The Demagogue’s Playbook
‘Divide and conquer’ is one of the oldest strategies in the demagogic playbook: keep the public angry at each other so they don’t unite against those who are running off with the goods. ...…
Monday Ménage
Sheng Wang. Andrea Dworkin. Maya Angelou. Why do people say “grow some balls”? Balls are weak and sensitive. If you wanna be tough, grow a vagina. Those things can take a pounding. - Sheng…
It’s Getting Serious, Folks
Yeah, It’s A Thing: Trump Won’t Cede Power If He Loses In 2020. “Some warn Trump is already laying the groundwork to contest the 2020 election results should they not go in his favor”. …
Time Running Out. Send Him To Jail, Now!
William Barr is in contempt. Congress should send him to jail. Joel Mathis, The Week. So-called Attorney General William Barr has shown nothing but contempt for the rule of law and time is running…
Monday Ménage
Meg Greenfied. Claire Sargent. Caroline Baum. If a politician murders his mother, the first response of the press or of his opponents will likely be not that it was a terrible thing to do,…
Do We Really Need Another Old White Guy With Grabby Hands? Really?
Biden enters 2020 race via vid announcement on Thursday. Yay?
Someone Remind Him And His Party
And what you’re seeing is a dictator in the making. David Cay Johnston, journalist and biographer of Donald Trump.
McConnell Threatens To Go Garland If Trump Loses In 2020
I guarantee you that if I'm the last man standing and I'm still the majority leader, it ain't happening. I can promise you. United States Senate majority leader McConnell is speaking about stopping any…
Monday Ménage
Molly Ivins. Will Rogers. Joseph Stalin. I want to point out, there are a lot of politicians who enjoy the political end of politics, but they're not interested in governance. And then, there are…
Slippin’ and Slidin’
Never before have US journalists been subjected to so many death threats or turned so often to private security firms for protection ... the media climate is now classified as ‘problematic'. The United States…
Same Topic, Different Story, Same Image – 3
Propaganda machines in all totalitarian countries habitually depict the dictator as the saviour of his people from some danger real, or more usually imaginary, and as the man of action who decides what is…
Same Topic, Different Story, Same Image
Donald J. Trump and his team have now openly declared that he is above the law rather than, as our Constitution provides, a public servant whose duty is to faithfully execute the law. His…
McConnell: The Fix Is In
The Battle Goes On... The House of Representatives voted 232 to 190 to pass the Save the Internet Act to restore net neutrality. All 190 no votes were cast by Republicans; one Republican voted…
Even Great Walls Have Go-Arounds
And This One Was 100s Of Years In The Making. Should We Tell Him?
We’re Full. You Can’t Come In.
Your kind are not welcomed in America. You are criminals. Criminals and bad guys. Bad guys. You shit all over us. All over us. Many, many people told me. Many people. And you take…
Authoritarian Guide To Power: “I alone can fix it”
“I like acting because I can move so quickly. It gives me more flexibility.” In July 2016, candidate Donald Trump declared that he alone could fix America’s problems big and small. It was at…
Monday Ménage
Alexandra Adornetto. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Franklin D. Roosevelt. The young people I know judge leaders by their deeds and abhor hypocrisy. Inconsistency and point-scoring do not win respect. It's not easy to be engaged in…
Oh Boy… UPDATED
Your Next Attorney General? ‘Fanatic Who Believes in Dictatorship of Executive Power’ ... In addition to his sweeping view of executive power, the ACLU pointed out that Barr's 'record suggests that he will follow…
Not Just An Image: Ugliness From The Inside Out
Donald Trump renews his ugly attacks on hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico with new and old falsehoods - in stark contrast to his phony, bullshit caring toward disaster-stricken communities in states that voted for him. Also:…
Use It Or Lose It. Democracy Is Funny That Way
Like it or not, and I don’t, Donald Trump is president of the United States of America. In 2016 he lost the popular vote by 2.9 million votes but received 304 Electoral College votes…
He Likes Me. He Really Likes Me! He Allowed Me In HIS World!
On Wednesday, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of Arizona embarrassed himself as never before during an interview on CNN when he declared, maybe begged for is the correct description, lifelong servitude to Donald Trump. Said…
Way-Back Wednesday: Hypocrites & Hacks
On Monday, March 23, 2015, Ted Cruz announced he was running for president of the United States of America. He cried to the audience at conservative Liberty University (where students were told they would…
History As Reminder: Trump & Soldiers
As the Pentagon readies a $1Billion gift to Trump for his ‘wall’, military leaders need to be reminded candidate Trump took the position that soldiers returning from combat with PTSD were ‘not strong’. Here’s…
Shit Ya Can’t Make Up: Death & Taxes Edition
Trump’s Pick For Fed Seat Owes $75,000 in Taxes: IRS Claim. The Guardian newspaper is reporting that “a claim for the debt was filed against (Stephen) Moore by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in…
This Is Why We Need AOC
Watch Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY 14th CD) Tear Into Critics Calling Green New Deal 'Elitist'
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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