Why We’re in Deep Bandini
The photo here offers a full and complete explanation of how the United States found itself teetering on the edge of losing its democracy.
Anti-Vax Diatribe Cuts Like a Knife
I don’t understand spoken Spanish well enough to offer a translation, but seriously, would that add any value to this guy’s presentation? He’s scolding “anti-vaxxers,” referring to them as “morons”; that’s all I can tell you.
Tagged with: anti-vaxxers
The Seismic Force of the Freedom to Vote Act
Not a bad time to review the Freedom to Vote Act.
If this happens, the people of the United States will actually have a powerful voice in the way they are governed.
It will be a true catastrophe for all the forces of corruption and hate.
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Good News from Georgia, But It Could Be Better
Always good to see things like this, but remember, this is Georgia, the state in which the most senior election official recorded a call in which the then-president threated criminal charges unless he was (somehow) awarded an extra 11,780 votes.
We don’t want him “blasted,” we want him indicted.
Tagged with: Trump Indicted
The Psychological Underpinnings of U.S. Politics
Sci-fi great Robert Heinlein has put his finger on something that may help us understand how it was possible for the Republican party in the United States to squirt so far and so fast to the ultra-right. Does all this racism, hate, exclusion, cruelty, lying, cheating, and denial of science make any rational sense? Can arguing against these people be effective? Of course not.
But as Heinlein put it, all these positions appeal to their “prejudices.”
Can Conservatives Mitigate Climate Change?
Bob Inglis is one of the more interesting characters in American politics. A moderate Republican from South Carolina who served six terms in the House before the Tea Party removed him from office in 2010, Inglis was perhaps the only person in his party who embraced the science of global warming and overtly wanted to make climate change mitigation an important part of his platform.
Cleverly dubbed “the Al Gore of the Republican Party,” he stood no chance against his opponents who easily convinced voters that Inglis has simply flipped to the other side.
Now that Inglis is no longer in politics, he’s taken to promoting what he claims to be addressing climate change with conservative business principles, as expressed in the podcast linked here.
Do I agree that this is possible? If I answered that question in this space, readers would have no reason to listen to the podcast, and so I’ll “hide” my response here.
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U.S. Army To Protect Us from Domestic Terrorists
A right-wing reader sent me this video describing what the United States is doing to protect itself against domestic terrorists. The U.S. Army is working hard to train itself in the tactics of guerrilla warfare.
Apparently, this reader doesn’t understand that the people that the Army is defending against is the right-wing extremists, e.g., the Oath Keepers, the Proud Boys, the other white nationalists and the Trump MAGA cultists who threatened to overthrow the U.S. government.
Of course, this task is getting easier by the day, as these folks are getting shuffled off to prison.
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The Many Benefits of the Transition to Renewable Energy
Bill McKibben’s post here is a reminder of the many virtuous cycles that derive from phasing out fossil fuels.
It’s just another example that goes along with job growth, reductions in healthcare costs, and the innumerable savings in environmental clean-up.
Tagged with: transition to renewable energy
Corporatocracy Takes Its Toll
There is a lot to love about the United States, which is why when people in developing parts of the world are asked where they’d like to live, they name the U.S. far more frequently than any other nation on Earth.
Where we get it wrong, however, is corporatocracy. American capitalism exists to extract wealth from the common person and hand it over to moneyed interests. (more…)
Now It’s REALLY Time to Answer: Is Anyone Above the Law?
The indictments for seditious conspiracy against 11 of the white supremacist “Oath Keepers” is good news for the American justice system, but it raises the stakes, heightening the imperative to go after those who attempted the coup from within the highest ranks of the executive and legislative branches. (more…)
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