The Trump administration’s indictment of Julian Assange under the Espionage Act of 1917 is “a fundamental threat to press freedom in the 21st century”. Freedom of the Press Foundation Executive Director Trevor Timm issued…
Texas GOP Pushing Bill To Keep Dem Voters Away From Ballot Box
It is voter suppression pure and simple A direct hit on populations that don’t have easy access to a voting location in their neighborhoods or they don’t have access to transportation (more…)
20 Tweets To Impeach
In 20 Tweets Conservative Republican From Michigan Offers Blueprint For Impeachment. Rep. Justin Amash (Verified account @justinamash) * Mueller’s report describes a consistent effort by the president to use his office to obstruct or…
When An Image Tells The Story: White House Edition
Burning Question
Robert Scheer, Editor in Chief at Truthdig.com Asks: Has Freedom of the Press Become an Illusion? Scheer, who has argued in the past that the persecution of [Julian] Assange endangers journalism as we know it, points…
Again and Again and…
Monday Ménage
Dave Barry. Harry S. Truman. Will Ridgers. The question is why are politicians so eager to be president? What is it about the job that makes it worth revealing on national television that you…
Mothers Day 2019
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A Way Forward
That all beings are great and all are part of and responsible to the Whole is a world view based on the concept of Reciprocity and one which is fundamental to the Haudenosaunee of…
End. The. Madness.
Another School Shooting. 1 Student Dead, 8 Students Injured. Shooting at Highlands Ranch Charter School, Highlands Ranch, Colorado. (more…)
The Demagogue’s Playbook
‘Divide and conquer’ is one of the oldest strategies in the demagogic playbook: keep the public angry at each other so they don’t unite against those who are running off with the goods. ...…
It’s Getting Serious, Folks
Yeah, It’s A Thing: Trump Won’t Cede Power If He Loses In 2020. “Some warn Trump is already laying the groundwork to contest the 2020 election results should they not go in his favor”. …
Time Running Out. Send Him To Jail, Now!
William Barr is in contempt. Congress should send him to jail. Joel Mathis, The Week. So-called Attorney General William Barr has shown nothing but contempt for the rule of law and time is running…
Someone Remind Him And His Party
And what you’re seeing is a dictator in the making. David Cay Johnston, journalist and biographer of Donald Trump.
McConnell Threatens To Go Garland If Trump Loses In 2020
I guarantee you that if I'm the last man standing and I'm still the majority leader, it ain't happening. I can promise you. United States Senate majority leader McConnell is speaking about stopping any…
Slippin’ and Slidin’
Never before have US journalists been subjected to so many death threats or turned so often to private security firms for protection ... the media climate is now classified as ‘problematic'. The United States…
Do We Have The Courage To See
"Before we can win a Green New Deal, we need to be able to close our eyes and imagine it. We can be whatever we have the courage to see." Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (more…)
Same Topic, Different Story, Same Image – 3
Propaganda machines in all totalitarian countries habitually depict the dictator as the saviour of his people from some danger real, or more usually imaginary, and as the man of action who decides what is…
Same Topic, Different Story, Same Image
Donald J. Trump and his team have now openly declared that he is above the law rather than, as our Constitution provides, a public servant whose duty is to faithfully execute the law. His…
McConnell: The Fix Is In
The Battle Goes On... The House of Representatives voted 232 to 190 to pass the Save the Internet Act to restore net neutrality. All 190 no votes were cast by Republicans; one Republican voted…
Even Great Walls Have Go-Arounds
And This One Was 100s Of Years In The Making. Should We Tell Him?
Authoritarian Guide To Power: “I alone can fix it”
“I like acting because I can move so quickly. It gives me more flexibility.” In July 2016, candidate Donald Trump declared that he alone could fix America’s problems big and small. It was at…
Oh Boy… UPDATED
Your Next Attorney General? ‘Fanatic Who Believes in Dictatorship of Executive Power’ ... In addition to his sweeping view of executive power, the ACLU pointed out that Barr's 'record suggests that he will follow…
Use It Or Lose It. Democracy Is Funny That Way
Like it or not, and I don’t, Donald Trump is president of the United States of America. In 2016 he lost the popular vote by 2.9 million votes but received 304 Electoral College votes…
He Likes Me. He Really Likes Me! He Allowed Me In HIS World!
On Wednesday, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of Arizona embarrassed himself as never before during an interview on CNN when he declared, maybe begged for is the correct description, lifelong servitude to Donald Trump. Said…













