Entering A New Reality Upon the ruling by U.K.'s High Court to allow the extradition to the U.S. of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, questions about a free press in the United States of America…
Williams Signs Off
Anchor ends his nightly Show “The 11th Hour” with a look back on his time with the network ~ After 28 years of peacock logos on much of what I own, it is my…
President Joe Biden Warns That U.S. Democracy In Decline
THEN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!!! At Thursday's virtual Summit for Democracy, President Biden repeated warnings from the International Institute of Democracy and Electoral Assistance that the United States is among the growing number of…
Wednesday WayBack: Yes, History Repeats; A Short Reading List
A Little Obsession Is Good Obsession Received a couple of e-mails recently suggesting I might be obsessed with the idea today's Republicans are a Nazi-like political party. Well, I think 'obsessed' could be an…
It’s In The Playbook. They Like The Playbook
Who Has The Balls??? Kevin McCarthy, Republican representative from California – he's called House Minority Leader – once again shows the world how much of a coward he is and how little he cares…
Silence From Republican Party Leaders Speaks Volumes, Loudly
Sometimes Fear Is More Than A Lifestyle Choice Kevin McCarthy's silence on out-of-control House members of his Party engaging in full-on harassment, threats, and abuse of Democratic colleagues is not that difficult to…
Wednesday WayBack: Roe v. Wade And The Supreme Court
Going to go out on a limb here, but I'm pretty sure the Court would be seeing this differently if it was ruling on cocks. ~ Rusty coathangers are not what I'm talking about.…
Wednesday WayBack: Backsliding In The USA
On Monday, the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) published results of a study that finds the United States of America is a “backsliding” democracy. “The visible deterioration of democracy in the…
Backsliding, It’s All The Rage
“This year we coded the United States as backsliding for the first time, but our data suggest that the backsliding episode began at least in 2019” No American – woke or unwoke, engaged or…
When An Image Tells The Story
Democracy Dies In The Home Of The Once Brave
Oxymoron: Republicans – Free Fair Elections
'Blatant Partisan Power Grab': Wisconsin GOP Attempts to Seize Control of State's Elections “They're not dismantling democracy in secret. They're doing it right out in the open” Wisconsin Republicans, at the urging…
Friday Serenade: Nancy With The Hammer
Governing, Or At Least Trying To, Versus Fear And Loathing Led by Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, Democrats passed President Joe Biden's landmark $.17 billion Build Back Better bill. The…
Monday Ménage: Edition Politics Politicians and The Political Machine
Martini. Floyd. La Follette. We live in a time where increasingly our national leaders are more like dons of crime than statesmen, where notions of plausible deniability replace truth, and claims that politicians…
America Has Come To A Fork In The Road. Will The Supreme Court Choose The Path That Saves Or Ruins The Democracy
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…













