Politics, Corruption & Criminality

The oligarchy of the old Confederacy never really went away and arguably it has just taken over the United States 164 years after they first fired on Fort Sumpter, this time with “Tech Bros” replacing plantation owners.

This America is not the America Dr. King dreamed of—and until it is, we who share the dream need to steward that dream in such a way that it brings us conflict and discomfort and injury; because his dream requires such things from the privileged.

An increase in idiotic people might be a reason for America’s descent toward fascism, but many working-class Republican voters and the millions of Democrats who stayed home are about to get the government they deserve.

The night before Trump's so-called sentencing, four members of our reprehensible radical-rightwing Supreme Court voted that he shouldn’t have to face sentencing at all for his crimes because he is above the law.

Trump and his "people" are creating exactly the sort of environment which can turn normal people into monsters who then seize control and ultimately destroy nations from within.

DeSantis filed a 20-page petition with the Florida Supreme Court to assemble a grand jury to investigate crimes related to the use of COVID vaccines. The result was pretty much the opposite of what he wanted.

Republican politicians don’t give a damn about your job, particularly when they can find somebody else to do it cheaper, although they do have to put on a little show from time to time to keep the racists happy.

Americans—and people who want to become Americans out of hope or desperation—deserve better. And throwing some of these rich white employers in jail instead of terrified immigrants would be a good start.

Hopefully this time Democratic politicians and our media will, finally, call the GOP’s Two Santa Clauses scam and put an end to it once and for all.

No matter how much these book-banners try to shield their children from reality. Everyone eventually crashes into it. The question is: Will they be equipped to handle it?

The climate crisis, healthcare, worker protections, and the fight against poverty are all adversely effected by the power of the wealthy elites who control the economy and the political sphere.

When an American president speaks about Canada it should be with respect and friendship, and they should understand that the head of government is addressed as prime minister.

Dark money and charity organizations led by former intelligence officers and ex-feds have been spreading propaganda about conditions at the border—and raking in profits from their efforts, with Tom Homan now named as Border Czar.

Trump is just the latest in a long line of politicians who have objected to the fact that Latin American immigrants who come to the U.S. without legal permission can have babies who are U.S. citizens.

Yoon’s behavior serves as both a warning and a call to action: democracies must stand vigilant against the creeping authoritarianism that threatens their core principles. As Trump’s return looms, these lessons cannot be ignored.

Authoritarians always love the poorly educated and the mis-educated. The well-educated, the readers, the questioners, those who demand evidence, gather facts, and trust verifiable information (as opposed to propaganda) are a threat.