Who else is livid over the disrespect shown to Ketanji Brown Jackson during these hearings?
I have to hand it to Ketanji Brown Jackson. She’s a better person than I am. Granted, that’s not a high bar. She went to Harvard...
Ukraine Invasion Day 21: both sides have 90% of combat power available in a violent 'pause'
The war continues with Russian troops hiding among hospital facilities in the south using staff as cover or shields. They exhibit slow progress toward Kiev even...
Opinion: Tucker Needs his Racist Binky
Tucker Carlson tried softening the ground for right-wing acceptance of Russia’s invasion into Ukraine months ago. Carlson televised a week’s worth of show’s from Budapest,...
Go Eastman, young John. But that's not my advice even if I wrote it in two memos.
“Slammer Time” may be on the horizon. It won’t be about the DoJ looking backward or forward, but looking inward to do something historical to...
“One of the many Marx toys, have you all of them?” part #16 Ricky and Lucy
This is the sixth set of notes for a reading group on Marx’s Capital, and includes a Volume I refresher for further reading of Volume...
cheeseheads in Wisconsin GOP Assembly vote to end 'patriarchy' by banning its K-12 mention
Beetle-Juice Three Times. Thank Jeebus that cheesehead is not banned from primary and secondary schools in Wisconsin. Because nothing says “Freedom” and “Liberty” like being the...
Opinion: That Swirling Sound is the Republican Party
Voting for the current crop of Republicans is like brushing your teeth with the water running. It is a waste of resources, has no purpose,...
The American People?
With roughly a third of Americans who identify themselves as Republicans, the party bombards us with the term American People at every utterance. With almost...
Mountainous West Virginia leads the nation in crippling flash floods risk from climate change.
"No, no. There's 52 senators who don't agree, okay, and there's two that want to work something out if possible in a most rational reasonable...
Chevron, not the DOJ, prosecutes a human rights activist, successfully sentencing him to prison.
"Today's sentencing of human rights lawyer Steven Donziger should be front-page news ringing alarm bells anywhere people are concerned about democracy, abuses of corporate power,...
Opinion: Betrayal, Stupidity, and Enlightenment
I have rolled a question around in my head for months; why are Republicans so mean? I have concluded that it is not meanness, it...
Frozen by Inaction
Yes, everyone has the right to swing their fist; but no one has the right to swing their fist at my nose. The previous statement...
A Militia By Any Other Name
Asking a rhetorical question; Is there an ongoing social experiment in this country that has continually pigeon-holed Black people and left the cage open for...
End the corporate healthcare scam, Eddie Glaude tells a Democratic truth, Katie Porter v. Manchin
Corporate Healthcare is a clear and present danger. Dr. Eddie Glaude points out a Democratic truth. Katie Porter puts Manchin in his place. Eddie Glaude...
Dr. Eddie Glaude points the unfortunate truth about Democratic leadership Change this, and we win.
Dr. Eddie Glaude points out that Democrats lose when they act like scorned lovers as they neglect parts of their base for others. Dr. Eddie...
The Myths of Defiance by the GOP
Paraphrasing Pvt. Sam Watkins, 1st Tennessee, Co. H. ‘America has no north, no south, no east, no west,’ those words could apply to the pandemic....
See why our COVID disaster’s caused by our greedy, immoral economic system & bought politicians
The COVID pandemic provides all the proof America needs that healthcare does not belong under the control of for-profit corporations. COVID exposed why our system...
The Nazis Burned Books: America is Burning Science
…suppressing your opposition with power; strong regimentation of society and economy, and dictatorial power- Fascism In the collegial setting, politics is taught as a science....
Ideology Over Country
The media should set an example for public discourse. No, I do not mean shaping a monolith of Democratic or Republican philosophy, we have that...
Opinion: Sorting Through the Garbage
I took a moment, in the interest of “fair and balanced” reporting, to tune into Fox News’ coverage of the opening of the 1/6 Committee...
If I Can’t Have Her…
The misplaced displays of so-called love for the U.S. by Republicans will eventually strangle her to death. We heard evidence of that in the opening...
The Cognitive Dissonance of Guns, Bibles and the Vaccine
Reminiscent of the unfounded fears spread around by conservatives about the Affordable Care Act and “death panels,” President Biden’s call for a door-to-door educational program...
Why must I Wait?
I was born in the 1950s when it was not illegal for black people in the south to vote—it was suicide. Pseudo-laws, tests, intimidation, hoods,...
Joe Biden and Newt Gingrich: the Unlikely Comparison that will help us respond to a more polarizing climate
Before 2016 if you told most Americans that Donald Trump would become president, they would have laughed or thought you were joking. The outspoken businessman...
Trump Organization criminal charges coming, because its lawyers are “outraged”
It begins...more likely prosecution of Trump corporate tax fraud coming first because it'll always be about strong cases. https://twitter.com/Morning_Joe/status/1409463617607671809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw The Trump Organization is expected to...
