In a Lost Universe (With You Know Who): Creating a Genuine Hell on Earth
Imagine yourself in space, looking down on our world and yet unable to return any time soon. Consider it our bad luck, in fact, that Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita…
Donald Trump
Mirages
I am sitting on the beach at the National Seashore, a forty-mile long stretch of the Atlantic Ocean seashore on Outer Cape Cod, established in 1961 by President Kennedy. The…
Imperialists for Trump: Neoconservatism is Still Alive and Well in the GOP
With the rise of Donald Trump in the Republican Party, many on both sides of the aisle have stated that the rise of 'America First' sentiments necessarily signals that the…
Trump’s Never-ending Malevolent War Against Black Women
One of the nation’s best-known Black Republicans is former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. In the twenty-first century (and perhaps ever), no African American woman rose higher in Republican politics…
The Candidate from Hell
Donald Trump is all too literally the candidate from hell and, yes, he’s threatening to take the United States and the world to — no place else! — hell and…
Time to Take Off Those MAGA Hats
To all those working stiffs or retired ones, listen to the latest interview between one mega billionaire and another 'Wanabee' billionaire. Working class heroes Trump and Musk took time out…
R I S E
I wonder if anyone on the right has the guts to stand up and defend the republic. “Get out and vote just this time. You won’t have to do it…
Many unanswered questions remain more than a week after Trump assassination attempt
More than a week after former President Donald Trump was nearly assassinated by a 20-year-old amateur shooter, there are multiple unanswered questions concerning the complete security breakdown at the campaign…
Donald Trump’s Reckless Infatuation with Nuclear Weapons
Over the past decade and more, nuclear war has grown increasingly likely. Most nuclear arms control and disarmament agreements of the past have been discarded by the nuclear powers or will…
The Republican National Convention opens: A carnival of fascistic demagogues
by Joseph Kishore and David North The Republican National Convention opened in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Monday, two days after the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. The event was…
My Thoughts On the Attempted Trump Assassination
The assassination of Trump would not remove the yearning of tens of millions of people, many conditioned by the Christian right, for a cult leader. Most of the leaders of…
The Convulsed Republic: The Shooting of Donald Trump
As a nation, the United States, as if we did not already know, is convulsed. Paranoid and divided, giddy with conspiracy and deranged by a fear of totalitarian seizure, hyper…
Who Thinks Donald Trump Is Racist?
Former president Donald Trump often finds himself on the defensive against accusations of racism. He regularly denies the charges, distorting his record and resorting to his “Black friends” defense, while attempting to…
The US Supreme Court Outs the Imperial Presidency
The US Supreme Court has much to answer for. In the genius of republican government, it operates as overseer and balancer to the executive and legislature. Of late, the judges…
Supreme Court declares America a presidential dictatorship
by Eric London and Tom Carter The US Supreme Court’s decision Monday in Trump v. United States fundamentally alters the character of the American government as it has existed since the American…
The Supreme Court Just Turned Trump Into the First American King
The six Republicans on this court have essentially declared that they and Trump are so far above the law that the entire concept this nation was founded on—that “no person…
Escaping the Trap of Far-Right Rhetoric
Rhetorical manipulation remains a commanding tool for the far-right. For that, the far-right likes to invent an enemy. This illusive enemy, in turn, is never clearly defined. Instead, it remains…
Trump First Convicted Felon Former US President But 45 War Criminal US Presidents Remain Un-convicted
Misogynist, sexist, racist, ultranationalist, neo-fascist, crook and pathological liar, former US president Donald Trump, has been convicted as a felon over a victim-less dishonesty. What is resolutely ignored in the flood…
‘Tough-on-Crime’ Doesn’t Apply to People Like Trump
Trump’s conviction is not proof that the criminal justice system works. The joy and disbelief we may be feeling is because it was never intended to ensnare people like him.…
New York jury convicts former President Donald Trump on all 34 counts
Late Thursday afternoon, a jury in New York City found former President Donald J. Trump guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records in relation to a six-figure payment he…
The New MAGA MAGAZINE!
