The “lamestream media” coverage of passage of the COVID-19 Relief bill tended to focus on the fact that it was not “bipartisan,” i.e., that not one Republican in Congress voted for the most popular bill since raising the minimum wage in 2007, supported by 76% of Americans and even 60% of Republicans. That is almost … Read more
The first three Commandments in the the Judeo-Christian tradition are: I am the Lord thy God (monotheism) Thou shalt have no other gods before me (false gods) Though shalt not make unto thee any graven image (think golden calf) The annual circus of far-right fringe groups at the Conservative Political Action Conference (or more accurately, … Read more
As Jennifer Rubin says: [Republicans’] attitude toward nominations is symptomatic of their entire approach to politics: It is about theater, about feeding right-wing media (which loves nothing better than to paint progressives as extreme radicals) and never about governance, let alone bipartisanship. If you have been watching any congressional hearings this week, this has become … Read more
“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven” – Ecclesiastes 3:1 The season for protests is over. The season for get out the vote (GOTV) is now. Early voting starts in mid-September in several states. Donald Trump is running Richard Nixon’s and George Wallace’s racist 1968 “law … Read more
Back in June, Donald Trump and his henchman at the “Injustice” Department, William “Coverup” Barr, asserted that the hundreds of thousands of Americans in the streets of America protesting the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers were “antifa” provocateurs. Just to be clear, “antifa” is short for anti-fascist. Do you know who is … Read more