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...
Rock 'n' Roll Nostalgia & Progressive Politics
The claims that undocumented immigrants are showing up in droves to vote are simply not true. Common Nonsense When you...
We take press freedom for granted. What if one day every TV station was like Fox News? “If You Can...
During his darkest moments (feigning that persecuted look that plays well with his base), Trump has Georgia on his mind....
MAGA Warrior Doug Mastriano recently named Jenna Ellis, a face of Donald Trump’s court battles over nonexistent voter fraud, as...
The Justice Department, state prosecutors, and the House Select Committee are on the case. In the 2020 post-election craziness in...
Their charges and sentences have been lenient compared to the BLM George Floyd protesters, many of whom are doing hard...
“Having election deniers run elections is like having arsonists take over the fire department.” Sound the Alarm If you are...
The faux journalist’s election year misadventure targeted Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-MN), who conservatives love to hate. You might have heard...
Texas Republicans’ strict ‘pro-life’ stance conceals a culture of death. Election Audit for Texas? Being from the east coast, my...
Though on the surface a Euro-democracy, Hungary under autocrat Viktor Orban has dismantled democratic norms much like Donald Trump tried....
Republicans are busy changing the rules to make it easier for their party to overturn the will of the voters...
Q: Who shot Ashli Babbitt? A: The people who keep asking that question. All of a sudden, six months after...
Is relitigating the past the smartest electoral strategy for the GOP? The bogus recount of ballots cast in Arizona’s Maricopa...
A break-away third party? A Trump indictment? The demise of our democracy? Will the fever ever break? Autocrats of the...
Republicans weaponize political misinformation through a right wing echo chamber. When it’s debunked, some damage filters through. Rogue Recount Here...
With impeachment acquittal likely, there are other remedies to hold Trump accountable. Impeachment For those of you wishing upon a...
Defund the police? Words matter. Down-ballot losses couldn’t have come at a worse time. First, the good part. We can...
Democrats pull a 2016 in reverse, while Trump and Giuliani spin baseless and dangerous conspiracy theories. Joe Biden’s path to...
Nobody’s buying the Hunter Biden smear, and so this year’s ‘October Surprise’ is Trump surrendering to widespread coronavirus spikes. Prologue:...
The Republican death cult seems to have given up trying to slay the beast. The issue before us is no...
Even a small shift toward Democrats among working class women could spell payback in battleground states. In this pandemic election...
The president has vowed to permanently shut off the funding spigot for Social Security and Medicare if reelected. Donald J....
It’s painfully obvious that Trump is trying to steal this election. Prologue I cannot imagine a more crucial time when...
No more dog whistles. Trump and Republicans freely admit winning depends on suppressing the vote. Prologue It was election day...
Not willing or able to govern, Donald Trump is woefully unsuited for these times. In its Sunday newsletter, the highly...
We should enjoy this liberal moment because Trump’s worst is yet to come. It is quite obvious that our country...
With all this talk about ‘heroes,’ it is the postal worker who stands tall. Neither snow nor rain nor heat...
‘Moscow Mitch’ McConnell’s mouthful about wanting states to go bankrupt sparks outrage, gets walked back big time. Senate Majority Leader...
It was Bush vs. Gore all over again, as the US Supreme Court once again made a mockery of our...
What’s a master retail politician to do with no access to crowds and no elective office to demonstrate his leadership...
Trump seems okay with endangering relations with China by shifting the blame of his mishandling the Coronavirus outbreak. People really...
You say you want a revolution…? Deliver us someone who can beat Donald Trump. Iowa and New Hampshire are in...
VP Pence’s defunct ‘election integrity commission’ specifically traveled to NH to sniff out voter fraud. They left with their tails...
It seems the only difference between Andrew Johnson and Donald Trump is that Trump doesn’t drink. Who could have predicted...
There are other ways to hold the president accountable. And Trump will just weaponize his Senate acquittal. After the release...
…even if he doesn’t realize it. The president remains the foremost threat to our national security. It’s right there in...
Trump and Republican deceit are a disgrace to America. In the 2018 midterm elections–the one in which the Democrats recaptured...
Journalism educators like Temple’s David Mindich are inclined to emphasize truth, accuracy and non-partisanship. Another day, another Trump attack on...
We have a president of the United States who’s a racist. Most Americans aren’t buying his lies. We’ve been through...
While California AG, Kamala Harris put the hammer on for-profit college scams like Trump U. Amid the endless stream of...
The only ‘border emergency’ is inside the White House. Let’s be clear: There is no “border emergency.” Our country is...
There’s way too much at stake for Democrats to make the wrong choice. One of the things I like about...
