I Ask For a Ceasefire.
Could we all just take a few moments, access our current political mess, and maybe have a ceasefire among those who resist Trump and his policies? As to my meager … Read More
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I think I've twigged to who two of Mueller's “secret” witnesses against Manafort are.
Is this more fun than the original barrel that all of those monkeys came in, or what? Ever since it was unveiled by prosecutors that there are up to five … Read More
What to Do Before the Midterms?
Is there anything we as progressives and Americans can do about the traitor Trump that we are not already doing? I’m not asking this as some rhetorical question. I realize … Read More
Democratic Congressional Candidate Amy McGrath Does Not Mince Words.
Democrat Amy McGrath is running against Republican Congressman Andy Barr in Kentucky’s 6th Congressional District, and McGrath had plenty to say about Trump and his lovefest with Putin. “Today, the … Read More
Republican Congressman Barr of KY Hopes for “The Art of The Deal” with Tariffs.
The Financial Times has this article about the bourbon industry in Kentucky and Trump’s trade war with the rest of the world. And Kentucky Republicans, especially Congressman Barr from the … Read More
The War on Tesla, Musk, and the Fight for the Future
Upfront: If you think that anything is justified against a person simply because that person is wealthy, this is not an article for you. If you think it’s okay to … Read More
Publix Just Went All In With the NRA and Bigotry. Parkland Survivor Calls Them Out.
If you live in Florida, you know Publix. It’s a large, regional grocery chain with the overwhelming majority of its stores located here in the Sunshine State. It’s typically more … Read More
Justice Gorsuch must recuse himself from Russia litigation and should resign if collusion is proved
As we all know, Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch was only confirmed to the Supreme Court after, and as a result of, an unprecedented Republican embargo against President Obama’s nomination of … Read More
Why there's more to come: Mueller and Russia
The Republicans are circling their wagons today and dancing a little dance of joy because Mueller issued an indictment that doesn’t, in fact, directly implicate any Americans as anything except … Read More
The real State of our Union is in peril
This morning, the morning after President Donald John Trump gave the constitutionally-mandated State of the Union address, not since the Civil War has the state of our Union been in … Read More
Elections in Iceland Liveblog: On The Head of a Pin
Saturday, October 28th: it’s election day here in Iceland. Always a Saturday, because what sort of country would schedule elections on a working day? Seriously, people! 😉 Some background information: … Read More
Trump requiring Puerto Rico evacuees to pay transportation costs.
UPDATE: The Hill seems to have been premature in its reporting, and/or didn’t fact check. While it is true that people evacuated from foreign soil by the US State Department … Read More
Unprecedented spite: The American carnage of the GOP health care bill
In December 2003, Democrats in Congress overwhelmingly opposed President Bush’s Medicare Part D prescription drug program. With good reason. The new benefit included the infamous “donut hole,” a gap in … Read More
Ask your Senator if Trumpcara™ is right for you
Are you ashamed to be seen with your healthcare bill? Do you fear facing your own constituents? Are you plagued by feelings of dread and mild nausea at the thought of disappointing … Read More
How America holds its expats hostage on tax day
You’re probably by now used to maps in which the US is one of just a handful of countries colour-coded for “countries that do X”, where X is something that … Read More
One year since Gov. Snyder admitted the #FlintWaterCrisis, only 0.7% of lead service lines replaced
Cross posted from Eclectablog.com. At the Michigan Nurses Association conference taking place in Lansing this week, residents of Flint got up to talk about the ongoing catastrophe happening in their city … Read More
Are There Other Options? Pt. 4
Now consider another related trait implicated in our divide over reality: the ‘need for cognitive closure.’ This describes discomfort with uncertainty and a desire to resolve it into a firm … Read More
Partisanship: The Bottom Line
We may view ourselves as belonging to certain groups with what we perceive to be clear boundaries and conditions for inclusion. But in the end, we each share an arguably … Read More
World Economy and Austerity: Davos. Be Prepared For Another Crash?
