Tag: Republicans

Many may have been assigned in high school the legendary science fiction author Ray Bradbury's inimitable 1953 dystopic novel Fahrenheit 451. If not, briefly, it's a...

Last week, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis proposed creating a state paramilitary force that would answer only to him. He told state lawmakers he wants Florida...

Predictably, republicans and the corporate for-profit media pandering to them are tripping over themselves in piling on critiques of President Joe Biden's handling of...

If you're a Californian, September 14 is an important day. That's the day republicans hope to unseat Democratic governor Gavin Newsome in a special recall...

What do former French President Nicolas Sarkozy and recently ousted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have in common? They are examples of corrupt former leaders...

The United States came dangerously close to losing democracy January 6 when thousands of spiteful, armed Donald Trump supporters descended on the Capitol to do the...

The clock is ticking. There are four weeks left in the congressional calendar, which means when federal lawmakers return to Washington in September, it will...

"It’s rare to go one day without a mass shooting in America." That's how U.S. data and visual reporter for The Guardian, Alvin Chang, began...

Thirty-third president Harry Truman proclaimed: "Given a choice between a Republican and a Democrat who acts like a Republican, the voters will pick the Republican...

Republicans have been laser focused on destroying Social Security since President Franklin Roosevelt signed it into law in 1935. Over the past eight decades, Republicans--and...

The COVID-19 coronavirus is now a full-fledged pandemic. https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1237777021742338049 A functional government would have begun putting the necessary precautions in place at the outbreak's first sign. We...

Super Tuesday is upon us, and the Republican party is wasting no time doing what it does best every election--disenfranchising minorities who consistently vote...

Former FBI director James Comey asserted during his Senate Intelligence Committee hearing in June 2017: “We’re talking about a foreign government that using technical intrusion,...

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1131529223489892352 Donald Trump has repeatedly vilified the "do-nothing" Congress. He might genuinely believe Congress is "doing nothing." But what about the average American? Is he or she even...

Amid all the scandals, resignations, lies, and general perfidy characterizing the Trump administration, it's easy to neglect some of the less-publicized stories providing a backdrop...

The longest government shutdown in the nation’s history is finally over–at least for three weeks. Why did it take so long to re-open the government? Was it the Democrats'...

On Tuesday, Oklahoma authorities released video of former Trump campaign coordinator and state senator, Ralph Shortey, caught with an underage prostitute. In November, the...

After Donald Trump committed high treason on the international stage Monday, siding with Moscow over Russian meddling in the 2016 American presidential election, the president is now claiming he...

There's a saying: "Not all Republicans are racists, but if someone is racist, he's probably a Republican." While it would be unfair to stereotype all...

A Nazi is running for the House of Representatives. In Tuesday's Illinois primary, 70-year-old Arthur Jones, running unopposed, secured the Republican nomination to represent the Chicago-area's...