Some of our top brass denounce socialism, but they run the most socialist organization on earth. Published June 10, 2021 in Common Dreams – link to article America’s love affair with lunacy continues undimmed. Along with flat-earthers, anti-vaxxers, and fans of perpetual motion, according to a May 21 Ipsos poll, 53 percent of Republicans now assert that…
The Congressman From Hell Is a Symptom of Our Rotten Political System
Decades of disdain for politics as a civic calling means we get the politicians we deserve. Published on Tuesday, May 18, 2021 by Common Dreams Picture a member of congress and what do you see? He’s a guy (those in question are usually still men, despite Marjorie Taylor Greene) with an ego the size of…
Liz Cheney: And Thus, the Revolution Devours Its Children
At some point, the GOP will use bullets rather than ballots. Published on Thursday, May 13, 2021 by Common Dreams ( link to article) On the occasion of her defenestration from the Republican leadership, the mainstream media have discovered a strange new respect for now-former House GOP Conference chair Liz Cheney. Politics makes strange bedfellows, and, indeed,…
Wait, Don’t Tell Me: The Capitol Riot Was Yet Another “Intelligence Failure”
This is Washington’s go-to excuse for basic failures of policy, but we should not tolerate it any longer. Published on Thursday, March 04, 2021 byCommon Dreams In the Senate’s first hearing on the breach of Capitol security by pro-Trump rioters on February 23, it was the consensus of all witnesses that failure to receive appropriate notice…
Let’s End the Damaging Cult of the Constitution
We need a fundamental debate about our flawed and archaic founding document. Published Feb. 24, 2021 in Moyers on Democracy ( link to article) Imagine if the people of Germany’s capital, Berlin, had no representation in the Bundestag. Picture the last presidential election in France resulting in Marine Le Pen defeating Emmanuel Macron while garnering…
Longtime GOP insider Mike Lofgren on his former party: “Going easy on these people will not work”
Lofgren spent 28 years on Capitol Hill. Now he says Republican zealots should be crushed, banished and ostracized By DAVID MASCIOTRA JANUARY 16, 2021 5:00PM (UTC) Republican officials at the highest level support insurrection, terrorism and treason. They have presided over a political culture that, for many years, has inculcated seditious desires within millions of expertly programmed…
A Layman’s Guide to Spotting Sedition, Treason, and Lunacy in General
The words people speak have consequences—but maybe not what you think. Published in Commondreams.org on Jan. 14, 2021 – Link to article Now that America and the world have seen what the phrase “concerned citizens” means in the context of political action, it may be necessary to learn how to decode other politically charged phrases…