Russia’s useful idiot Donald Trump and his fawning adoration of Russian strongman Vladimir Putin for five years turned a large number of formerly “better dead than red” anti-communist cold warriors into Putin-loving “fellow travelers,” giving Putin a “fifth column” of supporters in the U.S., especially at the Fox propaganda network. The most over-the-top Putin propagandist … Read more
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) released a report today on Extremism on the Ballot in 2022: The American political landscape one year after the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol reflects the yawning divides highlighted on that violent day and reveals the extent to which extremist beliefs have become part of the mainstream. As … Read more
Elvia Diaz of the Arizona Republic writes, Still think voter suppression is a myth? This Republican bill proves otherwise (she’s talking to you, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema): Arizona state Rep. Walt Blackman is busting the Republican narrative that voter suppression is just a myth. There are a flurry of bills being introduced at the Arizona Legislature … Read more
In an editorial opinion ahead of the anniversary of the MAGA/QAnon seditious insurrection against the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, the New York Times writes, Every Day Is Jan. 6 Now: One year after the smoke and broken glass, the mock gallows and the very real bloodshed of that awful day, it is tempting … Read more
Above: Seditious leader Rep. Mark Finchem at the January 6 Insurrection, now a GQP candidate for Secretary of State. See, Mark Finchem was much closer to the Jan. 6 insurrection than he claimed. QAnon/Trump personality cult members are insinuating themselves into local elections boards, and others are running for secretary of state, attorney general and … Read more