The twin facts that almost half of adult Americans have the attention span of an avocado, and opinions that are buffeted to and fro by the slightest breeze, are now on glaring display. How convenient for the members of the hoped for autocracy. The left, of which I am a proud member, is now in … Continue reading
When Nazis marched in Charlottesville, Virginia, Donald Trump said there were some “very fine people on both sides.” And Republicans stood with him! When he was shown on video saying of women, “when you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything…Grab ’em by the pussy. You can do anything,” Republicans stood … Continue reading
With the clear understanding that the Republican minions of the Federalist Society, the Heritage Foundation, and the six conservative justices of the Supreme court, do not give a damn about us, or care what we think, because we ordinary citizens of this country do not matter to them in the least, we must now finish … Continue reading
Unless you want more mass shootings, more rights stripped, more bigots in office, more environmental rape, more embracing of hate-speech and violence and a continued concerted attack on basic democratic principles, which has caused The Global Party Survey to conclude that the “Republican Party is one of the most anti-democratic political parties in the developed … Continue reading
Acknowledgements: the lead investigator on this Global Witness report was Ken Silverstein. Global Witness is grateful to NBC News for making available to us material from an NBC and Reuters interview with Alexandre Henrique Ventura Nogueira. Unless otherwise indicated, this material is referenced in the text as (NBC/Reuters). An excerpt: “What is clear is that … Continue reading
Forty percent of the citizens in this country will now vote for a party that stands behind a law that says a woman raped by a serial killer must carry the resulting pregnancy to term. A woman raped by an escaped mental patient must give birth to that baby. A woman battered and raped by … Continue reading