The Atlantic reports, James Mattis Denounces President Trump, Describes Him as a Threat to the Constitution (excerpts from the introduction): James Mattis, the Marine general who resigned as secretary of defense in December 2018 to protest Donald Trump’s Syria policy, has, ever since, kept studiously silent about Trump’s performance as president. After his resignation, he … Read more
The U.S. military has always remained apolitical and not acted in support of any political party or ideology. It is the reason why our democracy has endured so long. But Politico reports, ‘It just doesn’t seem right’: Pentagon officials on edge over military leaders’ dealings with Trump: Defense Department officials say they are increasingly uncomfortable with … Read more
On Sunday, the Trump Administration intensified its effort to pin blame on the far-left “antifa” movement for violent demonstrations over police killings of black people, as the president vowed on Twitter to designate antifa a terrorist organization and Attorney General William “Coverup” Barr asserted that it and other groups’ activities constituted “domestic terrorism.” I’m sorry, … Read more
First Amendment religious freedom is a shield against governmental infringement. But right-wing lawyers from the Alliance Defending Freedom have transformed First Amendment religious freedom jurisprudence into a sword in order to infringe upon the rights of individuals who do not share their religious views, i.e., evangelical Christian fundamentalism. The Arizona Supreme Court ruled (.pdf) today in a … Read more
One of Donald Trump’s very first official acts as president was his Muslim Travel Ban (version 1.0), on Jan. 27, 2017. Trump’s pandering on anti-Muslim bigotry is a sop to his white fundamentalist evangelical Christian Right base in the Republican Party, and their end-times Apocalyptic cult of the Rapture. And it is inextricably linked to the … Read more