The unholy alliance between Donald Trump and the right-wing evangelical crusaders in America was always a marriage of political convenience. Trump, a profane, serial philandering, greedy, narcissistic, pathological liar, never really liked the religious chumps he suckered into backing him, and they never really liked him either. Click here to...
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The African American community, at-large, is in a conundrum. While flag-waving bigots and racists are up in arms, sometimes literally—à la January 6, government spying is real for Black Americans. The GOP has decided that the FBI and the DOJ have been weaponized against primarily insurrectionists and old white conservative...
The parents of Republican politicians must have taught their kids not to make the bed, sweep the dirt under the carpet, and that a little dried egg on the corner of the plate is okay. In the intervening days, since the Republican party was literally at each other’s throats on...
Every now and then the propaganda merchants at Fox News will, in a moment of weakness, reveal something genuine about themselves. More often than not it's something that most rational people already knew. And while it may not come as a surprise, it is nevertheless notable if only because they...
When director and writer Alfred Hitchcock advised other filmmakers with his filmmaking philosophy of back at the ranch, he envisioned two parallel tracks. We have been forced into watching the repeated defeats of California representative Kevin McCarthy for most of the week in his bid to become the Speaker of...
[NOTE: I’m reprising this story from yesterday because Fox News has elevated it to the top story on their website this morning] Click here to Tweet this article At the end of every year the media is filled with lists that they compile of significant people and events that made...
When former child protégé the late Billy Preston, affectionately known as the fifth Beatle, released Nothing from Nothing (leaves nothing) in 1974, it instantly became my theme song. As I have gotten older, my sensitivity, as well as my passion for politics, has grown. As a result, Billy Preston’s composition...
On Wednesday night Donald Trump posted a comment on his floundering Twitter ripoff, Truth Social, teasing a “MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT” coming on Thursday. The post declared that “America needs a superhero,” and included a picture of him as a Bizarro World cartoon crusader. Click here to Tweet this article Trump's fantasies...
I am a black man living in an urban city. Being in this skin, one must think about chance encounters with police going horribly wrong and street crime. To my chagrin, it is not unusual to hear gunshots at least once a month, but things are getting better. Homicides are...
Brittney Griner and her wife Cherelle are an American love story. Let us try a thought experiment. Instead of being a 6’9” basketball player and black lesbian, Brittney Griner is a five-foot-two (eyes of blue) white evangelical named Buffy with a business that refuses to serve the LBGTQ+ community. Further,...
Most of us have heard the tale of the frog in boiling water. If you try to put a frog in boiling water, it will hop out, but if you place it in the water and heat it slowly, it will sit and cook to death. The Republican party has...
Before I turn many of you off thinking this is some bible-thumping tirade, far from it. Sure biblical scholars and theologians will point out that misquoting the bible is a devilish trick. The often repeated bible verse “money is the root of all evil” is rightfully corrected to “ the...
The split in America is less about politics than—it is—politics becoming our lives. It is more about party alliances and tribal wars. It has reached such a crescendo that in January of 2021, it morphed into an armed insurrection at the nation’s citadel. Many seem incapable of allowing common sense...
The GOP keeps dropping their theocratic pants, and America gets mooned. Despite having no platform beyond trolling the Democratic party, and self-serving religious attacks disguised as culture clashes, America is sliding to the bottom of that shining city on the hill Republicans are so fond of talking about. Democrats have...
The military situation is not without progress as bombardment continues with little appreciable changes in position. Unfortunately civilians remain in the line of fire. Politics continues to be extended by war, and unfortunately, Putin is no Yuri Andropov, one of many who facilitated the violent suppressions in Hungary and Czechoslovakia. Russia’s advances...
O’Donnell challenged Vindman on supplying Ukrainians. Thom Hartmann discusses The History of Big Brother In America. Are we repeating COVID mistake? Thom Hartmann on Big Brother x YouTube Video Chat – Join Politics Done Right Live weekdays @ 11:00 AM Central Video Zoom: LINK — Live Calls: (346)248-7799 ID:254 0...
