There was a time not so long ago where living in America was a vastly different proposition from living in authoritarian strong arm regimes world wide, because of one essential difference: truth. We prided ourselves on a free press...
Unless you've been vacationing in a cave the past few days and just now rejoined the civilized world, you will know that a massive Media Event/Cultural Moment occurred on Sunday night, when 17 million people tuned in to watch...
Philosopher Eric Hoffer said it best: "Every great cause starts out as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually devolves into a racket." In the case of the Lincoln Project, founded in late 2019, the metamorphosis was almost instantaneous,...
If you've ever wondered if Mike Pence has any shame, this should cause you to cease that mental exercise once and for all. Pence has gone to every length recently to prove that he is part of the wingnut...
This is comical and so far as I can tell it's legit. I found it on the Vice website and they got it from Southern Poverty Law Center. It's an outtake from a 2019 documentary You Can’t Watch This, which...
Today is the beginning of the 2021 CPAC four-day festival of lies about Donald Trump's "stolen" election. If that lede seems loaded to you, simply take a look at all available information about how the convention is being handled...
It's a well known tenet of Trumpism that you merely accuse the other side of what you yourself are doing, along with plenty of righteous indignation, plus a touch of religious sanctimony. Show them that you are shocked, simply...

Journalism Takes A Day Off

I don't know exactly what time it started.  I had a longer than expected nap and having gotten my first Covid shot yesterday the tiredness that happens with some is probably the culprit.   In any case,  I turned on...
Ted Cruz doesn't understand why people are so mean to him. He's just your average oleaginous, treasonous sell out, they're all over the GOP. Close your eyes and throw a stick in the Senate, you'll hit ten of them;...
The cultural and political battle lines are drawn. This weekend's CPAC will not be the "conservative" yearly meeting, as implied by its name. No, rather it will be a Trumpian love fest, featuring right-wingers cut in the Trump mold...

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