Baby boomers like this writer remember how great MAD Magazine was in the 60s and 70s. Funny funny funny! The satire was tremendous. Well, children, we have a new satirical…
Black MAGA Is Still MAGA
Consider Donald Trump to be in a racial bind when it comes to election 2024. After all, he needs Black voters to at least defect from Joe Biden in swing…
Haiti Today, America Tomorrow? When Democracies Die, Mobs Take Over
Haiti has descended into chaos. It’s had no president or parliament — and no elections either –for eight long years. Its unelected prime minister Ariel Henry resigned recently when gang…
Trump’s Justice
In 1868, British Prime Minister William Gladstone famously said, “Justice delayed is justice denied.” The phrase has often been repeated here in the United States, most famously by the Reverend…
Throwing Out the Constitution: Donald Trump vs. the 14th Amendment
When the Civil War ended in 1865, the 76-year-old Constitution needed an upgrading and those leading the country did indeed dramatically transform it with the passage of the 13th, 14th,…
The ‘Good Old Days’ ( Compared to This)
Baby boomers like this writer usually reminisce about past days, replete with the great music ,sports and styles we enjoyed. Yes, growing up in ' The garden spot of the…
Can Democracy Survive the Morbidly Rich?
So, Donald Trump won Iowa. A crazed billionaire who wants to “suspend the Constitution” and claims the right to a murder his political enemies. It doesn’t have to be this…
Hitler Would Be Proud!
It has become sacrilegious to ever use Adolph Hitler in any comparison of a current political person or group. Sorry children, but we need to give careful scrutiny to our…
When the Cookie Crumbled: The Ron DeSantis Campaign Ends
So much for that. Much had been promised by Florida Governor Ron De Santis to derail Donald Trump’s bid to return to the White House. But the attempt to wrest…
Trump 2.0
Count on one thing: Donald Trump, who seems to gain Republican support with every new indictment, is not going away. He’s managed to capitalize on his 2020 election loss, using his failed insurrection,…
‘You’re a Regular RIOT Donald!’
For Baby Boomers like this writer The Honeymooners television show was right on. One of Jackie Gleason's funnier quotes was when, as Ralph Kramdon, he gave it to his wife…
Send In the Clowns…
They’re already here! Being a baby boomer this writer has consistently looked at those who lead us as mostly ‘ Clowns’. This goes in spades for those who run our…
Trump, the Second Time Around?
Recently, on a commuter train, I ran into an acquaintance who works for a government agency here in Washington, D.C. Soon after we started chatting, he indicated a desire to…
Make America Fascist Again (MAFA!)-The Future If Donald Trump Returns to the Oval Office
On February 19, 1942, two months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066. It initiated a Department of Defense program that resulted in the…
The Delusions of the American Right
Among the many enduring right-wing fibs, myths, and falsehoods, right-wing’s hatred of feminism takes a special place. Modern day anti-feminism is a reminiscence – perhaps: a continuation – of hundreds…
The GOP’s ‘Red Caesar’ New Political Order Plan Marches Forward
“Thirty years ago,” Damon Linker told The Guardian, “if I told you that a bunch of billionaires and intellectuals on the right are waiting in the wings to impose a dictatorship on…
What A Second Trumpocracy Would Mean
If he becomes the official nominee of the Republican Party in next year’s presidential race, Donald Trump will receive tens of millions of votes in the general election. He may…
Trump’s Schedule F (for “Failed State”)
Sometimes the right wing in this country seems like a riddle wrapped in an enigma encased in a conundrum. Do they want to strengthen the government in line with the…
Red-baiting in the USA
by Margaret Viggiani and Luma Nichol This summer Trump made a campaign promise to bar all leftists from immigrating to the United States. He declared, “We’re going to keep foreign,…
Nuclear-Powered Fixations: The Trump-Pratt Disclosures
In April 2021, the Australian billionaire Anthony Pratt had a meeting with Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago club. According to an ABC News report, “Pratt told Trump he believed Australia…
White Nationalism and Donald Trump
In 2020, The Daily Show ran a segment in which statements by Republican leaders, including Donald Trump, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), and various Fox News personalities were juxtaposed with those…
Trump Indictment Courthouse Demonstration
Former president Trump’s arraignment yesterday at the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse in Washington, DC on conspiracy charges for his failed attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 election…
Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis – Two Peas in a (White Nationalist) Pod
He appointed three conservative Supreme Court justices who shocked the nation with rulings that dramatically took away rights. He sided with the racists who used “states’ rights” to push through…
Prosecuting Donald Trump
Donald Trump is currently being charged with 34 felonies The State of New York, under the leadership of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg Jr., has arrested the former president,…
Spring has Sprung an Indictment on Trump!