In his interview with Lawrence O’Donnell, Larry Summers exposed the inconvenient truth about inflation and much more; It is shameful. He makes it clear inflation is a fraud x x YouTube Video Watch Politics Done Right T.V. here. The main engine of our form of capitalism is essentially neoliberalism. This...
Tucker Carlson and Fox News are Putin propagandists. Clayvon Harris speaks on urban schools. Jen Psaki dings GOP on COVID relief but not hard enough. Clayvon Harris discusses urban schools x YouTube Video Chat – Join Politics Done Right Live weekdays @ 11:00 AM Central Video Zoom: LINK — Live...
I asked Thom Hartmann, host of the #1 Progressive Thom Hartmann show his thoughts on Ukraine/Russia/Putin. He said the dog caught the car. I think Thom Hartmann hit the nail on the head. x x YouTube Video Watch Politics Done Right T.V. here. Thom Hartmann visited Politics Done Right to...
Fox News’ Peter Doocy continues to challenge Jen Psaki. She used his disingenuous question on inflation to school him in economics. Jen Psaki schools Peter Doocy again. Now on inflation. x YouTube Video Watch Politics Done Right T.V. here. It has been evident that anytime any representative from the Fox...
Reputable and unreputable outlets instill in us that oil shortages justifying gasoline price hikes are justified. The price hikes are a fraud. Gasoline fraud x x YouTube Video Watch Politics Done Right T.V. here. As I watch the news about inflation and gasoline prices, the price of a barrel of...
I got a message from my KPFT 90.1 FM Station manager. A listener complained about my suggestion that we nationalize oil. Here is what happened when I called her back. . x x YouTube Video Watch Politics Done Right T.V. here. Like most Americans, I am upset about inflation and gasoline...
.Jen Psaki is just that good as she silences a reporter asking about Rep CawthornCawthornthor's statement that Ukraine's president is a thug. Jen Psaki has the perfect answer x x YouTube Video Watch Politics Done Right T.V. here. . Recently Right-Wing hack Rep. Madison Cawthorn called Ukraine's President Zelensky a thug and...
The willfully ignorant Peter Doocy showed his ignorance of the oil crisis. Jen Psaki schooled him. But the subject is much more profound. Jen Psaki schools Peter Doocy on oil. Again! x x YouTube Video Watch Politics Done Right T.V. here. The Fox News faux White House correspondent, Peter Doocy, continues...
Former Colonel Alexander Vindman wants the U.S. to create a no-fly zone in Ukraine. Former Ambassador Michael McFaul said that’s a declaration of war. It’s a declaration of war x x YouTube Video Watch Politics Done Right T.V. here. The host, Katy Tur, asked Former Colonel Alexander Vindman if given the...
Peter Doocy walked into it again. He opened the door for Jen Psaki to ding Trump with a factual answer about oil, dictators, and nuclear weapons. Jen Psaki strike down Peter Doocy again x x YouTube Video Watch Politics Done Right T.V. here. Here is the exchange. Jen Psaki: But if...
The false narrative that Trump was tougher on Russia than Biden or Obama was turned on its head by this analyst. Nope! Trump was not tougher on Russia x x YouTube Video Watch Politics Done Right T.V. here. Melinda Haring, Atlantic Council Eurasia Center Deputy Director, a supposedly nonpartisan organization now...
Biden must blame inflation on the corporations parasitically redistributing our income to themselves via record profits. Inflation caused by parasites, greedy corporations x x YouTube Video Watch Politics Done Right T.V. here. I wish Biden had called out the corporations for their parasitic behavior during the State Of The Union...
While Americans are always asked to sacrifice during crises, corporations parasitically continue to exploit us all. The current inflation proves many corporations are parasites x x YouTube Video Watch Politics Done Right T.V. here. Our Ukrainian brothers and sisters, they’re at war. But in reality, war has come to them....
Hillary Clinton admonished the Republicans with common sense. She wants them to get into the game to save our democracy. Hillary Clinton does it again x x YouTube Video Watch Politics Done Right T.V. here. Joe Scarborough pointed out that many Republicans are praising Putin. In a recent post, I wrote,...
