Tuesday, April 30, 2024

12 notes from a political autopsy

The left and the party faithful may be angry at each other, but they’re on the same side now, locked together in a nonviolent political movement to resist Trumpism and remake American politics.

Country Music, Tea Party ‘Populism,’ and Ted Cruz

The billionaire-backed funding for Ted Cruz comes from those the billionaire-backed groups and individuals that oppose raising the minimum wage, or even the existence of a minimum wage, want to gut Medicare, Social Security and unemployment benefits, and want to reduce their own taxes even more.

A pandemic has infected the Republican Party—it has one name and many faces

“What we do have is we have perhaps the lowest, but among the lowest, but perhaps the lowest, mortality rate—death rate—anywhere in the world.”

The Real Meaning of Donald Trump

Trump is a sign of American decline. Just not in the way you think.

Donald Trump Is the Mosquito, Not the Zika Virus

Class of 2016, tell us who we are and where we are.

Botched or rigged? Iowa’s caucus disaster

Despite the confidence, the two systems meant to safeguard the caucuses from controversy failed spectacularly.

Candidates for 2015’s “Hypocrite of the Year”

There are so many candidates. But the people included here stand out in their various areas of nefarious behavior: warmaking, tax avoidance, consumer gouging, environmental destruction, and criminal arrogance.

Let’s Talk About Hillary Clinton and Saudi Arabia

U.S. activists must follow the example of our European allies and demand that our government stop supplying the Saudi rulers with weapons to bomb civilians in Yemen and repress its own citizens.

Questioning Hillary’s Tuesday Win in the Grand Canyon State Amid Widespread Evidence of Voter...

Did Hillary's campaign and cooperative Democratic officials and Arizona voter officials help her steal a primary win in Arizona on Tuesday? Certainly there were lots of apparent voter suppression efforts afoot.

What’s the Meaning of Failure?

The dishonesty of words illustrates the dishonesty of America’s wars.