Author: craigshields

Does anyone think the people who re-elected Donald Trump could possibly give a damn about his ripping off his non-profit that purportedly fought against childhood cancer? This is part of his very DNA, and his supporters rejoice in it. With …

Trump’s “Shocking Pattern of Illegality” Read More »

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Shakespeare wrote about “the quality of mercy.” Here in the 21st Century America under Donald Trump, it might just cost you your U.S. citizenship.

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There is a vast difference between the demographic of “working families” and the uber-wealthy, the two groups that re-elected Trump.  In particular: Working families tend to be poorly educated, a phenomenon that’s only getting worse with each passing year.   Too …

Help for Working Families Read More »

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If I were to show this to a science classroom of high school students who have B-or-better grades, the majority of them would understand instantly that this is just one example of the onslaught of misinformation that is circulating around …

Misinformation: Who Profits from Making the U.S. Dumber? Read More »

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If you take the damage Trump inflicted on our country (and the rest of the world) yesterday and multiply it by the number of days in four years, you get a startlingly large amount.  Yet it’s finite, and more to …

Trump: Is There a Limit to the Damage He Will Do? Read More »

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There is no way of knowing the degree to which the meme here describes Trump’s true motivation for his despicable act, but there is no doubt that today there are millions of armed, hateful morons in this country who feel …

Trump Pardons Insurrectionists Read More »

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Bernie Sanders delivers the truth about the real power structure in the United States, and adds, “We must fight back.”

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From her Wikipedia page: Heather Cox Richardson is an American historian. She is a professor of history at Boston College, where she teaches courses on the American Civil War, the Reconstruction Era, the American West, and the Plains Indians. She …

Pardoning the Cop Beaters Read More »

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I thought these people where the salt of the Earth.  True patriots who observed a day of pure love.  Are you saying that perhaps we’ve been misled?

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I would say it’s largely disinformation campaigns that focus on poorly educated Americans. You won’t find Europeans who believe that climate change is a hoax or that COVID-19 was planned and implemented by some government. In the same vein, you …

Distrust of Science Read More »

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