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 …
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Trump More Controversial Than Ever
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 …
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Some Things Are Looking Up
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 …
Tagged with: Citizens United
We’re Not a Very Refined People
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 …
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Trumpism and the Republican Party
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? …
Tagged with: Big Lie
Herschel Walker in a Run-Off
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 …
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Honesty in U.S. Politics
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 …
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What We Learned from the U.S. Midterm Elections
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 …
Tagged with: Donald Trump unfounded claims of massive voter fraud
Things That Matter
Oh, let’s not be too hasty here. If gasoline goes up 50 cents per gallon, it will have a temporary negative affect on the personal economy of some Americans. Who cares if we wake up one day to find that …
America: Where’s This Going?
From an old friend: Today is the day we learn how many of our fellow citizens will be cool with authoritarian rule if it just lowers the price of gas 25 cents or so a gallon and bumps the Dow …
Tagged with: future of American democracy
