Now that several of the Republican justices have been so heavily saturated with fat-cat money and thus regularly vote in favor of their morbidly rich “friends,” what do those rich dudes want?
Thom Hartmann
This year’s election may be our last chance to push back against the oligarchy that the GOP has been constructing for the past forty-three years.
Prior to the Reagan Revolution American companies actually invested in their workers, their communities, and their business. They attended to the needs of their customers, by in large...
This is a dystopian tale of a future that conforms to Trump's many campaign promises...
America fought back America’s oligarchs twice; will we succeed this third time with an actual oligarch (Trump) running for president as a neofascist populist?
It’s gotten so absurd that a reporter spoke with a woman at a Trump rally sporting a crucifix and tee-shirt that said “Hang Joe Biden For Treason.” She essentially said Jesus would watch the execution.
If America is ever to become a pluralistic, multiracial democratic republic we must come to terms with racism and white privilege.
In the Republican debate Wednesday night, Haley and DeSantis tossed around Reagan-era talking points that most people don't understand, so here’s a handy guide to translate Republican-gibberish into plain English.
Republican are campaigning on their racism. After all, what is the opposite of diversity, equity, and inclusion? Whites-only communities, whites-only jobs, and racial segregation.
The white Republican base has been so lied to and abused over the past forty or so years that they’ve become easy marks for the predators in both big business and the GOP.
There’s no “Trump 2.0” waiting in the wings. So let’s get about the business of kicking him off the ballot and restore some normalcy to American political discourse.
How would you react if one day you were sitting at home and the phone rang and when you picked it up you heard a man shout: “Kill yourself now so we can save ammo!”
Between Agenda 47 and Project 2025, Donald Trump and the rightwing billionaires who own the GOP have big plans for this nation, regardless of which Republican takes the White House next.
Understanding how Republicans got here—and dragged the rest of us with them—may give us some clues to how to get out of this mess.
If their plan works, these Republican toadies of the billionaires who fund and own them will rewrite our Constitution and state governors, the US Congress, and the President will have no say whatsoever.
If Democrats don’t figure out a way to match the passion and fervor of Trump’s MAGA movement with their own passionate and action-driven movement, things could get very ugly for next year’s elections.