The dangerous consequences of gerrymandering and inbreeding
It is interesting and ironic how forty years of dogged gerrymandering by Republicans to create primary-challenge resistant congressional districts has backfired.
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Do not forget how we got here
As the President’s illness is comprehensively covered and updated in frenzied, up-to-the-minute posts, I continue to wonder about the fate of all of those brown people–adults and children–who walked here. They came up through Central America and Mexico, hundreds of miles, with just the clothes on their backs and hope for the children whose hands […]
MoreTrump reveals how to never elect another Republican again
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/30/trump-republican-party-voting-reform-coronavirus The truth emerges just as we suspected. This is about as close to admitting that Republicans have to suppress the vote and/or cheat to win as one might get short of a total admission. “The things they had in there were crazy. They had things, levels of voting that if you’d ever agreed to […]
MoreCorona deception: cease and desist
Wishful thinking, irrational behavior and lies will not keep us safe. Resist. Insist on the truth.
MoreTrump’s Corona virus blame game
“Donald Trump’s chief of staff Mick Mulvaney told the Conservative Political Action Conference [CPAC] that the Coronavirus was the ‘hoax of the day,’” conceived of and perpetuated by a hostile media establishment. During a Congressional hearing on Iran, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo refused to disagree with the chief of staff. (@TheHill.com) While the U.S. […]
MoreDemocratic socialism is not Communist
Please let’s get clear on this. Social programs, government programs that benefit all of us are “socialist” by definition. It is not Communism. It is not collective ownership or anything of the sort. We are a nation of people that comprise a “society” to which we all belong. Democratic socialism simply means that we the […]
MoreMayor Pete: The smartest guy on the the Dem’s debate stage
It seems that Buttigieg is the only Democrat in this race with the common sense to move toward Obama who is reportedly one of if not the most respected Presidents in the nation’s history.
MoreThe Poway Synagogue Shooting Makes Me Fear for My Family – The Atlantic
I can no longer assure my daughters that violence won’t enter our family’s spaces. — Read on http://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/05/poway-synagogue-shooting-makes-me-fear-my-family/588355/ #TerrorInTheAgeOfTrump
MoreTrump’s efforts to obstruct were clear, Democrats say, but question of impeachment isn’t
The Mueller report’s findings and the special counsel’s deferral to Congress increase pressure on Democrats and 2020 presidential candidates from the party’s left flank. Source: Trump’s efforts to obstruct were clear, Democrats say, but question of impeachment isn’t Yes, there is an election in 18 months, but Democrats’ weakness on impeaching Trump is irresponsible. […]
MoreAisha Fraser is Dead
Shame on you @RepMarciaFudge. Today, Aisha Fraser is dead. Her blood is on your hands as well as her abuser’s, her husband, Lance Fraser. It does not matter that you deemed Mr. Fraser’s actions out of character for the man you vouched for after “more than 20 years of friendship,” during his 2014 sentencing for […]
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