The Trump administration’s indictment of Julian Assange under the Espionage Act of 1917 is “a fundamental threat to press freedom in the 21st century”. Freedom of the Press Foundation Executive Director Trevor Timm issued…
Texas GOP Pushing Bill To Keep Dem Voters Away From Ballot Box
It is voter suppression pure and simple A direct hit on populations that don’t have easy access to a voting location in their neighborhoods or they don’t have access to transportation (more…)
20 Tweets To Impeach
In 20 Tweets Conservative Republican From Michigan Offers Blueprint For Impeachment. Rep. Justin Amash (Verified account @justinamash) * Mueller’s report describes a consistent effort by the president to use his office to obstruct or…
When An Image Tells The Story: White House Edition
Burning Question
Robert Scheer, Editor in Chief at Truthdig.com Asks: Has Freedom of the Press Become an Illusion? Scheer, who has argued in the past that the persecution of [Julian] Assange endangers journalism as we know it, points…
Monday Ménage
Katha Pollitt. Maya Angelou. Sojourner Truth. Even if we all decided to define personhood to include fertilized eggs and embryos and fetuses, they would not have the right to use a woman’s body…
Again and Again and…
Mothers Day 2019
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Yeah, He Was There…
Boston Red Sox Manager Alex Cora Did Go To The White House
A Way Forward
That all beings are great and all are part of and responsible to the Whole is a world view based on the concept of Reciprocity and one which is fundamental to the Haudenosaunee of…
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. ...…
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”. …
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,…
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.
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…
Never Forget: 19 April 1995
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…
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?
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…
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…













