~ It's Been Some Kinda Week ~ Free Speech, Jimmy Kimmel, Republicans, Climate Change, Pam Bondi, DOJ Deletes Study Showing Right-Wing Most Dangerous to Democracy, ICE Arrests American Citizens, Attack On Social Security Looking…
Serving Our Democracy – – Not Destroying It
Free Press Launches 'Pressing Issues' “The newsletter cuts through the noise to cover the fight for news and information that strengthen democracy.” PRESS RELEASE Free Press publicly launched Pressing Issues, a twice-weekly newsletter, designed…
Monday Ménage; With A Plus One
~ Prejudices. Citizens. Imbeciles. Elites. ~ Heinlein. Naskar. Brecht. Reich. You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic. Robert A.…
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,…
Asylum-Republicans: Agenda ’23 and Beyond
Yes, of course, we lead with the latest shit-story about that Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Marjorie Taylor Greene. A guest speaker at the Young Republicans gala this weekend, Greene reminded…
Elections Have Consequences
For Immediate Release:Tuesday, September 13, 2022 NARAL Pro-Choice America PRESS RELEASE NARAL Pro-Choice America Condemns National Abortion Ban Legislation Introduced by Republican Senator Washington, DC — (more…)
Monday Ménage: Edition Cherish Freedom, Submissive People, Moving Offshore
Albright. Berry. Schweizer. We cannot, of course, expect every leader to possess the wisdom of Lincoln or Mandela’s largeness of soul. But when we think about what questions might be most useful to…
Wednesday WayBack: Misplaced Loyalties Will Tear Out Your Heart
Yes, Liz Cheney did a good job as Vice Chair of the January 6 Committee. The Congresswoman from Wyoming, like no other on the committee, made clear to everyone that her mission was not…
Monday Ménage: Edition America. It’s The Culture, Stupid
Saunders. Bryson. Fry. Huck [Finn] and Tom [Sawyer] represent two viable models of the American Character. They exist side by side in every American and every American action. America is, and always has…
Wednesday WayBack: History Can and Does Repeat Itself – When Allowed
As detailed in an excellent piece at Crooks And Liars, the far-right, fascism-loving MAGA Mob is taking its cue from the former guy (TFG) and going after judges and FBI agents. They, and the…
Wednesday WayBack: Lying Liars and The Lies They Leave Laying Around
In the cesspool that is today's Republican source for their spoken and written words, the latest dump by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy might not be as toxic as the many he has dropped…
Friday Serenade: Exhausted Still
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,…
Monday Ménage: Conception, Conflictinator, and a Smart Phone
Carlin. Stewart. Roberts. Boy, these conservatives are really something, aren't they? They're all in favor of the unborn. They will do anything for the unborn. But once you're born, you're on your own.…
Wednesday WayBack: Unambiguous
There's much excitement about Thursday's Prime Time January 6 Committee Hearing during which we are promised to be witness to clear and precise details around the 178 minutes when the former president watched but…
Monday Ménage: Edition American History, Lessons Not Learned. A Replay
Berlet / Lyons. Nichols. Nixon. We have been studying the armed militias with a group of more than 100 analysts and reporters for many months. The issue for us was never if there…
Fourth of July in a Dying America … UPDATED
Welcome to the Country of Death with Politicians Who Don't Give A F*ck! UPDATE: Police Confirm A 7th Person Dead. A 22-year old male using a high-powered rifle shooting from a rooftop at a…
Wednesday WayBack: Does History Really Repeat Itself? Well Kinda…
From what We The People have been told thus far, the January 6 Select Committee public hearings beginning in prime time tomorrow, Thursday, 9 June, 2022, will reveal the current state of U.S. Democracy,…
Monday Ménage, With A Plus One: Edition Orators, Gladhand, Everything and Bullshit Consumption
Aristophanes. de Beaumarchais. Mencken. Pearlheart. Look at the orators in our republics; as long as they are poor, both state and people can only praise their uprightness; but once they are fattened on…
Friday Serenade: Continuous Action
Creating outrage, creating the ‘others’, has worked as policy since political parties were themselves created. Recently it worked for the former guy and now is working for the current cabal of far-right fascism-loving…
Friday Serenade: Coward McCarthy, Complexes, and Contemptible Hogs
Yeah, corporate media and (most) Republicans have moved on from stories about Republican member of the United States House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy and his punk-ass flip-flopping between sucking up to the former guy…
And They Are Still Coming…
Don't Be Like The 'I Am Not' Guy ~ Stand Up. Speak Out.
Never Forget: 1995.04.19
A terrorist attack on 19 April 1995 at the Alfred P. Murrah federal building in Oklahoma City killed 168 people including 19 children and over 850 were injured. It was the deadliest act of…
Wednesday WayBack: When All You Have Is Whine
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy Wednesday morning addressed the U.S. Congress about the unprovoked Russian invasion of his country and the real-life impact. Zelenskiy asked the United States, Europe and NATO for more help; but…
Monday Ménage: Edition War, Obscenity, Humanity
Einstein. Eisenhower. O'Brien. I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. Albert Einstein. Every gun that is…
Wednesday WayBack: America, Been Here Before
GOP Takes Dump On America, Again 'Former U.S. President Donald Trump and former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo praised Russian President Vladimir Putin's strategy in Ukraine. Pompeo, in a February 18, 2022 interview,…
Wednesday WayBack: Wingers, Propaganda and Vlad, Oh My
The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes & ears. It was their final, most essential command - George Orwell, "1984" Once again, right-wingers in the U.S. are just so proud…
Monday Ménage: Edition Givers and Takers
Dhliwayo. Xinindlu. Malloy. True leaders are givers, not takers; builders, not destroyers; doers, not talkers; encouragers, not flatterers; lovers, not haters; warriors, not worriers; forgivers, not shamers; performers, not complainers; achievers, not quitters;…














