Madame Speaker. Madame Vice-President.
So Let Me Continue…
"With All Due Respect" Voting rights warrior Stacey Abrams proves once again that she is not someone who comes to your Q & A meeting unprepared. She proves, once again, that she is not…
Unhinged. Racist. Fool.
As a paid speaker at the extreme rightwing Young America’s Foundation’s recent summit, former US senator, current CNN commentator, and ignorant racist POS Rick Santorum declared: "We birthed a nation from nothing. I mean,…
Repost: The American Normal UPDATED
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a gun law case challenging New York law which prohibits carrying concealed handguns outside the home without a license. This post is just one of many offering a…
Monday Ménage
Amos Wilson. Lindy West. Abhijit Naskar. Justice requires not only the ceasing and desisting of injustice but also requires either punishment or reparation for injuries and damages inflicted for prior wrongdoing. The essence…
On This Day…
April 24, 1704, the 1st continuously published newspaper in America - The Boston News-Letter was published in Boston by John Campbell. Campbell (1653-1728), born in Scotland, emigrated to Boston as a young man where…
Friday Burning
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The More Things Change The More They…
After watching the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing where Democratic voting rights activist Stacey Abrams schools Republicans on systemic voter suppression in this country, I scrolled through my folders holding files related to this…
Stand Up. Speak Up. Demand Change.
New Approaches Needed to Address Ongoing Police Abuse By Human Rights Watch A Minnesota jury has properly convicted former officer Derek Chauvin of second-degree murder for the killing of George Floyd on May…
When An Image Tells The Story: Maxine Edition
Ieshia Evans Getting Confrontational Ieshia Evans is facing straight on a large number of heavily-armed police at a Black Lives Matter protest in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in 2016 following the shooting (multiple times)…
Chauvin Guilty In Murder Of George Floyd
The jury found Derek Chauvin, ex-Minnesota Police Force, guilty on all charges in the murder of George Floyd: Count 1) 2nd Degree Manslaughter Count 2) 3rd Degree Murder Count 3) 2nd Degree Unintentional…
Faux Outrage. It’s What They Do.
It's Who They Are! Republicans in the House led by Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Minority Whip Steve Scalise said Monday they are going forward with plans to censure Maxine Waters because they…
Dictator Wannabe Platform 2022/2024
Florida Gov Ron DeSantis Signs Bill Making Protest A Crime, Allowing Drivers To Run Down Protesters. It's clear this bill is the foundation upon which DeSantis will build his 2022 reelection campaign with a…
19 April 1995
. Never Forget . A terrorist attack in 1995 at a Oklahoma City federal building killed 168 people including 19 children and over 850 people were injured. The bomber Timothy McVeigh, an U.S. Army…
Monday Ménage
Robert B Reich. Gary J Floyd. DJ Kyos. Americans have clung to the meritocratic tautology that individuals are paid what they’re worth in the market, without examining changes in the legal and political…
The Smart Ones? Really?
Humans solve problems by adding levels of difficulty to the solution, even when it’s against our best interests; and we think that makes us the smart ones. Aaah, maybe not so much. A…
America Police Force
Adam Toledo. 13 Years Young. RIP Body camera video released by Civilian Office of Police Accountability shows 13-year-old Adam Toledo raising his hands as directed just before a Chicago police officer…
America Police Force
White Guy Drags Cop, Lives To Talk About It ........ A 61-year-old white guy from Hutchinson, Minnesota didn't like being told to wear a mask while he was in a home improvement/tools store…
Take A Break – Read Friday Follies
Life Before The Pandemic Winners and Losers A husband and wife were having 'problems' at home and had been giving each other that good old silent treatment since early Saturday. But late Sunday…
America. Police State, For Some
"It is very hard not to see some fundamental contradictions in how our country, the state, wields force against its citizens". Chris Hayes comparing police responses in Black Lives Matter protests and the Capitol…
Way, WAY Past Enough!!
Dominique Williams, 32, of Hyattsville, Maryland and James Lionel Johnson, 38, of District Heights, Maryland were shot and killed on Wednesday, 7 April, by an off-duty Pentagon Force Protection Agency officer. . More on…
America
2nd Lieutenant Caron Nazario, Active Duty, U.S. Army Medical Corps. Pulled over on bogus traffic stop in Windsor, Virginia. Guns pointed directly at him at close range by two cops. Taunted with execution slang.…
History As Reminder: GOP Jobs Edition
While former Speaker John Boehner continues on his 'I have a new book coming out' rehabilitation tour, beltway press and media pundits laugh at his wine-flavoured jokes about past and current people in politics…
Monday Ménage
George Santayana. Adlai Stevenson. Dante Alighieri. The more pleasure a universe can yield, other things being equal, the more beneficent and generous is its general nature; the more pains its constitution involves, the…
Joe Manchin, Pretend Democrat
“Our ultimate goal should be to restore bipartisan faith in our voting process by assuring all Americans that their votes will be counted, secured and protected”. Senator Joe Manchin in Washington Post op-ed offering…
Chaos, Crisis And The Death Of Democracy
Questions and Answers On morning, noon, evening and nightime talk-news shows, recent conversations have centered on the Republican Party's absolute opposition to any and all of the Biden agenda. The leading question among…
Mitch, A Special Place In Hell Awaits You
Hypocrite of the year award, and there's no close second, goes to Republican Senator Mitch McConnell for lecturing corporate CEOs for speaking out against, and one taking direct action against, voter suppression laws in…













