednesday WayBack: Misplaced Loyalties Will Tear Out Your Heart
Yes, Liz Cheney did a good job as Vice Chair of the January 6 Committee. The Congresswoman from Wyoming, like no other on the committee, made clear to everyone that her mission was not…
Monday Ménage: Edition America. It’s The Culture, Stupid
Saunders. Bryson. Fry. Huck [Finn] and Tom [Sawyer] represent two viable models of the American Character. They exist side by side in every American and every American action. America is, and always has…
Friday Serenade: T.F.Guy Calls FBI ‘Sleazy’… FBI Agents Respond
Former U.S. President Donald Trump Is Being Investigated for Potential Violations of the Espionage Act, Obstruction of Justice, and Unlawful Removal of Government Records: Warrant Released Friday Authorizing Federal (FBI) Search of Mar-a-Lago. ~…
Wednesday WayBack: History Can and Does Repeat Itself – When Allowed
As detailed in an excellent piece at Crooks And Liars, the far-right, fascism-loving MAGA Mob is taking its cue from the former guy (TFG) and going after judges and FBI agents. They, and the…
No Man or Woman Is Above The Law. Sometimes That’s True.
With warrant in hand, the FBI on Monday evening 'raided' former president Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida. Nobody yet knows the details of the warrant but speculation is the FBI was looking for…
Monday Ménage: Edition Doesn’t Spread, Leaders, Dogged Strength!
Truman. Kassem. Du Bois. Republicans approve of the American farmer, but, they are willing to help him go broke. They stand four-square for the American home, but, not for housing. They are strong…
Friday Serenade: Replaying THE Lying Liars
Lies, Love, and Fear, in Washington Politics – A Coward’s Timeline: Republican House Member Kevin McCarthy told fellow Republican members he’d encourage Trump to resign; Kevin McCarthy had a change of heart and…
Wednesday WayBack: Lying Liars and The Lies They Leave Laying Around
In the cesspool that is today's Republican source for their spoken and written words, the latest dump by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy might not be as toxic as the many he has dropped…
Manchin Side Deal and The ‘Climate Bomb’
Democrats shouldn't be sacrificing communities in the path of the Mountain Valley Pipeline just to please a senator in the pocket of Big Oil. Fast-tracking fossil fuel projects and industry boondoggles will just…
Monday Ménage: Edition Kissing, Easily Aroused, and All Puffed Up
Truman. Russell. Nietzsche. The President has to take all sorts of abuse from liars and demagogues. The people can never understand why the President does not use his supposedly great power to make…
Friday Serenade: Exhausted Still
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,…
Wednesday WayBack: Wait! What? WHAT?
Much screaming lately from pundits and politicians, from economists and egoists, and from idiots and influencers, about inflation, recession, spending, saving, buying and selling. It's scary, for sure. What to do? What will we…
Monday Ménage: Conception, Conflictinator, and a Smart Phone
Carlin. Stewart. Roberts. Boy, these conservatives are really something, aren't they? They're all in favor of the unborn. They will do anything for the unborn. But once you're born, you're on your own.…
In Response. The Contrast
“When the armored officers rushed at me, I had no fear. I wasn’t afraid”. Ieshia Evans shows us what truly is a hero. Evans is facing straight on a large number of heavily-armed cops…
That Manly Man. Oops…
The January 6 Committee Hearing on Thursday played Capitol security footage showing Republican senator from Missouri Josh Hawley, who famously in the early afternoon of Jan. 6, 2021, raised a fist to protesters gathered…
Friday Serenade: Emergency, Still
Press Release People's Action: We Are in a Climate Emergency, and Biden Must Act People’s Action released the following statement from Lead Climate Justice Organizer Ben Ishibashi after President Biden failed to declare a…
6 January Thursday Hearing: A Primer
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Wednesday WayBack: Unambiguous
There's much excitement about Thursday's Prime Time January 6 Committee Hearing during which we are promised to be witness to clear and precise details around the 178 minutes when the former president watched but…
Monday Ménage: Edition Group Hatreds, Systematic Politics, Human Madness
Hofstadter. MacIntyre. Kristeva. There has always been in our national experience a type of mind which elevates hatred to a kind of creed; for this mind, group hatreds take a place in politics…
Friday Serenade: Biden Bipartisan Replay
Joe Biden Tells Joe Manchin and NoChin McConnell About His Real Meaning of Bipartisanship And What A Story It Is! Really, Just SO. DAMN. SAD. ~~ And In Related News … December 2021 Act…
I’m 13 Years Old. I Don’t Trust Any of You
13-year-old tells Grand Rapids officials, “I don't trust any of you" following police killing of Patrick Lyoya Via REVOLT Naiara Tamminga delivered a powerful message at a Grand Rapids city commission meeting following the…













