Chip Berlet/Matthew N. Lyons. John Nichols. Ron Nixon. We have been studying the armed militias with a group of more than 100 analysts and reporters for many months. The issue for us was never…
Sun Setting On America’s Experiment With Democracy
According To U.S. Supreme Court, The Right To Buy An Election Is More Protected Than The Right To Vote In One The extraordinary lengths to which the Court has shown it will go to…
Is It Fair To Compare?
“It’s not about comparing them. It’s more about seeing what happened before in history and what’s happening now or in the last few years”. A new documentary takes a deep dive into the historic…
A Replay: Living His Legacy. It’s Dark.
UPDATED: Sheila Jackson Lee is third Black lawmaker to be arrested during voting rights protests Congress members Joyce Beatty and Hank Johnson were previously arrested for participating in separate demonstrations ˜ It's Coming To…
Truth Is Never Easy, In Politics
Wealth Supremacists And White Supremacists. United In Anti-Democracy, Backed By SCOTUS ˜ A Sunday Read That Will Make You Crap Your Pants ˜ Why isn’t Joe Biden doing all he can to protect American…
Stop Being His Puppy Dog
You're Not A Senator. Haven't Been For A While. Since January of this year, at least 14 Republican-led states have gone after the voting rights of American citizens with a vengeance. At least…
Un-American Activities
When You've Been Exposed You Can't Cover Up What's Been Laid Bare When Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi refused on Wednesday to seat Republican Reps. Jim Jordan of Ohio and Jim…
Lies, Stupidity, Cowardice. Oh, The Irony.
Does History Repeat Itself? Well, Kinda On 18 July 1925, part one of "Four and a Half Years (of Struggle) Against Lies, Stupidity and Cowardice" was published in Germany. The book did not…
Surrender. Yeah, It’s The Dems’ Way
Looks Like President Biden Surrendering On Passing Voting Rights Protections If the filibuster isn't reformed so that voting rights laws can pass the Senate by a simple majority vote, then efforts to fight the…
United States And Weimar: Two Republics, One Failed One Failing
One week after Election Day 2020, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark A. Milley took a call from “an old friend” warning him that Trump and his cadre of sycophants…
Hey, Democrats. It Is A Big Fuking Deal!
Think Republican Attacks On Voting Rights In Georgia, Florida, Wisconsin, Michigan, Arizona, Texas And Other States Is No Big Deal, That There's Time To Turn America's Traitors Around… Then Remember This… In…
Reminder: History Teaches
We Learn Or We Rot Republican Representative Andy Biggs of Arizona was asked at a recent event sponsored by the far-right group Patriot Voices, a Rick Santorum organisation, what he thought about…
Texas Repub Rep: We Want Chaos
When Someone Tells You, Shows You, Who And What They Are, Believe Them In a leaked video, Republican Representative Chip Roy of Texas at an event hosted by far-right Patriot Voices admits his party…
No Mystery Here. Happy 4th!
It's now old news that Senate Republicans blocked an investigation into the 6 January insurrection and deadly attempted coup by Trump-supporting armed domestic terrorists whose mission included hanging the Republican Vice-President, Mike Pense. "If…
A Chilling Reminder
Last month, when Senate Republicans led by Mitch McConnell blocked passage of a bill to create an independent investigation into the January 6 rightwing insurrection/deadly riot – five dead and 140 police officers injured,…
The Red Wall
U.S. Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky), at times called 'Moscow Mitch' – and this is one of those times, has filibustered voting rights legislation, halted a pay gap measure, threatened to block a…
Blue and Red: The Game
So, Senate Republicans kill For the People Act, the legislation that promised to protect American citizens' right to vote, thereby saving a fragile U.S. democracy. But all 50 senate Republicans said NO! All 50…
America’s Crisis
Honour Our Veterans and Active Duty Military. Save Their Lives A new report by Brown University's Costs of War Project reveals post-9/11 wars launched by the U.S. military since 2001 have resulted in over…
McConnell Has Another Grab-For-Power Orgasm
Determined To Reach That Pleasure Spot It's The Only Thing That Matters To Him During an interview with a conservative radio show, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell gave notice that he will repeat…
It’s Flag Day
On June 14, 1877, the first Flag Day observance was held on the 100th anniversary of the adoption of the Stars and Stripes. As instructed by Congress, the U.S. flag was flown from all…
Enjoying Your Moment In The Spotlight, Sen. Joe Manchin?
The end of the For the People Act would open the way for Republican-dominated states to continue their shameless campaign to suppress the votes of likely Democratic voters - using Trump's baseless claims of…
Democracy Be Damned! One Man Can Kill 85 Million Votes.
"We didn't need an op-ed to know you're unwilling to protect our democracy" Democratic Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia penned an op-ed Sunday in the Charleston Gazette-Mail where he vowed to oppose…
Where Is America Heading?
An article in The Guardian asks: Is America heading to a place where it can no longer call itself a democracy? I offer once again these reminders as among possible answers to that question.…
Don’t Be Sad, Boys and Girls. Get Mad. DAMNIT!
If It Truly Is A Battle For The Soul Of America Then Make A Stand, Fight For It Biden-led Establishment Democrats have a not so new favourite expression when it comes to how they…
Democracy: It’s Complicated and Fragile
It's Always About Choices During his Memorial Day 2021 address to the nation President Joe Biden warned that U.S. democracy is in danger of failing: “The mission falls to each of us,…













