Suzy MAGA Keeps Drinking that Anti-Government Kool-Aid

Suzy MAGA Keeps Drinking that Anti-Government Kool-Aid

From Pennsylvania Women Forward (and thanks to Catharyn Baird) Suzy gets up at 6 a.m. and fills her coffeepot with water to prepare her morning coffee. The water is clean and good because some tree-hugging liberal fought for minimum water-quality standards. With her...
A Petty & Petulant POTUS Punishes a Patriot

A Petty & Petulant POTUS Punishes a Patriot

Listening to Donald Trump’s Second Inaugural speech, it’s clear that he equates the greatness of America with his own greatness and that only he can fix it, that he will be our salvation. (Of course, those of you who came of age in the 70s and 80s know...
The Inauguration of the Oligarchs

The Inauguration of the Oligarchs

In Mother Jones, David Corn writes, today the three wealthiest men in the U.S.—Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg—”are scheduled to be at the Capitol as honored guests for Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration, seated where four years ago Christian...
Facebook’s About-Face on Fact-Checking

Facebook’s About-Face on Fact-Checking

The “news” is not just bad these days; far too much of it is perniciously and intentionally false.  More and more Americans have come to rely on the free “news” that shows up on social media sites like Tik-Tok, Facebook and X. But even though hate speech,...
Up is Down and Down is Up

Up is Down and Down is Up

On this date, January 6, four years ago, the U.S. democracy in the United States essentially faced a revolt by those who refused to believe that Joe Biden had won the 2020 election.  Partisans of the now duly re-elected President, Donald Trump, keep telling us that...