Tag: democracy
The deaf, dumb and blind cult still dazzled by the nastiest,...
How mortifying: one crude, ham-fisted con artist, swelled by arrogance, ignorance, and stupidity, is all it took to topple this “naked” beacon of democracy. Figure even worse with a Putin in charge.
From an old journalist, another letter to the tribe
Cover the election, not just the candidates.
Does not our ongoing, epic failure to obstruct immorality confirm America...
What morally deficient country tolerates blatant wickedness without rising up to avert the next outrage? His re-election was bad enough; tolerance of evil is worse.
Trump’s terrifying talent for multitrashing
Trump and his cohort are busy destroying things on multiple fronts, like a bull in a shopping mall full of fragile wares.
Scale raises the ceiling, but fiscal foundations determine whether autocracy or...
The implication is stark: democracy is not only a constitutional or ideological arrangement; it is fundamentally a fiscal one.
This is what accountability looks like
Whether it's the refusal to release all the Epstein files, the failure to punish Trump for his anti-democratic actions, or the launching of the war in Iran, the United States is becoming as unaccountable as Russia under Putin.
Credit MAGA Trump for busting up federalism like a piñata, only...
One imagined the durability, if not standing of America, demanded a far stronger, earth-shaking force than a self-mortifying, scamming joke.
The apocalyptic president
The personification of an imperial power (and planet) in decline.
Do special election results spell doom for Republicans in 2026?
And with the 2026 midterm elections less than nine months away, analysts are already scrambling for indications of the likely outcome.
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Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta
Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.
Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat in US agriculture
The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."
Why Biden’s debate disaster two years ago matters for the future
Looking ahead, a great need will be to overcome the ongoing culture of conformity that so badly damaged the Democratic Party in 2024 and helped Trump get back into the White House.
Anti-ICE protesters sentenced to decades as Trump turns ‘antifa’ label into prosecution tool
The Prairieland case transformed a July 4 protest outside a Texas immigration jail into a terrorism prosecution, with sentences from 30 to 100 years and warnings of a new federal playbook against left-wing dissent.
Alaska governor vetoes single-use polystyrene foam foodware ban
For now, polystyrene products will remain legal for use by commercial food vendors statewide.