The Real Cost of Trump’s Deportation Scheme
Aside from inflicting historic human suffering, Trump’s mass deportation scheme would cost the US economy almost a trillion dollars. Impunity...
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The Big Lie 2.0: Noncitizen Voting
The claims that undocumented immigrants are showing up in droves to vote are simply not true. Common Nonsense When you...
Freedom of the Press: A Cherished Right That Could be Plundered
We take press freedom for granted. What if one day every TV station was like Fox News? “If You Can...
Georgia’s Case Is ‘Low-Hanging Fruit’ for USA vs. Trump
During his darkest moments (feigning that persecuted look that plays well with his base), Trump has Georgia on his mind....
The Republican Candidate for PA Governor Vows Partisan Elections Oversight
MAGA Warrior Doug Mastriano recently named Jenna Ellis, a face of Donald Trump’s court battles over nonexistent voter fraud, as...
‘Alternate’ Trump Elector Slates a Crime of Forgery?
The Justice Department, state prosecutors, and the House Select Committee are on the case. In the 2020 post-election craziness in...
Malarkey! The Jan. 6 Rioters Aren’t ‘Wasting Away’ in Jails
Their charges and sentences have been lenient compared to the BLM George Floyd protesters, many of whom are doing hard...
Trump and Cronies Aim to Infiltrate Local Elections Machinery
“Having election deniers run elections is like having arsonists take over the fire department.” Sound the Alarm If you are...
James O’Keefe’s Dishonest Voter Fraud ‘Sting’ Helped Enable Trump’s ‘Big Lie’
The faux journalist’s election year misadventure targeted Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-MN), who conservatives love to hate. You might have heard...
Texas’s Changing Landscape and Misgivings About the GOP’s Far-Right Agenda
Texas Republicans’ strict ‘pro-life’ stance conceals a culture of death. Election Audit for Texas? Being from the east coast, my...
Trumpworld and Fox News Tout Hungary’s ‘Soft Fascism’ as a Blueprint for America’s Future
Though on the surface a Euro-democracy, Hungary under autocrat Viktor Orban has dismantled democratic norms much like Donald Trump tried....
The GOP Plan to Overturn Democracy…By the Numbers
Republicans are busy changing the rules to make it easier for their party to overturn the will of the voters...
The Hapless Demise of Trump Disciple Ashli Babbitt
Q: Who shot Ashli Babbitt? A: The people who keep asking that question. All of a sudden, six months after...
Clown Show Arizona Recount’s Ultimate Goal: No Election Will be Safe From Partisan Meddling
Is relitigating the past the smartest electoral strategy for the GOP? The bogus recount of ballots cast in Arizona’s Maricopa...
Whither Goes the Republican Party?
A break-away third party? A Trump indictment? The demise of our democracy? Will the fever ever break? Autocrats of the...
They Just Lie…and Lie…and Lie
Republicans weaponize political misinformation through a right wing echo chamber. When it’s debunked, some damage filters through. Rogue Recount Here...
Some Dare Call It Treason
With impeachment acquittal likely, there are other remedies to hold Trump accountable. Impeachment For those of you wishing upon a...
The Down-Ballot ‘Red Wave’ Election Explained
Defund the police? Words matter. Down-ballot losses couldn’t have come at a worse time. First, the good part. We can...
Biden Rebuilds ‘Blue Wall,’ Wins Presidency
Democrats pull a 2016 in reverse, while Trump and Giuliani spin baseless and dangerous conspiracy theories. Joe Biden’s path to...
Trump’s ‘October Surprise’ a Reality Show of Presidential Incompetence
Nobody’s buying the Hunter Biden smear, and so this year’s ‘October Surprise’ is Trump surrendering to widespread coronavirus spikes. Prologue:...
COVID Misinformation by Fox News Making Pandemic Deadlier
The Republican death cult seems to have given up trying to slay the beast. The issue before us is no...
Women Bearing Brunt of Pandemic Recession
Even a small shift toward Democrats among working class women could spell payback in battleground states. In this pandemic election...
Trump’s Payroll Tax Cut a Covert Attack on Social Security
The president has vowed to permanently shut off the funding spigot for Social Security and Medicare if reelected. Donald J....
Further Evidence of a Post Office Coup d’Etat
It’s painfully obvious that Trump is trying to steal this election. Prologue I cannot imagine a more crucial time when...
Bully Boys Coming to a Polling Place Near You?
No more dog whistles. Trump and Republicans freely admit winning depends on suppressing the vote. Prologue It was election day...
Biden’s Commanding Lead Looks Different From Hillary’s Four Years Ago
Not willing or able to govern, Donald Trump is woefully unsuited for these times. In its Sunday newsletter, the highly...
Trump Campaign Flailing Against National Unity Opposing Racism
We should enjoy this liberal moment because Trump’s worst is yet to come. It is quite obvious that our country...
Donald Trump’s Evil Plot to Destroy the Post Office
With all this talk about ‘heroes,’ it is the postal worker who stands tall. Neither snow nor rain nor heat...
