A number of years ago, I used to present a one hour seminar on “Things they didn’t teach you in your high school history class” – the unsanitized version of our history that is not included in the hagiographic myth making in virtually every high school text book. The white nationalist MAGA/QAnon cult freakout over … Read more
Has the Arizona GQP hit rock bottom yet? It is bad enough that we have so many GQP asshats in the legislature and running for office who are devotees of the QAnon conspiracy cult, but now their cult leader “Q” has filed a statement of interest to run for Congress in Arizona. This carpetbagger isn’t … Read more
Back in early March, Democrats in the House Passed the George Floyd Justice In Policing Act. The goal was to enact this law by Memorial Day, the anniversary of George Floyd’s murder by a Minneapolis police officer. Then the mythical “bipartisanship” reared its ugly head in the Senate. A bipartisan group of senators has told … Read more
Philip Bump of the Washington Post reports, The worrisome pro-Capitol-riot activism isn’t a rally. It’s in right-wing media. (excerpt): The government has spent months trying to track down those involved in the January 6 insurrection, arresting them and — usually — then releasing them until trial. A Guardian analysis in May found that 70 percent … Read more
Frank Schaeffer is the son of the theologian and author Francis Schaeffer, and together they helped found the so-called “pro-life” movement. Frank Schaeffer has spent most of his adult life regretting his role in the Christian Right movement, and as he says “repenting” for his actions by exposing the threat to America from the Christian … Read more