The January 6 MAGA/QAnon seditious insurrection at the Capitol more particularly was a white Christian Nationalist seditious insurrection. Thomas Edsall of the New York Times wrote in January ‘The Capitol Insurrection Was as Christian Nationalist as It Gets.’ (excerpt): It’s impossible to understand the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol without addressing the movement that … Read more
President Joe Biden delivered an impassioned speech with soaring rhetoric for voting rights legislation in the birthplace of our democracy, Philadelphia, PA. But he stopped short of calling for the repeal or the reform of the Senate filibuster rule in order that the legislation can be passed. So, nice speech. But how do you plan … Read more
Texas House Democrats have fled the state, a “Texodus” if you will, to prevent a quorum in the state legislature in order to block the GQP “Suppression Session” from passing Jim Crow 2.0 voter suppression bills in Texas. But more than that, these Texas House Democrats are flying to Washington, D.C. to impress upon Democratic … Read more
Above: (Getty image) President Lyndon Baines Johnson discusses the Voting Rights Act with the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the White House in 1965. LBJ told Dr. King that he understands Dr. King’s concerns, but he has more important projects. Dr. King then launched “Plan B,” the Selma to Montgomery March to draw public attention … Read more
Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) chairs the GQP House Freedom (sic) Caucus – which truth in advertising would require it to be called the GQP House Fascist Caucus – and after the January 6 insurrection has been dubbed the GQP Sedition Caucus. Just to review, Rep. Andy Biggs has some splainin’ to do to the new … Read more