There has been a nationwide effort by Republicans to criminalize Black Lives Matter protestors, but not the white supremacist MAGA/QAnon domestic terrorists who engaged in a seditious insurrection against the Capitol on January 6, and stormed at least one state capitol building in Michigan last year as a rehearsal. Back in February I told you … Read more
The media villagers gave us endless reporting on what motivated Trump voters in 2016. It was “economic anxiety” they insisted about being left out of the Obama economic recovery. These media villagers glossed over the fact that this anxiety was “white grievance” about being “replaced” by minorities in the new economy. Losing their “white privilege” … Read more
Zach Beauchamp at Vox earlier reported, The conservative movement is rejecting America: The right-wing rebellion against American democracy is often subtle, expressing itself through tricky changes to election law without a full-throated acknowledgment of what lawmakers are actually doing. But sometimes, the mask slips — and someone in the conservative movement openly tells you what’s … Read more
New political science research suggests Republican control over state government is correlated with large and measurable declines in the health of a state’s democracy. Zach Beauchamp reports at Vox, Study: Republican control of state government is bad for democracy: The paper, by University of Washington professor Jake Grumbach, constructs a quantitative measure of democratic health at … Read more
Rep. Paul Gosar’s siblings continue to be proactive in warning what a dangerous sociopath their brother is. Will tribal Republican voters in Arizona listen, or even care? Huffington Post reports, GQP Rep’s Family Calls Him Out Over Insurrection In Scathing Fox News Ad: Three siblings of Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) say he’s one the key … Read more