A warning from our Founding Fathers on Presidents Day

Our wannabe tyrannical king, Donald Trump Compares Himself To A King, is bringing his Nuremberg-style MAGA personality cult rally to Phoenix (again) on Wednesday, at the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum, 1826 W. McDowell Road, Phoenix. The rally is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. The venue will open at 3 p.m., according to the campaign. There is … Read more

McSally general election ad: ‘I’m a Trump Toady’

Arizona’s appointed, not elected Republican Sen. Martha McSally has her first general election ad up (maybe she should be more concerned about her GOP primary) attacking her anticipated Democratic opponent, astronaut Mark Kelly, for supporting the impeachment and removal of President Donald Trump. 1st McSally ad for 2020 race slams Kelly over impeachment. The ad … Read more

The fog of fascism descends upon America

Doctor Steven Jonas correctly noted in his 2015 essay, Fascism in the 21st Century: When we are looking at 21st century fascism, in the context of what is happening in certain of the capitalist states, at the present particularly in the United States, it should be noted that it is entirely possible that wholesale violence … Read more

A Republican ‘tyranny of the minority’ white rule

Elie Mystal, The Nation’s justice correspondent, has an excellent piece. Republican Senators Just Sold Out Democracy: The Republican Party has acquitted President Donald Trump. That result was always the most likely outcome of the impeachment process. The inability of even 20 Republican senators to break free from the cult of Trump was widely assumed. But it … Read more

The Verdict: The Party of Trump is guilty of ending democracy for GOP authoritarianism (Updated)

I said at the beginning of this Impeachment: Not just Donald Trump, but the lawless and amoral Party of Trump is on trial. Today the jury delivered its verdict: the Party of Trump is guilty of ending democracy for GOP authoritarianism. America weeps today. Senators voted 48-52 to convict on the first House-passed article of impeachment for abuse … Read more