So, Joe, you wrote an op-ed stating you are a 'No' for the voting rights bill – For the People Act. You say, Joe, you're against the legislation because it ran through the House…
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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.…

Hey Joes, You Can't Blame Mitch   As expected, on Friday Senate Republicans killed legislation to put in place an independent 9/11-style commission to investigate the 6 January 2021 day-long domestic terrorist attack on…

  “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…

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:…

  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…

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…

  Lindsey Graham: Sick, Twisted, Flat Out POS Coward   Can we move forward without President Trump? The answer is no. I’ve always liked Liz Cheney but she’s made a determination that the Republican…

We, Us All, Must Now Speak Out   While a partial or full reversal of the high court's landmark 1973 ruling would impact the rights of all people who are capable of becoming pregnant,…

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a gun law case challenging New York law which prohibits carrying concealed handguns outside the home without a license. This post is just one of many offering a…

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…

. Never Forget . A terrorist attack in 1995 at a Oklahoma City federal building killed 168 people including 19 children and over 850 people were injured. The bomber Timothy McVeigh, an U.S. Army…

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…

2nd Lieutenant Caron Nazario, Active Duty, U.S. Army Medical Corps. Pulled over on bogus traffic stop in Windsor, Virginia. Guns pointed directly at him at close range by two cops. Taunted with execution slang.…

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…

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…

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…

  "Second Amendment does not guarantee the right to carry firearms outside the home"   A Ninth Circuit panel ruled Wednesday that Americans have no expected right to carry guns in public, reversing a…

  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%.…