We already know that Trump’s presidential campaign staff — including his adult children — conspired with agents and groups from Russia, China, and the UAE to influence the American presidential election. While it’s hard to quantify that influence, we don’t have to try hard. The voting difference in the key battleground states — the areas where Russia focused — was only around 70,000 votes all told. […]
Democrats can’t seem to find their ‘message.’ Should they guarantee jobs? How about health care? I’m astounded. It shouldn’t be even slightly tough to see what will work. Even if you position yourself as ‘not a Republican,’ the direction is easy to see. We’re tired of seeing industrialists angrily trash another piece of our common community. We’re losing America, and it’s making us sick. What’s […]
Here we go again. Look, I know it’s a crime in Illinois, but I’m still going to subject people to Trump’s tweets. I know they’re not pretty (or well punctuated), but they are surprisingly entertaining. The modern American President is just spinning away. Maybe he’s feeling especially vulnerable, but there is far too much free time in that man’s mornings. I thought he had a job? […]
Before we argue all the wonderfully lurid details of Trump’s latest ethical fiasco, it’s worth asking whether Trump is guilty. The answer is easy: of course he is. I mean, come on! The simple appearance of corruption disappeared out of his rear-view mirror long before he was elected. Trump isn’t even mildly guilty, he’s fantastically, hysterically, pathologically guilty. He’s “A new field of abnormal psychology” […]
Republicans: Party of the Rich White-Nationalist Incel Rebellion
Republicans have been demeaning the American community for decades. They’re dishonest, mean and stingy, and openly disdain almost every generous trait we cherish. They’re the opposite of faithful or godly that way. Republicans seem to hate women, especially their reproductive options, and are terrified of anything like sexual choice. They drive middle-income people into poverty while defunding anti-poverty programs. Republicans applaud racist goons while ignoring […]
Will America be able to fix the Republican corruption after Trump fails?
Are Republicans in Congress covering up malfeasance by the Trump administration? Are they blocking investigations of corruption because they might be committed by Republicans, at the same time using the instruments of our government to attack their political opponents? Are they hiding evidence of illicit coordination between Trump’s election campaign and the Russian Federation? Is the Republican party complicit in what we could call collusion […]
Trump seems increasingly likely to decertify Iran’s compliance with the Iranian nuclear deal. The deal is good for Europe and good for the US, but it was a something Obama touched, so Trump wants it to die. And he can, simply by decertifying Iran’s compliance. You can see Trump’s trigger-finger start twitching when the topic comes up. But if Trump does this thing, he will […]
Stand Up for America
I haven’t been writing as many posts recently. I haven’t been especially motivated. Plus, I suspect you didn’t want to read those kinds of articles. But it’s time to stand up. My idea behind this blog was the same a lot of people: use sunlight to cure bad behavior. Governments aren’t exactly pure of heart, but the cure is to show the broken places so […]