No sooner had Trump been indicted by a grand jury in New York than activist Nadine Seiler was outside the White House with her large homemade banner announcing it to…
The Art of Selling and Repudiating Hate in America
by Rev. Graylan Scott Hagler and Ariel Gold We don’t know what dishes were served at the dinner Trump hosted last month for Ye (aka Kanye West) and Nick Fuentes,…
Trump’s Turkish Problem
American presidents have habitually kowtowed to Turkish demands. However, President Trump’s business investments in Turkey, Turkish-tainted associates, and baffling deference to President Erdogan spawned an exceptionally troubling record. That record…
Open Letter to the MAGA Crowd
I actually come into contact with many of you folks all the time. When I get car repairs, need a plumber or handyman, or go to a store, most of…
Why It’s Time to Declassify the Documents From Trump’s Basement
Whatever your feelings about former President Trump, there are reasons to be skeptical when government officials say it was necessary to raid his Florida home to recover classified documents that…
Following Raid In Trump’s Home, The Far Right Calls For Civil War In The U.S.
Some on the far right have been calling for civil war since an FBI raid on Trump's Florida home. Some experts say the warning signs for civil war have been…
This happens there in the US
The Trump-shelter-search incident is a new political occurrence in the US. Then, the interview came. Donald Trump, former US president, during an almost day-long interview with the New York attorney…
America’s Two Pandemics
Imagine that you were experiencing all of this (and by this, I mean our lives right now) as if it were a novel, à la Daniel Defoe’s A Journal of the Plague Year. The…
Trump’s ‘blue-collar’ image
Donald Trump still struts on the American political scene. It seems probable that he will stand again for president in 2024. Here I consider one important aspect of his popular…
Trump, Twitter and the Digital Town Hall
The merits are hard to stomach for partisans long jaundiced by presumption and dislike, but the cheer at the deplatforming of Donald Trump by a range of social media platforms…
Winning Votes Through Identity Politics
According to official estimates, Donald J. Trump obtained a little more than 74 million votes in the November 2020 presidential election losing to Joseph Biden who secured a little more…
The Big Lie And Endless Grievances
In the U.S. the strident arguments put forward that “voter fraud” has taken place in the recent election continues to resonate with a segment of the population. What do the…
To Working Stiff Trump Supporters
I too am a working stiff like you all. Unlike you I had no aspirations in regard to Donald Trump. I must say that I ditto that towards Joe Biden,…
The Neo-fascist Legacy of Donald Trump
After the US Capitol was attacked by his supporters, Donald Trump has become the first president of America to be impeached twice. Regardless of how he leaves the White House - the…
74 Million White Supremacist, Authoritarian-Law & Order Americans Jilted
With the Inauguration of Joseph Biden as the 46th President of the United States, ex-President Donald Trump will already have skulked out of Washington D.C. to his Mar-a-Largo golf club…
Trump may be on trial, but the system that produced him will be acquitted
It is a fitting end to four years of Donald Trump in the White House. On one side, Trump’s endless stoking of political grievances – and claims that November’s presidential…
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