What the House select committee is doing and how it’s doing it are certainly true, but why it’s doing it is unclear. Most Americans hope that Merrick Garland and his people are conducting their own investigation simultaneously, and that the …
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Americans’ Religious Sensibilities–Really?
About 40% of our readers live outside of U.S. borders, and unless they happen to be particularly attuned to the nuances of American demographics, they will have little response to the accuracy of the map below. About which, I would …
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Looking for a Strange Place with Ultra-Right Wing Lawmaking? Check Out Florida
Is life in Florida any more irrational and stupid than it is in any other state in the deep south, Oklahoma or West Virginia? That’s not clear, but from all the news that comes cascading down on us on a …
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Despite the Heartburn, Trump Has Given Us More Than a Few Good Laughs
If it weren’t for all the damage Donald Trump has done to our nation, we could all have some mighty fine laughs. Here’s the 45th President of the United States announcing the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of …
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We’re Not Even Trying to Hide the Corruption
How, precisely, has American political life changed over the past five years? One of the most glaring differences is corruption in the U.S. federal government. Oh, it has existed, at least since before any one of us was born. But …
Why Republicans Are Strangling Public Education
Re: the meme here, a reader asks: How do you convince Republicans that their children are being disenfranchised because their party wants to starve public education out for the sake of privatization? You don’t. Two responses: Wealthy Republicans understand that …
There ARE Decent Republicans, But …..
Adam Kinzinger is a rare bird. Yet I would argue that the Republicans, at least since Eisenhower, have had no real interest in “helping the American people,” unless by that you mean “helping well-off white Christian Americans.” In any case, …
A Reunified America?
How possible is this, given that we live in a country where half the country believes the Big Lie and rejects science? Let’s recognize that the country was never truly homogeneous, but is there a path towards some workable level …
Clarence Thomas and Corruption in the Supreme Court
The idea that the U.S. Supreme Court justices are apolitical is a joke. Clarence Thomas’ wife Virginia is a vocal right-wing activist, who cheered on the January 6th insurrectionists, while claiming that America is in existential danger because of the …
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Trump Was “Wrong”
The word wrong here means incorrect. The most important sense of the word wrong when it comes to Trump is unlawful, illicit, dishonorable, corrupt, unethical, foul, and immoral. I’m sure Pence knew this from the start of his relationship with …
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