“As Trump has dramatically stepped up his use of military force, fellow Republicans in Congress — where authorization for such actions is supposed to originate — have done little but cheer him on. That’s…
This Is It. Stand Up Speak Up Or Suffer The Consequences
WayBack Wednesday: Defined
•• A General Speaks •• Investigative journalist at the New York Times, Michael S. Schmidt, had a recent sit-down with retired Marine General John Kelly. Kelly was Trumps's homeland security secretary and from 2017…
Monday Ménage: Democracy. Culture. Respect.
~ Menchú Tum. Morales. Escalante. ~ Peace cannot exist without justice, justice cannot exist without fairness, fairness cannot exist without development, development cannot exist without democracy, democracy cannot exist without respect for the…
Friday Serenade: Maybe …. His Own?
Barack Obama gave a speech on October 10 in Pennsylvania, a critical swing state, to rally support for Vice President Kamala Harris. His lighthearted jab can be considered part of a broader strategy to…
and, if We can’t find the courage…
Friday Serenade « It's About Choices » In 38 days, the courage of We, The People of this Nation, will be tested in ways most have only read about in History books. At…
WayBack Wednesday: Atmospheric Scatterings
Nobody has done more to bring hatred and violence into the [U.S.] political arena than the Republican nominee for president. # ~ Calling Trump A Fascist Is Like Saying The Sky Is Blue. Both…
Monday Ménage: Things That Matter. The Trustee. Our Civic Society.
~ ML King Jr. Robert Kennedy. Loretta Lynch. ~ Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. Martin Luther King Jr. Every generation inherits a world…
Monday Ménage: Tyrannical Laws. Political Class. Not Entitled.
Montesquieu. Hall. Pollitt. When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty; because apprehensions may arise, lest the…
Party’s Over
WOW! Yes, wow. That was a convention. Prime time entertainment at its best. Drama. Comedy. Music. Dance. Anticipation. And the must-have in any prime entertainment production: Leave The Audience Hanging. However... A couple of…
Monday Ménage: Flattened Into Customers. Servility. Access & Activism.
Pullman. Pilger. Abrams. The commercial pressures, the forces urging us to buy and discard and buy again; when everything in public life has a logo attached to it, when every public space is…
Friday Serenade: Bringing It Back. It’s Been A While
Across the country Americans are overcome with this strange feeling. For some, it's a new thing; for others it's familiar but buried somewhere in the shit pail of chaos and the fears that come…
Friday Serenade: Part 1 and Part 2
OK, I missed my WayBack Wednesday post this week; not on purpose but due to a family issue. All's good. So I'm combining the Wednesday thing with a two-part Friday Serenade, with an intro…
Friday Serenade: Looking Back / Looking Forward
Sometimes it makes sense to look back at what was in order to erase any doubt of what is needed, or wanted, for the future - of our lives, of the country. For America,…
WayBack Wednesday: Learn or Perish. Repeat Over and Over and Over
PROJECT 2025. Lately We Have Heard Bits and Pieces About Plans Right-Wing Conservative Republicans Have On Paper For The U.S. SO, WHAT ARE THE PROJECT'S MAIN PROPOSALS? Project 2025's policy suggestions range in topic…
Monday Ménage: Latin Accent. Access To Ballot. Favor Freedom.
Navarro. Abrams. Douglass. Why am I a liberal? Because I don't forget that I'm an immigrant and that I'm a Hispanic and that I have a Latin accent when I speak English, and…
Friday Serenade: Oh, Joe. Say It Ain’t So
… From Right Left Centre and In Between … News Media Still The Same Old, Same Old: If It Bleeds - It Leads (more…)
Happy Fourth, America. Good Luck
When An Image Tells The Story
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Still Rings True: Looking Back Pre-Debate
Before a presidential debate it's always a good practice to take a look back at the men and women on the stage. In this case, I think it important – essential – to remind…
THE 19TH, Celebration With Action
Honouring Juneteenth, With Celebration and Action ~ National Museum of African American History & Culture (more…)
Friday Serenade: America Is Singing To Us
We Must Pay Attention To Her Warning... ~~ Chief Justice Roberts Ignores Republican Efforts to Shred the Rule of Law The GOP’s war on judges and juries, along with Justices Thomas’ and Alito’s naked…
Let’s Repeat It, Again
When a convicted felon running for President of the United States of America continues – or, in fact, up-scales his attack on the US Justice System, including targeted attacks on personnel in the system…
WayBack Wednesday: Just Another Coward
• Still Blaming His Wife • It's A Familiar Tune Blaming Wife for Insurrection Flags, Alito Refuses to Recuse From Trump Cases via CommonDreams.org "It's hard to read this comically bad letter as anything…
Monday Ménage: Human Need. Decadence. Raise a Glass.
Pullman. Braschi. Steavenson. The commercial pressures, the forces urging us to buy and discard and buy again; when everything in public life has a logo attached to it, when every public space is…
WayBack Wednesday: Alarms Blasting, Again
The former President of the United States of America, Donald J. Trump, has the notion that he was King or at least Authoritarian Fuhrer while in office, which would also, according to his altered…
Monday Ménage: Tyrants. A Catcher’s Mitt. Realities of Democracy.
Abigail Adams. Maya Angelou. Elizabeth Warren. Remember, all men would be tyrants if they could. If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies we are determined to foment a rebellion,…