When An Image Tells The Story
Democracy Dies In The Home Of The Once Brave
Oxymoron: Republicans – Free Fair Elections
'Blatant Partisan Power Grab': Wisconsin GOP Attempts to Seize Control of State's Elections “They're not dismantling democracy in secret. They're doing it right out in the open” Wisconsin Republicans, at the urging…
Friday Serenade: Nancy With The Hammer
Governing, Or At Least Trying To, Versus Fear And Loathing Led by Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, Democrats passed President Joe Biden's landmark $.17 billion Build Back Better bill. The…
Monday Ménage: Edition Politics Politicians and The Political Machine
Martini. Floyd. La Follette. We live in a time where increasingly our national leaders are more like dons of crime than statesmen, where notions of plausible deniability replace truth, and claims that politicians…
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…
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…)
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…
Friday Serenade: Blue Skies No More
Where Did All The Blue Skies Go ~ In Face of Planetary Emergency, Long Awaited U.S. Report Denounced as 'Pitiful' Failure "Finding consensus between those who see or don't see our climate reality is…
Ahmaud Arbery: Never Forget
Jury selection began Monday in Georgia in the trial of three white men charged in the death of Ahmaud Arbery, who was fatally shot as he was jogging in their neighborhood in February 2020.…
Monday Ménage: Edition Compromise. The Compromisee Always Gets The Short End
Cavanagh/Gershman. McClure. Rossiter. George [H.W.] Bush has spelled out an economic agenda for his New World Order. It is an agenda that would prove enormously lucrative to a few thousand giant corporations. And it…
Wednesday WayBack: SCUM vs SCUM
Republican Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa at a Saturday rally received endorsement for reelection from the former guy. Yeah, OK. Said the former guy (TFG): "We have with us tonight a great American patriot,…
Monday Ménage: Mixed Bag With A Plus One
Twain. Milne. Rousseau. Haudenosaunee. In religion and politics people’s beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second-hand, and without examination, from authorities who have not themselves examined the questions at…
Left Where? Why?
Rising from the tradgedy that is America, we see today few willing to find solutions but many quite willing to find blame. Much of the blame for the current state of America - leveled…
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…
Wednesday WayBack: Profiting From Hate
AT&T, the largest telecom provider in the United States, has been funding at least 90% of far-right One America News (OAN) since the channel launched in 2013. The channel struggled for sustained viewership until…
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…
The Pandora Papers Shine A Big, Broad, Bright Spot Light
From the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists ICIJ The reporting shows how the United States, in particular, has become an increasingly attractive destination for hidden wealth, although the U.S. and its Western allies condemn…
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!…
Wednesday WayBack: Crisis And Calamity
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Tuesday warned Senate Republicans the nation faced a “calamity” unless Congress raises or suspends the debt ceiling. “I think there would be a financial crisis, and a calamity”, said…
DINO Manchin Likes Coal, Yachts, Big Money, But Not West Virginians
C'mon Joe. Man Up! West Virginia is a red state. Seventy-nine percent of West Virginians want the Biden Build Back Better Bill. West Virginia's Democratic Senator Joe Manchin is blocking passage of that bill.…
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…
Taliban vs Taliban
Afghan Taliban Catching Up To American Taliban Taliban ban girls from secondary education in Afghanistan The future of girls and female teachers, stuck at home since Taliban took control, not addressed. The Taliban…
81M To 1. 1 Wins
Joe Biden won the 2020 election with over 81.2 million votes; by far the most votes cast for any presidential candidate in U.S. history. That's great. So, how come President Biden and his administration…
Politics & Policy
Constitutional America???
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Dead By Cop
Black, Native, Latino Americans Are Killed At A Much Higher Rate Than White Americans
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Hey, US Ed, History Calls
The invasion by Europeans of the ‘New World’ saw the First Nations population go from around 15 million in 1500 to just over 200,000 in 1900. (U.S. only. Does Not include data on First Nations Peoples of Canada).
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Project 2025 & The Military
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Shrewd, SlipUp, Or Just Plain Stupid …
In a meeting with hundreds of U.S. generals and admirals: “It’s unacceptable seeing ‘fat generals and admirals’ in the halls of the Pentagon, and leading commands around the country and the world. It’s a bad look.” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Ebony McMorris, reporter for American Urban Radio Networks (AURN): “Mr. President, what are your plans for—” McMorris began (one of the few Black reporters in the WH Press Corps). “Quiet. You’re really obnoxious,” said Trump. “I’m not obnoxious, but I’m trying to ask you what about your plans for Memphis, Mr. President?” “You are really obnoxious,” said Trump (president of the USA).
“I think she’s a disgraceful person, you know, I think she’s a disgraceful person, a loser. It’s amazing the way people vote. I know it’s people from her area, maybe of the world, I don’t know. They got here and they vote her in. I don’t know. It’s hard to believe. But I think she’s a disgusting person.”
That’s the President of the United States of America making remarks about seated member of the House, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), to reporters in the Oval Office.
‘If Republicans don’t block voting rights, Democrats will allow “child molesters” and “illegal aliens” to vote and Republicans will be out of power for years’. Ted Cruz, Republican U.S. Senator from Texas. Same Ted Cruz who voted to force changing legal votes of Electoral College. Went so far as to incite an insurrection.
Simple Reminder
Stuff…
News Disorder, It’s A Thing I’m always tired because at night I can’t sleep unless I watch the news. Then I watch the news and can’t sleep.
Your Tingly Leaving You know that tingly little feeling you get when you like someone? That’s your common sense leaving your body.
Don’t Wanna Know It is possible to lead a cow upstairs – but – not downstairs. Question: Why in the hell would you want to take a cow upstairs? Wait, no, don’t tell me. I don’t want to know.
Kane’s Clinic
Wheel In The Sky
Journey From their album, Infinity – the first album with Steve Perry on lead vocals. Released January 1978.
Going Back Home
Sherman Robertson From the 1998 Rockin’ Blues album (CD) Going Back Home
Out Of The Rain
Etta James From her 1990 Soulful Blues album Stickin’ To My Guns
Dreams
Brandi Carlile * From WFUV LIVE CD (FM 90.7 in the Greater New York City area). Originally on her 2009 folk-rock album Give Up The Ghost.
Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
Marvin Gaye Originally On His Landmark 1971 Album What’s Going On
Amigo De Verdad
Gipsyland from their album Viva La Musica. Recorded in Cancoon Studio Paris and DreamHouse Studios London.
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