The Uighur Genocide
What is the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the words, terrorism? 9/11? ISIS? The Taliban? While these examples are certainly just,...
Black Defense Secretary asked if the military is racist then treated with racist disregard.
Senator Tom Cotton attempted to force the new Black Defense Secretary to claim the military he runs is not racist. He handled him well. Black...
Trump’s exoneration in report about violent clearing of Lafayette Square points to needed DOJ purge
This week a DOJ report seemed to exonerate Trump from the assault on protestors in Lafayette Square. A DOJ purge of Trump sympathizers is a...
The backlashes to critical race theory leave scars: racism is never funny, even if ignorance is.
Florida bans its schools from teaching critical race theory On Thursday, Florida's State Board of Education unanimously voted in favor of an amendment banning the...
The question needs to be asked, repeatedly: Why do Republicans want to inspect children's genitals?
It’s sick. So, so sick. But that’s what Republicans are all about these days: inspecting children’s genitals. It’s pretty much all they talk about—when they’re...
Stephen Miller pimps the GQP state agendas with 'America Legal First'
Stephen Miller runs a new RWNJ lobbying group for the voter suppression agenda at the state level. It features some of the usual grifting suspects from...
How to pay for Biden's infrastructure plan 101: Collect taxes due.
This is not new taxation, this is merely collecting what is due. By Timothy F. Geithner, Jacob J. Lew, Henry M. Paulson Jr., Robert E....
The Scary Prospect of ENABLING
It is usually a minefield of critical backlash, and what about(s), when you compare the oppression of Jews to the descendants of enslaved Africans in...
The Threats to American Democracy
I don’t know if this statement has been diarized, my apologies, but it bears repeating often, so if anyone missed it. The Threats to American...
Two armed children engaged in violent AK-47 shootout with Florida police
A 12-year-old boy with an AK-47 and a 14-year-old girl were arrested after allegedly shooting at cops while boasting "it's like Grand Theft Auto." Florida...
Ron DeathSantis and his ships of fools, forcing cruises for Unvaccinated Passengers
Remember when denying wedding cakes to gay people was about freedom? https://twitter.com/nycjim/status/1398974933640810497?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Now we are facing a different kind of conflict between freedom of contract...
Pillow Man reportedly stranded Kristi Noem in Nashville after getting tossed from governors meeting
The most disturbing part about this story is that MyPillow guy Mike Lindell still has a jet. Why hasn’t he been sued into a lukewarm...
Previous guy's an alien, “…because when you're a star they let you do it”
Former President Trump ordered the Pentagon to release all of its information on "unidentified aerial phenomena" (UAP) within 18 days in his last coronavirus relief bill...
There is no law left in this country
When people who are supposed to be governing, half of the country is being abused. I know some personal things happening from deep red...
13-year-old rape and incest victim would have been out of luck under Texas' new abortion law
A few years ago, a pro-choice science fiction author named Patrick S. Tomlinson challenged anti-choicers about their priorities when it came to protecting human life....
Disagreements cancel Monday's main event commemorating the Tulsa race massacre of 1921.
Critical Race Practice. Organizers have canceled plans for an afternoon of speeches and performances commemorating the centennial on Monday of the Tulsa massacre. This reminds us...
Political Writing Contest
Hello, My name is Saumya Gilra and I am a studying Law and Political Science at University at Buffalo. I was having some trouble registering...
Godwin’s Law, MTG and the GOP
The simplest explanation for lawyer Michael Godwin’s law is that the longer a debate or disagreement extends, it will eventually devolve into an unfounded comparison...
EU considers sanctions on Belarus national airline after 'state-sponsored air piracy'
The US calls it “forced diversion” and the EU uses “State Hijacking”. Belarus’s Lukashenko regime resembles a successful 1/6 with rogue international behavior, martial law and questionable elections,...
Oklahoma, where the wind comes sweeping down the Critical Race theory
Oklahoma’s right-wing politicians would like to erase history because that’s what they do, whether it’s the omission of facts or rewriting them to favor those...
Conservative pundit on Velshi explains why GOP politicians rile up supporters on nonsensical issues.
As usual, Ali Velshi delves deeper into the flesh. While most laugh at Alabama yoga silliness, he used Jennifer Rubin to explain the reality. This...
McCarthy's district benefits the most from the progressive bills he opposes. We can flip it!
Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy represents one of the poorest districts in California, yet he opposes relief for his constituents. We must rid the House of...
McConnell now opposes the January 6 commission after Trump demanded he oppose it
Bait and switch: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) publicly announced his opposition Wednesday to a 9/11-style commission. Pretty much where we were when previous...
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How/Why Unilateral Disengagement became an Oppressive/Enforced Segregation [In defence of AOC].
Some historical terms should not be used lightly. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez used the term Apartheid to describe the Israel/Palestine reality, this shocked some people. I hate...
