A day after Donald Trump’s mainly divisive, power-grabbing, and McCarthyite-toned Mount Rushmore Address to honor the 250th Anniversary of the United States ‘independence, former President Bill Clinton went on social media and recorded the below response, asking, “What kind of patriotism are we getting” from the 47th occupant of the Oval Office. A must-watch and … Read more
It has been one year since Donald Trump and the Republicans passed their Big Billionaires First Act, which took money from vital services like food and health assistance and redistributed it to give unneeded tax cuts to the rich. Arizona Senator Mark Kelly issued a press release to condemn this measure and call attention to … Read more
Trump flew to Medora, North Dakota, in his Qatari 747 bribe-jet to desecrate the memory of America’s most populist President, Theodore Roosevelt. TR used presidential power to confront concentrated wealth, protect public lands, and defend consumers. Trump has used his power to do the opposite: dismantle consumer safeguards, weaken independent watchdogs, unleash polluters, undercut federal … Read more
In a 6-3 decision in the case Mullin v. Doe, the Supreme Court has ruled that the Trump administration is allowed to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for roughly 350,000 Haitian immigrants. That fact is awful, but seems sterile and anodyne out of any proper context. The preeminent scholar of the global history of genocide and … Read more
In the immediate aftermath of last week’s New York Democratic Primaries, where two Democratic Socialists and a political opportunist, running on the coattails of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s endorsement, emerged victorious, MAGA Trumpists decided to resurrect the Red Scare and McCarthyite “The Commies are coming. The Commies are coming” boogeyman in order to sway voters to … Read more