Texas Democratic Lieutenant Governor Candidate Mike Collier did not disappoint. He pointed out why he is best for Texas. Mike Collier could be the next Texas Lieutenant Governor x x YouTube Video Watch Politics Done Right T.V. here. Mike Collier was unequivocal, he intends to fight very hard to become the...
Republican media, operatives, and politicians are using the primary season to tag the nation’s ills, inflation, crime, etc. on Democrats. Inflation & Crime Wave x x YouTube Video Watch Politics Done Right T.V. here. As I watch the cable networks and the local networks in Washington DC — I will...
Terrell Jermaine Starr, a foreign affairs journalist in Kyiv, Ukraine, gives the most detailed story about the Ukraine/Russia conflict. Terrell Jermaine Starr from Kyiv, Ukraine. x x YouTube Video Watch Politics Done Right T.V. here. I watched Tifanny Cross’ Cross Connection today. I was pleasantly surprised to hear independent foreign...
Sometimes, it is nothing but a projection when one accuses another of ill-doing. It turns out voter fraud has been a Republican thing. Projection anyone? x x YouTube Video Watch Politics Done Right T.V. here. This story, along with many others, just so the lengths Republican politicians and operatives would...
Al Franken has a way with words as he seems to channel his past SNL humor through his senatorial pedigree. Unfortunately, he is spot on as usual. Al Franken speaks x x YouTube Video Watch Politics Done Right T.V. here. Recently the Republican National Committee claimed that the January 6th...
Former Republican and still conservative Steve Schmidt is a real patriot. He has put country over party with this imploring statement. Steve Schmidt is a real patriot x x YouTube Video Watch Politics Done Right T.V. here. I am sure I can't entirely agree with Steve Schmidt on economics and...
Everyone should find this Altria ad offensive. Altria may believe that marketing can make an evil move seem benevolent. It makes it worse. Altria is moving beyond poison, oops, I mean tobacco x x YouTube Video Watch Politics Done Right T.V. here. The ad from the tobacco company says the...
The Right-Wing and mainstream media have been hyperventilating about inflation. Fareed Zakaria puts it into perspective. And it is not bad at all. Fareed Zakaria gets the numbers right on inflation but … x x YouTube Video .Watch Politics Done Right T.V. here. Fareed Zakaria did the numbers and had the...
In full football withdrawal (Pro Bowl, yuck), I spent the weekend rewatching a few of my favorite movies. One of which was Birds of Prey And the Fabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn. Politics has become such a national obsession; even a fantasy starring the beautiful Margot Robbie reminded me...
Joe Manchin wants America to believe progressives are holding the bi-partisan infrastructure bill hostage. It is he who is holding the working-class hostage. Joe Manchin is holding America hostage x x YouTube Video Watch Politics Done Right TV here. Joe Manchin is full of it. It is clear based on...
Here’s the latest news out of Pennsylvania: The TV ad is no-holds-barred. It bluntly attacks a decision of the Democratic candidate for Pennsylvania Supreme Court. And on Saturday, the state Bar Association said the spot went too far. The ad says the Democratic contender, Superior Court Judge Maria McLaughlin, “chose...
“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 way.” Joe Manchin fessing up that he and Sinema are Republicans to CNN reporter. Manchin Cheerfully Gives Republicans A Senate Majority (video in link) West Virginia is...
There is a saying in playground basketball games, no harm, no foul. That may be fine for Sidney Deane and Billy Hoyle, but the United States’ sanctity is a different story. Saying that democracy is at stake seems to elicit two feelings, one, that Democrats are hyperbolic or Republicans are...
“[The debt limit suspension] ensures our federal government will not approach any kind of short-term debt crisis in the coming weeks or months. It secures our nation’s full faith and credit and ensures that Congress will not throw this kind of unnecessary wrench into the gears of our job growth...
Senator Lindsey Graham once again exposed Republicans as heartless, racist, xenophobes, bent on winning at all costs. He tried injecting heroism into the actions of border patrol agents who, literally, rode herd on desperate Haitian refugees. Despite the scenes of crying, terrified children grasping for the comfort of their mother’s...