Seven articles from this website spotlight “alternative facts,” corruption, incompetence and a sneering disrespect for democracy. Prologue I watched shell-shocked...
Pharrell Williams joins a long line of artists infuriated by Republican misuse of their songs. The campaign season isn’t really...
Gross Negligence? Fear-mongering the crisis at our southern border can’t hide the fact the fact that Trump and the Republicans...
Like the Affordable Care Act, Trump is sabotaging something Americans clearly want. There are lies, damned lies and…policy statements from...
Short of a Mueller smoking gun, Mike Pence takes impeachment off the table. Prologue There’s no better summary of the...
Trump’s cronies at his Florida country club have no US military or government experience. Well, it seems Donald Trump is...
The following video, 3 minutes, 10 seconds long, was published by Guardian News and shown here courtesy of YouTube. It...
This veteran, along with just about every veterans group out there, oppose this scheme. You know the Trump administration is...
It turns out ICE isn’t the only goon squad in American history. Here’s the latest outrage: LinkedIn published a Seattle...
An industry that makes money when more people are imprisoned and imprisoned longer. It is still breaking America’s heart. Fathers,...
Nuclear diplomacy is a bit harder than running a hotel or golf course. May I present North Korea’s Supreme leader...
Libertarianism isn’t “cool”: Just isolationist conservatism. During the Iraq War, Rand’s father, Ron Paul, got a lot of mileage out...
States’ Rights backer Jeff Sessions comes to California preaching Federal Supremacy The irony wasn’t subtle. Not at all. In...
“Treason’s just another word for nothing left to lose…” The Grim Reaper seems to be at the White House doorstep,...
Like his mentor in the White House, California House Republican Nunes has some problems with the truth. Here is our...
White House and Congressional tormentors of Dreamers want to turn back the clock on immigration. At a press briefing on...
Voting panel conceived out of blind hatred for people of color. A boondoggle to New Hampshire sealed its fate. This...
Still waiting to hold this fraud accountable for ACORN’s demise. I’m sure you’ve heard of this guy. His specialty is...
(Video, my title, “The President Tells a Whopper,” courtesy of YouTube.) Trump’s assertion that the tax bill would hurt him...
Even flagrant GOP lies can’t rescue the poll numbers of this legislative turd. Like thieves in the night, the Republican...
Trump TV? Pending television merger would have right wing provocateur Sinclair infiltrate 72% of American households Just when we had...
There’s no ‘there’ there. Republicans have abandoned any allegiance to the truth. Spin Cycle With the Fox News-driven Republican echo...
Trump’s tax scam would enrich himself and fulfill Paul Ryan’s keg party fantasy Ah, the kegger in college. You always...
Even with (or because of) a hard-right administration, Americans increasingly prefer liberal policies. There is no turning back. We’ll get...
The Republicans are sure to weaponize voter suppression and demonize our leadership. Democrats would be wise to deal with both....
‘Tail Gunner Joe’ would tip his hat to fellow con man Trump, who ironically cozies up to despised ex-KGB Vladimir Putin...
Will Donald Trump’s poisonous scapegoating of our media ‘trickle down’ to state and local coverage? Maybe not. As we gird ourselves for...
Enabled by a president willing to tweet violent images, right wing trolls go after a Montana Jewish woman and get...
“In a democracy, there is one right that stands atop all the rest: the right to vote.” –Russ Feingold, the...
 As Trump continues to unravel, Impeachment becomes the Republicans’ dilemma, not ours. When I say Donald Trump is “useful,” most...
His Boss Vows to Build a Wall, but Pence Wants to Tear Down the Only Wall That Matters: The Separation of...
The Senate is the Last Line of Defense Against a Wannabe Crime Family. Here, in two quotes by prominent conservatives,...
The Doomsday Clock Ticks as the World Watches Two Small Men Puff Out Their Chests Lying atop a Twitter trash heap, one particular tweet...
By Turning Their ‘Fake News’ Election Trickery on Its Head, Right Wingers Seek to Erode a Pillar of Accountability Perhaps...
No Cooperation. No Compromise. Learn From the Past and Let Trump and His Confederates Bury Themselves. Obviously… The most important...
What’s Done Is Done. Could This Election Disaster Be a Blessing in Disguise? Prologue On election eve at Independence Hall in my...
Meanwhile, Kansas Secretary of State Continues Quest for White Voters Oblivious to traditions and core principles that make American democracy...
When It Comes to Ratings and Clicks, Entertainment Trumps News Every Time Just when you thought the 2016 presidential campaign...
The Parallel Between Then and Now Is Striking At this point in the 2016 presidential election, it now seems that...
How is It That About 158 Wealthy Families Control the Bulk of Election Spending in America? Rubio, Cruz Leading the Billionaire Lottery...