Twain’s thoughts here apply nicely to U.S. politics in the era of the Big Lie, QAnon, and all other related points of stupidity in American life. And, for a while, it appeared that this is what was keeping Trump afloat …
Trump’s on His Way Out, and That’s a Function of Money Read More »
My mom, a life-long Republican, asked me what I thought of the midterm election results, to which I replied, “My take is that the GOP is in an awkward transition period as it expels Trump and tries to re-establish itself …
Trump and the Republican Party–Going Separate Ways, But When? Read More »
The meme here expresses exactly what more and more Republicans are realizing to their horror. It was never about “America first”; it was about the well-being of one man, who’s now walking through a land of disgrace, on his way …
I’ve been wondering why discussion about politics have gotten so toxic, so unapproachable. Doesn’t it seem that, even while Trump was president, civil people could have some sort of peaceful conversation about him? Why is everyone so tense about this …
Jair Bolsonaro’s loss in Brazil and various aspects of the 2022 midterms here in the U.S. stand out as bright spots in terms of dealing with the trend to fascism/nationalism around the world. On a related matter, it’s gratifying that …
I’m still struggling to understand how half the nation voted for terrorism, gutting Social Security and Medicare, and banning abortion. We’re a very coarse bunch of people at this point. We’re closer to Iran or Syria than we are to …
Sure would be good to see this in action. The sketchy performance of Trump’s endorsements in the midterms combined with his legal woes seem to indicate that he’s going down hard. But is he taking the whole GOP with him? …
This from a reader. I don’t think anyone is kidding himself about the candidate’s astonishing lack of intelligence, or his capacity to do anything for the people of Georgia. If he’s elected, God help us, he’s there to do what …
At a certain level, the 2022 midterms were a referendum on honesty, at least as far as the voter fraud myth was concerned; most of the purveyors of the Big Lie got clobbered. Yet that doesn’t mean we’ve moved into …
One take-away from the midterms is that election denialism appears to be on its way out. Of the 300+ proponents of the Big Lie who were on some ballot somewhere, the vast majority lost, and, with the possible exception of …
