The Nazis of the 21st century share the arrogance of their brethren, a belief that they need more room, and there are too many of the inferior peoples and races breeding too fast.
We should all be demanding proof of life of every person illegally renditioned to a foreign prison on a daily basis. Honestly, it could now be any of us.
Trump's order renaming the Gulf of Mexico has triggered great alternatives: Gulf of Four Seasons Total Landscaping, Gulf of America Is Fucked, Gulf of the Dude Abides, Gulf of the Dread Is No Longer Existential and many, many more.
Trump, Musk and the GOP have hotwired our democracy, stripped it for parts, and are selling the pieces to the highest bidder telling us to enjoy the ride, while we're all bound and gagged in the trunk.
Republicans in Congress are acting like the loyal goose-stepping sycophants of another past dictator. The more they tolerate Trump's destruction of our government and its functions and the more they allow his shredding of the Constitution the more they own the result.
We need to rally every Democracy-loving, humanity-defending American into the daily, mundane and unspectacular work of fighting for change in the places we walked over the weekend.
Trump is looking for an excuse to invoke martial law and suspend the Constitution—you know the one he lied about defending in his Oath of Office. Don't give him one.
The way things are going we will have an easier time calling Facebook for tech support than getting answers to questions about Medicare, VA benefits or Social Security. Hint: there is NO way to call Facebook for tech support.
Far-right conservatives can dispense all kinds of cruelty and expose human beings to staggering forms of bigotry—and still say they're defending the living, because they love embryos.
Donald Trump loves the power and prestige that comes with being head of state, but does not seem to particularly enjoy the responsibility of being head of government.
The latest evidence the Trump regime is "a clown car driving against traffic on the interstate of leadership" was met with outrage. Meanwhile the GOP deflected and downplayed and Sean Hannity whined.
Dictatorial regimes are famously corrupt, marked by the ignorance and incompetence of the people around the dictator. But when your regime is part mafia spoof, part constitutional crisis, things stop being funny real fast.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders are the only people who have correctly taken the pulse of the American people at this critical juncture in our history.
Agreeing to disagree with Trump's supporters in matters of even simple human rights and dignity would mean silencing oneself and more importantly, betraying the people who bear the burdens of their political affiliations.