Chris Murphy, the junior senator from Connecticut, reminds us of a younger Bernie Sanders, in that he is simply a good, honest human being who represents the interests of the people of the United States.
Unfortunately, most of what we read from him, like the piece below, makes us angry. Congress has so much power and commonly uses it to obstruct opponents’ progress. 
When I speak with my 95-year-old mom every few days, the conversation ultimately gets into politics, and we’re both amazed that how little each other knows about the hottest topics. The reason for this, of course, is that we follow news sources that are at odds with one another on the subjects they feature.
Here’s an example: For the first time in U.S. history, we have a supreme court justice who is clearly corrupt. Clarence Thomas voted to impede a congressional investigation in which his wife is involved. I would have thought this would have at least been worth a mention, even if it followed the stock prices and baseball scores.
At left is the reason the word “pathological” is used to describe his lying.
There is no reason for him to make this claim. All it does is to shine a spotlight on his dishonesty.
Everybody lies, but sane people do it only when required, and really hate it.
This from American political journalist and author David Corn.
We all know that, when it comes to Trump, there is no bottom. And that’s because he has the support of tens of millions of people who simply don’t care that he has no bottom. In fact, they admire ruthless strongmen who always get their way, and they have no sense of ethics or integrity.
We Americans are good at politicizing everything and debating things that really only have one side. The Russian invasion of Ukraine is a good example, but it’s only one of hundreds.
What about environmental issues? It’s common for conservatives to say that things like clean energy and transportation are job killers, but is there any evidence of that? Suppose we decide to phase out fossil fuels in favor of renewable energy sources. Sure, there are about 80,000 people involved in coal mining, but there are already 230,000 Americans (6.5 million worldwide) employed in the solar industry alone, and that number is growing by the day.
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Jean de La Bruyère was a 17th Century French philosopher who made a very interesting remark about the (apparently few) people of the day whose only pleasure was the acquisition of money.
I’m afraid I have bad news for Jean’s eternal spirit about the state of humankind as it exists today, 400 years later, at least in America. Here and now, those who derive pleasure by living virtuous lives are extremely rare.
When my kids were in their teens , we used to have discussions about the things that were important to them. At a certain point, they told me that money was the only thing that counted in their adolescent social lives. I asked, “Don’t things like honesty and kindness matter?” They said, “Dad, you’re from a different point in history.” I suppose so.
In principle, you’re right. In practice, we need to recall that, on the campaign trail, a smiling Mike Pence famously said, “I’m a Christian, an American, and a Republican — in that order.”
Now, what effects that actually caused to our country and the world is a matter of debate. It was clearly a branding statement to Christian voters.
The corruption in the ultra-right wing is so pervasive that it will take an enormous amount of time, energy, and resources that could have been spent addressing other problems, but we need to start somewhere. Thanks to AOC for leading the charge here.
People are worried about a “red wave” in the midterms. Really? How much appetite does the average American have for blatant, hardcore criminality like this?
Key points from this CNBC article include:
– Ex-President Donald Trump likely broke the law by “corruptly” attempting to obstruct the confirmation of Joe Biden’s Electoral College win by Congress on Jan. 6, 2021, a federal judge said.
– Judge David Carter wrote that Trump with his ally, lawyer John Eastman, “launched a campaign to overturn a democratic election, an action unprecedented in American history.”
I still don’t understand the use of the adverb “likely.” What about “clearly” or “obviously?”
Regardless of the chain of events leading up to and including January 6th, Trump is on tape bullying Georgia’s Secretary of State in an effort to “find” votes that did not exist.
The time has come.
