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
Above: U.S. District Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. Donald Trump and “Moscow Mitch” McConnell packed the federal courts with privileged white males, many of whom were corporate lawyers who had never even tried a case in court, let alone had any judicial experience, and were rated “unqualified” by the American Bar Association based upon their lack of … Read more