The invasion of Ukraine by Putin shows what happens when one party and then one man gains control of a country. And Republicans want that kind of control here.
There are many differences between the rich and the rest of us, but one of the most consequential for your taxes is whether most of your income comes from wages.
Governments have been paying hidden subsidies the fossil-fuel industries even as they push poorer countries to do more to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.
Focusing on the reasons is what individuals who have committed a crime want you, us, to do. "Look over there!" "I HAD to!" "They did it first!" Motivations, Justifications. Pity party.
The indelible lesson that Trump taught the world is that audacious and unrepentant lies are tools that he and people like him will never fail to use to undermine Democracy.
Republican members of Congress who were involved in the January 6th insurrection are whipping up loads of distractions to divert attention from the question, "Why are they still in office and not in jail?"
Just as non-existent election fraud has been used to pass voter suppression laws, Republicans are using their fear of critical race theory as an excuse to ban the teaching of the history of racial suppression and enslavement.
The mantra of "family values" is simply a license to hate. Putin knows this. For Republicans, stamping out homosexuality trumps democracy and is why they can embrace Putin.
After a month on the road, the incoherent procession of truckers, crackpots, crybabies, small dogs, big mouths and old guys in Uncle Sam costumes finally morphed into...a lynch mob crusading against black people.
Trump is counting on the Big Lie to divert uninformed voters from the truth. He's betting that the apathy of others will allow his organized minority to prevail.
Two recent news articles illustrate the scary similarities between Russian attitudes toward future generations and those of Republican representatives here.