Maybe Mitch McConnell Was Referring to His Moral Bankruptcy
‘Moscow Mitch’ McConnell’s mouthful about wanting states to go bankrupt sparks outrage, gets walked back big time. Senate Majority Leader...
Wisconsin Primary: A Post-Mortem
It was Bush vs. Gore all over again, as the US Supreme Court once again made a mockery of our...
What Biden Must Do
What’s a master retail politician to do with no access to crowds and no elective office to demonstrate his leadership...
Let’s Call It the ‘Trump Coronavirus’
Trump seems okay with endangering relations with China by shifting the blame of his mishandling the Coronavirus outbreak. People really...
Don’t Tell Me It’s ‘Bernie or Bust’ for the American Dream
You say you want a revolution…? Deliver us someone who can beat Donald Trump. Iowa and New Hampshire are in...
Trump Continues Baseless Claims of Voter Fraud in New Hampshire
VP Pence’s defunct ‘election integrity commission’ specifically traveled to NH to sniff out voter fraud. They left with their tails...
First Impeachment: Striking Similarities Between Andrew Johnson, Trump
It seems the only difference between Andrew Johnson and Donald Trump is that Trump doesn’t drink. Who could have predicted...
Impeachment? Nah. Democrats Should Keep Their Eyes on the Prize: the 2020 Election
There are other ways to hold the president accountable. And Trump will just weaponize his Senate acquittal. After the release...
Donald Trump Is a Russian Asset…
…even if he doesn’t realize it. The president remains the foremost threat to our national security. It’s right there in...
Mueller Report: The (White) House of Lies
Trump and Republican deceit are a disgrace to America. In the 2018 midterm elections–the one in which the Democrats recaptured...
Trump Attacks on Media Having Opposite Effect on Aspiring Journalists
Journalism educators like Temple’s David Mindich are inclined to emphasize truth, accuracy and non-partisanship. Another day, another Trump attack on...
America Unwillingly Reliving Its Racist Past
We have a president of the United States who’s a racist. Most Americans aren’t buying his lies. We’ve been through...
Hey Trump, Kamala Harris Has Your Number
While California AG, Kamala Harris put the hammer on for-profit college scams like Trump U. Amid the endless stream of...
Like the Berlin Wall, Trump’s Fetish Is an Affront to Humanity
The only ‘border emergency’ is inside the White House. Let’s be clear: There is no “border emergency.” Our country is...
For Your Consideration: Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio
There’s way too much at stake for Democrats to make the wrong choice. One of the things I like about...
Compiling the Lies and Havoc of the Trump Presidency
Seven articles from this website spotlight “alternative facts,” corruption, incompetence and a sneering disrespect for democracy. Prologue I watched shell-shocked...
Not ‘Happy,’ Trump? Pharrell Still Wants His Song Back
Pharrell Williams joins a long line of artists infuriated by Republican misuse of their songs. The campaign season isn’t really...
Midterm Elections 2018: Closing Arguments
Gross Negligence? Fear-mongering the crisis at our southern border can’t hide the fact the fact that Trump and the Republicans...
The Trump Administration’s Covert War on Weed
Like the Affordable Care Act, Trump is sabotaging something Americans clearly want. There are lies, damned lies and…policy statements from...
Impeachment Quagmire: Trading a Bad Liar for a Good One
Short of a Mueller smoking gun, Mike Pence takes impeachment off the table. Prologue There’s no better summary of the...
VA Update: Are the ‘Mar-a-Lago Three’ VA’s Shadow Rulers?
Trump’s cronies at his Florida country club have no US military or government experience. Well, it seems Donald Trump is...
Remember Helsinki! ‘The Appeasement Summit,’ Revisited.
The following video, 3 minutes, 10 seconds long, was published by Guardian News and shown here courtesy of YouTube. It...
VA Privatization: Conservatives’ Dream, Veterans’ Nightmare
This veteran, along with just about every veterans group out there, oppose this scheme. You know the Trump administration is...
Trump’s Smears of Immigrants Recall ‘Red Scare’ a Century Ago
It turns out ICE isn’t the only goon squad in American history. Here’s the latest outrage: LinkedIn published a Seattle...
Private Prisons the Only Winner in Immigrant Children Tragedy
An industry that makes money when more people are imprisoned and imprisoned longer. It is still breaking America’s heart. Fathers,...
North Korea is Trump’s Reality TV Show. But What About America?
Nuclear diplomacy is a bit harder than running a hotel or golf course. May I present North Korea’s Supreme leader...
Libertarian Millennials: Rand Paul Just Sold His Soul to Donald Trump
Libertarianism isn’t “cool”: Just isolationist conservatism. During the Iraq War, Rand’s father, Ron Paul, got a lot of mileage out...
California Gives Middle Finger to Sanctuary City Hypocrisy
States’ Rights backer Jeff Sessions comes to California preaching Federal Supremacy The irony wasn’t subtle. Not at all. In...
