From the White House on down, the country has finally caught up with college football’s 150 years of tribalism: You are Red or Blue, you are one of us or you are the enemy.
Every authoritarian regime began not with tanks in the streets but with leaders who used words like weapons and convinced their followers that fellow citizens were traitors.
At the ground level, Charlie Kirk’s killing was the result of hate. But the view from thirty-thousand feet reveals that it was also due to the cowardice of an entire political body.
America elected its first dictator and gave him a rubber-stamp Congress—one that already enabled a Supreme Court to render him immune for any crimes he is prepared to commit.
Maybe it is time for conservatives to realize the irony of desperately seeking the kindness of empathy that they work tirelessly to withhold from others, a gentleness and decency they so often turn into a punchline.
Trump has started establishing America's "state religion" and his Supreme Court has made it official that skin color is fair game when ICE agents are looking for people to abduct.
DeSantis is at war with rainbow crosswalks claiming they are unsafe. Meanwhile a national study shows street art has contributed to a 50% reduction in crashes involving vehicles and pedestrians.
Trump's clumsy word-play "Chipocalypse Now," has sparked creative responses: "So now he's declaring war on Chipotle?" "Wouldn't Chicagalypse be better?" "It sounds like the next Ben and Jerry's flavor," etc.
Mitch McConnell is a villain in America’s story. He is a coward in America’s story. After the Trump coup he caved to Trump when he had the power to end the MAGA obscenity. He was too weak, craven, dishonest and weak to use it.
Voters don’t rally behind policy papers: they rally behind leaders they can see and believe in. Democrats must end the era of weak, divided messaging and rise with a chorus of commanding voices.
If we let Bob Kennedy, MAHA madness, and his billionaire patrons redefine America as a place where only the strong survive, we will lose not just our health but our souls.
The man who has managed to do the impossible feat of bankrupting multiple casinos wants to be in a position to call shots at major multinational corporations, not to mention the Fed.