The GOP is consolidating its power in Red states by asserting control over elections, purging tens of millions of voters off the rolls, destroying public schools, and arresting Black voters and parading them before cameras in shackles.
Opinions & Commentary
Republicans, if you care as deeply about this nation as you claim you do, you’ll dismount the dead horse myth of Trump’s patriotism and Hillary’s treason—and you’ll stand on your own two feet.
This is not complicated. Trump lost the election, took documents he wasn’t allowed to take and showed these documents to at LEAST two people who weren’t authorized to see them.
In very simple terms, the word "woke" means being aware of discrimination and social crises and wanting to repair them in order to make a more happy, loving, and egalitarian society.
To do the fullest honor to those who fought and died on D-Day we must also acknowledge that the evil philosophies which lead to that war also exist here. And those ideas are being actively promoted today.
By skillful manipulation of fear and hate, under the guise of super-patriotism, fascists erase civil liberties, treat women as breeders and claim that their supporters are the only people who count.
The far right has morphed into an actual fascist party, calling for violence and the overthrow of the US Constitution—except for the 2nd Amendment. The humanist majority needs to pay attention and get to work.
Missouri Senator Josh Hawley, well known for supporting the Jan 6 insurrection and then sprinting for his life away from the rioters, has now published a book on manliness.
The closest Doomsday Clock has ever come to midnight is right now, at 90 seconds to midnight. The Clock is maintained some of the most sober and accomplished scientists in the world. We’d be fools not to listen.
Poet Amanda Gorman provided a beautiful and promising vision for America, and Florida under DeSantis banned it. In running for President, he now offers this nightmare to the rest of the country.
It should come as no surprise that the most vocal proponents of allowing a debt ceiling default by the US are also backers of the Jan 6th insurrection.
The FOX-MAGA Florida government will not admit that inequality in America is baked into our institutions, from health care to the law to education—even though it’s as obvious as Donald Trump’s fake tan.
America has never been a “Christian nation,” as Conservatives claim, but for most of its history, power and privilege have been in the hands of religious white people with a Caucasian Christ.
Growing up, I thought aliens came from outer space. I had no notion about aliens being immigrants. For the longest time I thought the aliens who lived next door came from another planet.
Chain restaurants are overcharging customers, underpaying workers, and bragging about it to investors. If you think you’re being gouged, you’re right!
Patriot Front Nazis paid an unannounced visit to the Capital, though surrounded by police. Joe Flood noticed there were no counter protestors. So he picked up the job by himself, quite effectively.