Here’s an article I won’t be reading, because the answer to the question is so obvious: her voting base loves her racism. It’s the chicken-and-the-egg principle at work in politics. MTG can hardly be called the cause of the ignorance …
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Assuming that Trump is ultimately unsuccessful in overthrowing the U.S. federal government, there will be an ongoing conversation about the content of the meme here. We will never stop wondering how it was possible that a man who was roundly …
As I told my mom on the phone last night: I’m ashamed and embarrassed to call myself an American. This didn’t need to happen. When I was a small boy, Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower was president. He was a principled …
In response to the meme here, an appropriate response might be: says who? This is what the Christian right, i.e., the followers of the Republican Jesus, does every day of the week.
From Aldous Huxley: “The greater part of the population is not very intelligent, dreads responsibility, and desires nothing better than to be told what to do. Provided the rulers do not interfere with its material comforts and its cherished beliefs, …
Here’s Bobby Kennedy’s assertion on our society’s resistance to change. He certainly nailed something important, but I would argue that what we’re looking at now, several decades after his death, has a far uglier and meaner look on its face. …
So the laws of the land apply to every one of us–except for the single most powerful? And that sounds like the underpinnings of a democracy? He really is putting this country through hell.
A reader points out: (Trump) will most likely leave the country to avoid prison. One would certainly think. Outside of a person facing execution, it’s hard to imagine a greater flight risk.
In the last year, the percentage of Republicans who want to see a full accounting for the events of January 6, 2021 has fallen from 27% to 13%. The vast majority of the GOP simply wants to “let this go.” …
Here’s a guy selling a perpetual motion machine (see photo at left) that I’ve seen frequently on social media. For the life of me, I can’t understand why this fraudster isn’t in prison.
