The Big Lie Or The Truth. Decisions, Decisions   Tuesday, 19 January 2021: "The mob was fed lies, they were provoked by [Trump]." Senator Mitch McConnell on the Senate floor. Tuesday, 18 May 2021:…
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Republicans don't like it when voting is easy for U.S. citizens. Because, as we all know, when casting a vote is unrestricted, Democrats out-vote Republicans. So, Republicans, especially at the state level, are passing…

Angela Davis. H.L. Mencken. Adlai Stevenson.   I think the importance of doing activist work is precisely because it allows you to give back and to consider yourself not as a single individual who…

Enemies Of The People   It’s hard to overstate how dangerous this is, and what its consequences might entail in the very near future. As Greg Sargent notes, the 'GOP appears to be plunging…

  Lindsey Graham: Sick, Twisted, Flat Out POS Coward   Can we move forward without President Trump? The answer is no. I’ve always liked Liz Cheney but she’s made a determination that the Republican…

World Press Freedom Day   'Startling Extent of Police Violence Against Journalists' Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press released its annual report on the state of press freedom in the U.S. 5 Takeaways:…

Happy May Day   International Workers’ Day was established to honour lives lost at the Haymarket Affair / Haymarket Massacre that took place in Chicago on May 4, 1886. The confrontation between police and…

We, Us All, Must Now Speak Out   While a partial or full reversal of the high court's landmark 1973 ruling would impact the rights of all people who are capable of becoming pregnant,…

"With All Due Respect" Voting rights warrior Stacey Abrams proves once again that she is not someone who comes to your Q & A meeting unprepared. She proves, once again, that she is not…

As a paid speaker at the extreme rightwing Young America’s Foundation’s recent summit, former US senator, current CNN commentator, and ignorant racist POS Rick Santorum declared: "We birthed a nation from nothing. I mean,…

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a gun law case challenging New York law which prohibits carrying concealed handguns outside the home without a license. This post is just one of many offering a…

After watching the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing where Democratic voting rights activist Stacey Abrams schools Republicans on systemic voter suppression in this country, I scrolled through my folders holding files related to this…

New Approaches Needed to Address Ongoing Police Abuse By Human Rights Watch   A Minnesota jury has properly convicted former officer Derek Chauvin of second-degree murder for the killing of George Floyd on May…

Ieshia Evans Getting Confrontational   Ieshia Evans is facing straight on a large number of heavily-armed police at a Black Lives Matter protest in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in 2016 following the shooting (multiple times)…

Florida Gov Ron DeSantis Signs Bill Making Protest A Crime, Allowing Drivers To Run Down Protesters. It's clear this bill is the foundation upon which DeSantis will build his 2022 reelection campaign with a…

White Guy Drags Cop, Lives To Talk About It ........   A 61-year-old white guy from Hutchinson, Minnesota didn't like being told to wear a mask while he was in a home improvement/tools store…

2nd Lieutenant Caron Nazario, Active Duty, U.S. Army Medical Corps. Pulled over on bogus traffic stop in Windsor, Virginia. Guns pointed directly at him at close range by two cops. Taunted with execution slang.…

Questions and Answers   On morning, noon, evening and nightime talk-news shows, recent conversations have centered on the Republican Party's absolute opposition to any and all of the Biden agenda. The leading question among…

Hypocrite of the year award, and there's no close second, goes to Republican Senator Mitch McConnell for lecturing corporate CEOs for speaking out against, and one taking direct action against, voter suppression laws in…

To date, a few well known large corporations have released public statements voicing opposition, in varying degrees, to the voter suppression laws being enacted in Republican controlled states across the country. At last count…

Looks Familiar (Except For The Masks)   "Sick" and "Un-American"   Georgia governor Brian Kemp signs 95 page GOP voter suppression bill less than two hours after Georgia's Republican lawmakers gave final approval to…