In an age when the president has no problem inserting hyper-partisan rhetoric in a veto signing statement of an ultimately bipartisan rejection of one of his emergency declaration, why not examine what happened in this country that would make it possible for the party of Abraham Lincoln to become the party of Confederate monument defending […] More
We told you. We tried to warn you. “Trump is going to drain the swamp! Trump is going to fix our broken tax system!” These were the cheers heard from the right. Trump supporters were elated when Trump finally passed his tax reform. You know, the bill that was great for corporations but thoroughly dicked down […] More
If you’re anything like me, you watched Trump’s State of the Union speech and afterwards thought “well, those were certainly all words.” But nothing that he said tonight came as a surprise to anyone. It’s more of the same senseless drivel that comes from Trump and his administration. Look, we knew this was going to be […] More
WASHINGTON, DC – Following news that his friend Roger Stone was arrested as part of the Mueller investigation, president Donald Trump took to Twitter to lament quite possibly the biggest mistake of his 2016 presidential campaign: not hiring Hillary Clinton, so he could finally lock her up. Speaking to his comrades on Fox and Friends, […] More
Christian bigotry on full display: According to The Texas Tribune, republicans in Tarrant County, Texas are going to vote on whether to recall their vice-chairman based solely on the fact that he’s Muslim. Because nothing says Christian Values™ better than some good old-fashioned Christian bigotry. Shahid Shafi identifies as a Republican because of his firm […] More
Wow. That was rough. Typically when presidents address the nation on prime time TV from the Oval Office, they’re discussing incredibly important issues. It’s where John F. Kennedy told the nation about Russian missiles in Cuba. George W. Bush addressed the nation after the September 11th attacks. Ronald Reagan addressed the Challenger disaster. You know, […] More
It’s no big secret that our current president has a cold and distant relationship with the truth and/or reality. President Trump‘s loosey-goosey, come and go approach to reality and telling the American people something that even remotely resembles truth is one of its defining characteristics. So much so, in fact, that The Washington Post has a running […] More
We’ve all had uncomfortable conversations with family that are political hardliners at Thanksgiving. If it feels like you’re talking to a brick wall, it’s not that you’re debating skills are bad. Turns out, research is showing that people with deeply held political views – and those of the fringes of the left or right wing […] More
The results of last night’s election were pretty much what everybody expected to happen. Democrats won control of the House, Republicans maintained control of the Senate, and the anti-gay religious bigot Kim Davis lost her bid for re-election. But something we might not have expected to happen happened. Last night, over 20 candidates who have […] More
Kim Davis is (well, was) the Kentucky clerk who, in 2015, became nationally-known for her refusal to sign marriage certificates for same-sex couples because: religion. But tonight, she lost her bid for re-election. According to NPR: With all 19 precincts reporting, preliminary results show Caudill earned 4,210 votes to Davis’ 3,566. It was Davis’ first […] More
In a closed-door meeting last night, president Donald Trump told evangelical leaders that they are “one election away from losing everything that you’ve got” and that their opponents are “violent people” who will overturn everything Trump has achieved “violently.” Captured in a recording, Trump said: They will overturn everything that we’ve done and they’ll do […] More
It seems that we’re in a time period where the division between the two major political parties is more vast than it’s been before. Civil discourse seems to be on the decline as we fear the worst of others. Sometimes this is justified, but many times its not. Author Kurt Andersen was recently featured on […] More
