We Are Already In A Constitutional Crisis And Have Been For A While
All last night and today, I have heard plenty of pundits and politicians (although not Republicans) declare that firing Robert Mueller...
Yearly Archive: 2018
The Contradictions Between GOP Trade And Antitrust Policies
Life is full of contradictions. Politics even more so. But with Donald Trump leading the Republican party into protectionism, some of...
Trump, GOP's Denial Of Climate Change and Science in General Makes Us Less Prepared For Future
Over the weekend, it was reported that the new National Defense Strategy (NDS) no longer includes the words climate, warming, planet,...
Media Demands Democrats Always Be The Adults In The Room
I have to say the media response to the government shutdown was particularly disheartening, but it is reflective of a dynamic...
Our Democratic Institutions Are Not Holding
It’s quite amazing to see how many pundits continually hold to this notion that our democratic institutions are holding and that...
A Good Day For Democracy, Finally
The last 24 hours may have been a bad day for Democrats, (although that remains to be seen when February comes),...
Going Rogue: ICE And CBP
ICE and CBP have always been a kind of law unto themselves but, under Trump, they have truly been unleashed and...
The Most Powerful Far Right Party
It’s apparent that the GOP strategy for the coming midterm elections is to go all in on a racist, xenophobic anti-immigrant...
