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,…
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…
Monday Ménage: Edition People, Corporations, and The Isms
Useem. Wolfe. Mills. The political concerns of members of the corporate elite are affected by three competing principles. These principles have fundamentally different implications for the ways in which business managers participate in policy…
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…
Monday Ménage: Edition Power and Impotency
Rousseau. Hegel. Hall. As soon as the act of association becomes reality, it substitutes for the person of each of the contracting parties a moral and collective body made up of as many…
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…
So, Joe. How Ya Feelin’
Manchin Didn't Get Even One Republican For His Compromise 'Bipartisan' Voting Bill No, really, Joe, how are you feeling today? Maybe a little embarrassed? Or, maybe a little exposed – ya know, for once…
Friday Serenade – The Insanity Dance
Biden Gives Democrats a Green Light to Weaken the Filibuster for Debt Ceiling Votes After previously opposing such a move, President Joe Biden on Tuesday said it is a "real possibility" that Democrats will…
What Do They Have In Common
Joe Manchin, Democratic Senator West Virginia; Krysten Sinema, Democratic Senator Arizona; Matthew Gaetz, Republican Representative Florida; Mike Pence, Republican former Vice-President; Mitch McConnell, Republican Senator Kentucky. BLOWHARD: 1. A very boastful and talkative…
Yay! U.S. Up One In 2021
Reporters Without Borders 2021 World Press Freedom Index The United States moved up one spot in the 2021 World Press Freedom Index, from 45th to 44th. That's 45th out of 180. What an achievement!…
Yes, The Hitler Playbook IS The Republican Uschla Playbook
In Plain Sight Republicans have rigged election mechanics in more than half the states. But Party members are not worried about Democratic opponents. They are, though, more than worried about primary challengers from the…
Americans Struggling, With HUNGER
"While hunger was already a massive, systemic problem in all 50 states before Covid-19 hit the U.S., domestic hunger surged during the pandemic." Joel Berg, Hunger Free America. Nearly 40 million Americans…
Monday Ménage, But On Tuesday
H.L. Mencken. Hunter S. Thompson. John Lewis. In the present case it is a little inaccurate to say I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty and common…
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…