Russia Probe: Paul Manafort’s Secrets are Trump’s Nightmares
“Treason’s just another word for nothing left to lose…” The Grim Reaper seems to be at the White House doorstep,...
Republican Congressman Devin Nunes: Trump’s Chump
Like his mentor in the White House, California House Republican Nunes has some problems with the truth. Here is our...
Trump’s Phony Embrace of Dreamers to Come with a Grim Price Tag
White House and Congressional tormentors of Dreamers want to turn back the clock on immigration. At a press briefing on...
Trump’s ‘Election Integrity’ Panel Put Out of its Misery
Voting panel conceived out of blind hatred for people of color. A boondoggle to New Hampshire sealed its fate. This...
James O’Keefe’s Bad Faith Efforts to Embarrass Liberals Usually Go Down in Flames
Still waiting to hold this fraud accountable for ACORN’s demise. I’m sure you’ve heard of this guy. His specialty is...
Taxing Trump: How Do You Lie to the Face of the American People Like That?
(Video, my title, “The President Tells a Whopper,” courtesy of YouTube.) Trump’s assertion that the tax bill would hurt him...
Tax Scam Will Cost Republicans Big-Time in the 2018 Midterms
Even flagrant GOP lies can’t rescue the poll numbers of this legislative turd. Like thieves in the night, the Republican...
Sinclair Broadcasting: A Much Bigger Threat Than Fox News
Trump TV? Pending television merger would have right wing provocateur Sinclair infiltrate 72% of American households Just when we had...
The Uranium-to-Russia Uproar Lacked Hillary’s Fingerprints
There’s no ‘there’ there. Republicans have abandoned any allegiance to the truth. Spin Cycle With the Fox News-driven Republican echo...
GOP Tax Plan: Savaging Medicaid to Transfer Wealth Upward
Trump’s tax scam would enrich himself and fulfill Paul Ryan’s keg party fantasy Ah, the kegger in college. You always...
Liberal Democracy Will Ultimately Prevail
Even with (or because of) a hard-right administration, Americans increasingly prefer liberal policies. There is no turning back. We’ll get...
Dump Trump? Winning Back the House Is Our Most Urgent Priority
The Republicans are sure to weaponize voter suppression and demonize our leadership. Democrats would be wise to deal with both....
Trump’s Constant Lying Has Roots in the Kremlin & Senator Joe McCarthy
‘Tail Gunner Joe’ would tip his hat to fellow con man Trump, who ironically cozies up to despised ex-KGB Vladimir Putin...
Local News No Easy Conquest for Trump’s War on Media
Will Donald Trump’s poisonous scapegoating of our media ‘trickle down’ to state and local coverage? Maybe not. As we gird ourselves for...
A Glimpse Into the Fanatical Hatred of ‘Alt-Right’ Trolling
Enabled by a president willing to tweet violent images, right wing trolls go after a Montana Jewish woman and get...
Voting Rights and Wrongs, from White House to Wisconsin
“In a democracy, there is one right that stands atop all the rest: the right to vote.” –Russ Feingold, the...
Donald Trump’s Incompetence Can Be Useful to Democrats
 As Trump continues to unravel, Impeachment becomes the Republicans’ dilemma, not ours. When I say Donald Trump is “useful,” most...
President Pence: From Chaos to White Christian Supremacy
His Boss Vows to Build a Wall, but Pence Wants to Tear Down the Only Wall That Matters: The Separation of...
Can the United States Senate Tame Trump?
The Senate is the Last Line of Defense Against a Wannabe Crime Family. Here, in two quotes by prominent conservatives,...
Nuclear Brinkmanship: “My Button Is Bigger Than Yours”?
The Doomsday Clock Ticks as the World Watches Two Small Men Puff Out Their Chests Lying atop a Twitter trash heap, one particular tweet...
Trumpsters Now Claim All Mainstream Media Is “Fake News”
By Turning Their ‘Fake News’ Election Trickery on Its Head, Right Wingers Seek to Erode a Pillar of Accountability Perhaps...
The Resistance
No Cooperation. No Compromise. Learn From the Past and Let Trump and His Confederates Bury Themselves. Obviously… The most important...
Silver Linings Payback
What’s Done Is Done. Could This Election Disaster Be a Blessing in Disguise? Prologue On election eve at Independence Hall in my...
Republicans Stir Voter Intimidation Pot
Meanwhile, Kansas Secretary of State Continues Quest for White Voters Oblivious to traditions and core principles that make American democracy...
Did the Media Create Their Fame Monster?
When It Comes to Ratings and Clicks, Entertainment Trumps News Every Time Just when you thought the 2016 presidential campaign...
Are Dems Inciting a ’68 Chicago Outcome?
The Parallel Between Then and Now Is Striking At this point in the 2016 presidential election, it now seems that...
The Billionaire Boys’ Club
How is It That About 158 Wealthy Families Control the Bulk of Election Spending in America? Rubio, Cruz Leading the Billionaire Lottery...
