Statue Of Robert E. Lee Finally Comes Down From His Pedestal

Back in the 1970s I was traveling in Richmond, Virginia, and encountered Monument Avenue for the first time. I remember saying to a friend I was traveling with, “What’s up with all of these statutes to Confederate traitors?” (This was a bold move at that time. I could have been lynched by any Klan members … Read more

Republicans Support Not Just Sedition But Also Secession From the U.S.

Back in January, shortly after the MAGA/QAnon seditious insurrection in Washington, D.C., a Neo-Confederate “Lost Cause” Texas Republican state legislator Kyle Biedermann filed a ‘Texit’ bill for election on whether state should secede from the United States: As promised, District 73 state Rep. Kyle Biedermann submitted legislation calling for a statewide election on whether Texas … Read more

Now QAnon Republicans Are Calling For Secession From The U.S.

The QAnon Queen, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who promotes her mass violence fantasies of wanting to kill Democrats, associates with the domestic terrorist organization the Three Percenters. The “Georgia III% Martyrs” group  infamously provided armed, militia-uniformed “private security” for Greene during a Georgia campaign rally (above). Marjorie Taylor Greene’s far-right militia ally now believes America is … Read more

Biden Victorious: 270+ and Still Counting

  This post has been hanging out in drafts for almost 3 days. But now this thing is over except the whining. And the rioting. And the lawsuits. And the right-wing terrorism. To paraphrase the famous exchange between a wag and Ben Franklin: “It’s a Biden Presidency. If you can keep it.” We can’t relax, … Read more