Left Where? UPDATED
I often times wonder if I am in the same country, reading the same History books, reading the same newspapers, watching the same television news programs, using the same social media platforms and in…
History As Reminder
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Monday Ménage
William E. Gladstone. Adlai Stevenson. Plato. Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear. William E. Gladstone, 1866 (more…)
Voter Purge: The Killing of America
Republicans Really Hate Two Things: The Vote and People of Colour Who Vote. Georgia’s Republican Secretary of State Brian Kemp, an avid supporter of Donald Trump, oversaw the removal of an estimated 107,000 residents…
All You Need To Know About This “Man” This “President”
Trump During The 60 Minutes Sit-Down With Leslie Stahl... “Had I not made that speech, we would not have won. I was just saying she didn’t seem to know anything.” “I didn’t really make…
Monday Ménage
George Jean Nathan. Alexis de Tocqueville. Orson Welles. Politics is the diversion of trivial men who, when they succeed at it, become important in the eyes of more trivial men. George Jean Nathan…
Follow Their Lead
They have already served their country in the most prestigious and courageous way, they have already sworn to uphold the constitution of the United States and now they are choosing once again to serve…
Ya Gotta Read It To Believe It
Republican candidate for Governor of Georgia caught purging tens of thousands of Black voters from HIS OWN ELECTION FOR GOVERNOR! Oh, that candidate, that guy, is Georgia Secretary of State, Brian Kemp. (more…)
Call To Action!
CREDO Action Petition to Impeach Kavanaugh. ACTION NEEDED: We need you to raise your voice to impeach accused sexual predator and proven perjurer #BrettKavanaugh. Make a call and ask House members to use their…
Monday Ménage
Shirley Chisholm. Margaret Chase Smith. Margaret Thatcher. At present, our country needs women's idealism and determination, perhaps more in politics than anywhere else. Shirley Chisholm (more…)
These Guys Have Not, Will Not, Insure Domestic Tranquility
White House confirms FBI’s Kavanaugh investigation only looked at what Republican senators wanted (more…)
Sketchy Tax Schemes And ‘Outright Fraud’. Surprise? Nah…
The New York Times this afternoon dropped what is being called a ‘bombshell’ report: Trump Engaged in Suspect Tax Schemes as He Reaped Riches From His Father Much of this money came to Mr.…
SCUM!
Millionaire Grassley Wants In On Trump’s $12 Billion Farm Bailout Earlier this year, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) supported Donald Trump’s $12 billion bailout for U.S. farmers - enacted to cover the damage by China’s…
What Blue Wave…
Brett Kavanaugh is a threat to women’s rights and Americans’ health care. He will fail to be an independent check on the president. And now he faces multiple allegations of sexual assault. Tom…
Monday Ménage
Mark Twain. Plato. Benjamin Disraeli. Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself. Mark Twain (more…)
Unhinged, Angry, Scared White Men: Face Of The GOP
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Shit Ya Can’t Make Up…
The prosecutor Republican senators hired to interrogate Dr. Christine Blasey Ford about her accusations of sexual assault by Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, decided the best way to get to the truth…
Hypocrisy Is Not A Disease, It’s A Life-Style Choice
Senator Chuck Grassley on Anita Hill, Clarence Thomas hearings, 1991... Chuck Grassley, Chair, Senate Judiciary Committee on Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, Brett Kavanaugh hearings, 2018... We’ve offered Dr. Ford the opportunity to share…
Cowards
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Monday: “Even by the far left’s standards, this shameful, shameful smear campaign has hit a new low. Senate Democrats and their allies are trying to destroy a…
1 Out Of Every 6
1 out of every 6 American women has been the victim of an attempted or completed rape in her lifetime Perpetrators of sexual violence are less likely to go to jail or prison than…
Hey, It’s 2018! UPDATED
UPDATED. In Solidarity! In cities across the country today from New York to California, women (and some men) walked out of their jobs, homes and schools in support of accusers of Trump Supreme Court…
Graham: Kavanaugh Did It As A Teenager, It’s Not Relevant
Holier-than-thou “christian” leader Franklin Graham preached to that other sicko Pat Robertson that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh should get a pass because somebody brought up a ‘something’ - the something being accusations of…
Let’s Go To The Video…
Chaos, Crisis And The Collapse Of Democracy. Part Deux
Leaders are a danger to democracy if they have weak commitments to democratic rules, if they deny opponents legitimacy, if they insinuate or tolerate violence, if they show willingness to curb civil liberties, if…
Chaos, Crisis And The Collapse Of Democracy
Propaganda seeks to create in the public a chronic sense of crisis, which in turn justifies the expansion of executive power and the secrecy surrounding it. The executive then asserts his “presidential” qualities by…
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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