“There Is a Ticking Timebomb” Republican controlled states across the country are moving more aggressively with their democracy-killing agenda to make voting as difficult as possible in counties where Blacks, Latinos and low-income…
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Reminders     “The radicalization of the Republican Party has outpaced what even most critical observers imagined. We need to grapple with what that should mean for our expectations going forward and start thinking…

The Big Lie Or The Truth. Decisions, Decisions   Tuesday, 19 January 2021: "The mob was fed lies, they were provoked by [Trump]." Senator Mitch McConnell on the Senate floor. Tuesday, 18 May 2021:…

Memorial Ode. Since Time Immemorial. Truth Telling.   MEMORIAL ODE / The HAUDENOSAUNEE (The Iroquois Confederacy – The Great League) CHANT Now, listen, Ye who established the Great League, Now it has become old,…

  Eugene Robinson at the Washington Post sums it up, perfectly:   The greatest threat to our nation’s future is not covid-19 or the rise of China or even the existential challenge of climate…

Republicans don't like it when voting is easy for U.S. citizens. Because, as we all know, when casting a vote is unrestricted, Democrats out-vote Republicans. So, Republicans, especially at the state level, are passing…

Sixty-Four Percent of Americans Think Social Media Divides More Than Unite   A new NBC poll reveals astonishing news: Most Americans who use social media more than once a day think platforms like Facebook…

Enemies Of The People   It’s hard to overstate how dangerous this is, and what its consequences might entail in the very near future. As Greg Sargent notes, the 'GOP appears to be plunging…

World Press Freedom Day   'Startling Extent of Police Violence Against Journalists' Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press released its annual report on the state of press freedom in the U.S. 5 Takeaways:…

Happy May Day   International Workers’ Day was established to honour lives lost at the Haymarket Affair / Haymarket Massacre that took place in Chicago on May 4, 1886. The confrontation between police and…

After watching the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing where Democratic voting rights activist Stacey Abrams schools Republicans on systemic voter suppression in this country, I scrolled through my folders holding files related to this…

Ieshia Evans Getting Confrontational   Ieshia Evans is facing straight on a large number of heavily-armed police at a Black Lives Matter protest in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in 2016 following the shooting (multiple times)…

Florida Gov Ron DeSantis Signs Bill Making Protest A Crime, Allowing Drivers To Run Down Protesters. It's clear this bill is the foundation upon which DeSantis will build his 2022 reelection campaign with a…

White Guy Drags Cop, Lives To Talk About It ........   A 61-year-old white guy from Hutchinson, Minnesota didn't like being told to wear a mask while he was in a home improvement/tools store…

Questions and Answers   On morning, noon, evening and nightime talk-news shows, recent conversations have centered on the Republican Party's absolute opposition to any and all of the Biden agenda. The leading question among…

Hypocrite of the year award, and there's no close second, goes to Republican Senator Mitch McConnell for lecturing corporate CEOs for speaking out against, and one taking direct action against, voter suppression laws in…

To date, a few well known large corporations have released public statements voicing opposition, in varying degrees, to the voter suppression laws being enacted in Republican controlled states across the country. At last count…

It's Getting Serious, Folks. Georgia Republicans Go Even Farther Right. While Georgia's Republican governor Brian Kemp was signing the now-known-around-the-world 98-page anti-democracy Republican voter suppression bill, state Representative Park Cannon knocked on his closed…

Lee Wong, American Patriot   Lee Wong, Board of Trustees president in West Chester Township, Ohio, showed this week during a regular scheduled hearing what real patriotism looks like. With dignity and purpose, Mr.…

Looks Familiar (Except For The Masks)   "Sick" and "Un-American"   Georgia governor Brian Kemp signs 95 page GOP voter suppression bill less than two hours after Georgia's Republican lawmakers gave final approval to…

  1 Week. 2 Mass Murders. 18 Dead.   Assault On America Lives And Democracy   When Democrats passed the Assault Weapons Ban in 1994, the number of mass shootings went down by 37%.…