We don't have to wonder how far some supporters of Donald Trump will go to make sure their king regains his throne. After all, January 6, 2021, gave us a clear view of what sort of insanity some of...
(This was originally posted on Daily Kos on Christmas Eve, 2016. Ursula Faw enjoys an annual repost on Christmas Eve) ‘Twas The Right Before Christmas Twas the right before Christmas, and all through the states, ‘Thug legislatures were ginning up hate. In Charlotte...
So nice when Xmas presents are paired, don't you think? Getting a lovely gift of wine is that much lovelier when a few crystal glasses come with it. Or a fine wheel of cheese. Good things are meant to...
When Der Gropinfuhrer hops on the phone to attempt a quick bit of extortion on a sovereign state or tries to subvert democracy in one of our fifty states it appears to be a pattern of his to rope...
History is a cyclical thing, whether you're speaking of stock market prices or hemlines. Things go up and down with surprising regularity. Fascism is also a form of government that shows up and threatens to topple democracy and that,...
Hi! Do you know me? I didn't think so. I'm an American citizen, no different than any of the other 325 million people who proudly call themselves Americans. Except apparently I'm totally different and isolated from some 82 million...
Veteran actor Rob Reiner spoke to MSNBC's Ari Melber and said there is one critically important thing Americans must do to fight for democracy. And it comes down to one thing: Keeping Donald Trump from winning the 2024 election. On...
I don't blame the mainstream media, print media as well as electronic media, for feeling like they're surrounded and can't seem to get slapped silly. I can sympathize with them because I was one of the people who was whacking them...
The Federalist Society and the Heritage Foundation may have been legitimate organs of the conservative movement at one time but the news coming out of them right now is nothing short of terrifying. The GOP is embracing authoritarianism. There...
History does repeat itself. We have been through some rough passages in this country before. And it's not surprising that the pendulum would swing back to Nazism and in the era of Trump. After all, the day after Donald...

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