Why are President Biden’s white male nominees for cabinet positions sailing through the Senate with little serious Republican opposition, while his “diverse” and female nominees are receiving vitriolic opposition from Senate Republicans? No fair, you peeked ahead at the answer. The racism and sexism of the White Nationalist Trump Party is readily apparent. And that … Read more
Update to Why Policing Reform Is So Vitally Necessary (excerpt): Which brings me to this authoritarian Rethuglican in the Arizona Republican Sedition Party who wants to criminalize public protests (like Black Lives Matter) and to punish cities that “defund the police” (repurpose funds for mental heath, social services, and conflict resolution). Maybe we should first … Read more
If you are curious what a field of 52 stars on the U.S. flag would look like, see above. Last summer, In Historic Vote, The House Approved Statehood for the District of Columbia. The bill of course died with Mitch McConnell, “The Grim Reaper” of the Senate graveyard of legislation. This asshole is no longer … Read more
Adam Serwer explained back in 2018 that when it comes to the Trump administration, The Cruelty Is the Point: Trump’s only true skill is the con; his only fundamental belief is that the United States is the birthright of straight, white, Christian men, and his only real, authentic pleasure is in cruelty. It is that … Read more
Luke Mogelson, a contributing writer with the New Yorker, followed Trump supporters and filmed them as they forced their way into the Senate chamber on January 6. A Reporter’s Footage from Inside the Capitol Siege: When Luke Mogelson attended President Donald Trump’s speech on the National Mall, in Washington, D.C., on January 6th, he was … Read more