There is plenty of doom and gloom at Davos and it could be we are due for another cyclical piece of devastation. Harvard professor Kenneth Rogoff said the fear in … Read More
Utter Madness
This is not the politics of envy, this is utter madness Runaway inequality has created a world where 62 people own as much as the poorest half of the world's … Read More
Dear People of Michigan: We Told You So
This blog originally appeared on Up North Progressive Can we revoke Directive 4 on The Nerd yet? Back in 2011, when an unknown, nerdy former chairman of the board of … Read More
NY Times “The Center-Right Moment.” In fact it's Dirty Tricks and racism that beat the Left
David Brooks states the issue properly: Given the financial crisis, widening inequality, the unpopularity of the right’s stances on social issues and immigration, you would have thought that progressive parties … Read More
United Kingdom: UKIP false flag is decisive to outcome (13% of vote moves 30 to 40 seats to Tories)
Recalculating the UK 2015 election vote to remove UKIP impact, the Conservative Party majority victory (329 seats) goes down to at best a 318-308 loss to Labour/SNP coalition. One helluva … Read More
GoFundMe: Michigan couple seeks to prove that pizza lovers support marriage equality, not bigotry
Originally posted at Eclectablog. When the owner of Memories Pizza in Indiana recently told reporters that she would refuse to bake pies for wedding receptions if the couple were gay … Read More
Nusrah Front's top general Abu Hammam al-Shami killed in Syria
Nusrah Front/al-Qaeda in Syria lost its military commander and another dozen of its regional leaders. Coalition air power was able to act on detailed intelligence reports to hit the right … Read More
R.I.P. Florence Cioffi — Wall Street's Most Infamous Killing ::REPOST
This diary spun through last night. For a reminder that nothing much has changed…. January 25th was the seventh anniversary of the slaughter of a Manhattan office worker, Florence Cioffi. … Read More
“Islamic” versus “Islamist.” Republicans and Israel's Likudniks do their damnedest to help ISIS
“Extremist Islamic Terrorists” An oxymoron. “Islamic” is the generic term for all things Muslim. Used properly it applies to practicing Muslims regardless of country, sect, race, or sex. The murderer, … Read More
Allen Park, MI, where “City Admin.”, “Emergency Mgr”, & “Dictator” all mean the same
Originally posted at Eclectablog. This past week, the City Council of Allen Park voted to fire their City Administrator Karen Folks. Why? Because she has essentially made herself the dictator … Read More
BREAKING: Chris Christie appoints “Detroit-style” Emergency Manager for Atlantic City
Originally posted at Eclectablog. Back in November, I wrote about New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie considering the possibility of appointing an Emergency Manager for Atlantic City which has faced a … Read More
Media Bias is 25 Sports Writers and Zero Environment Reporters
Any news outlet that distributes information unflattering to Republicans or views out of step with conservative ideology will be hounded with cries of “liberal media bias.” The badgering will continue … Read More
AN OPEN LETTER TO THE ILLINOIS ATTORNEY GENERAL
Dear Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan: I realize the state of Michigan is out of your jurisdiction, but I wanted to bring to your attention that one of your citizens … Read More
Harry Truman, Obama and Thomas Frank's Disillusionment
Thomas Frank has an interesting column in Salon that typifies the cynical view of Obama by speculating what his Presidential library might look like. Republicans in Congress want to make … Read More
Nobody Likes Being A Guinea Pig
Especially when they know they're being used as a guinea pig against their own best interests. Guinea Pigs used in research never end up living happier, healthier lives either. The … Read More
Being Homeless With Kids
Again, I’ve been asked, “Where has Jenny been?” As always, I struggle with answering these kinds of questions. I suppose that a person who doesn’t bare her soul on the … Read More
I’m in…volunteering for our president
Saturday, I donated a couple hours of my time to Organizing for America, Pres. Obama’s grassroots volunteer movement for his re-election. I’ve been to several of these meetings, where I … Read More
