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…
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.…
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,…
Let The Spin Begin
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…
Democracy: Ya Gotta Fight For It
“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…
Danger Ahead: Anti-Democracy Drift
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…
Hey Repubs, What Have Ya Got To Lose
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:…
Hey Dems, LizCons Is Not Your Friend. Please, Just Stop!
Swooning Over Liz Liz Cheney voted with the former occupant of the White House 93% of the time. She is anti-everything Democrats (are supposed to) stand for. Just because she did this one…
Will This Nation Survive
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…
We Love To Hate. It’s You, Not Me
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…
Danger Ahead
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…
Is This The End Or The Beginning
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…
Just Sunday Drivin’
Are We There Yet?
They’re Still Coming
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,…
Repost: The American Normal UPDATED
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…
Dictator Wannabe Platform 2022/2024
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…
19 April 1995
. 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…
America Police Force
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…
America
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.…
Mitch, A Special Place In Hell Awaits You
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…
Think Republican Attacks On Voting Rights In Georgia And Other States Is No Big Deal…
Then Remember This... In 1930, Germany is a liberal democracy. Just four years later, democracy is dead, Germany’s leader is a dictator and the government is in the hands of the Nazis.
The Playbook Reads Familiar
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…
‘Vicious Attack on Voting Rights’
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…
Small Step, But It’s A Step
"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…
Republicans. Guns. Votes. The Numbers
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%.…
This Is The United States of America. WTF! UPDATED
A 21-Year-Old Man Murdered 10 People Including A First-On-The-Scene Police Officer On Monday At A Grocery Store In Boulder, Colorado. Officer Eric Talley was 51 years old. He is survived by his wife and…
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