Trump's violent rhetoric alone could be sufficient grounds for his impeachment
Opinion columnist Jamelle Bouie, writing for theNew York Times, persuasively argues that Donald Trump’s violent, unhinged rhetoric, more than amply demonstrated on Twitter and in his campaign rallies,...
View ArticleMilitiamen and nascent neo-Nazi terrorists jump to attention when Trump...
To the surprise of no one, the people most excited about Donald Trump’s tweet warning that “civil war” would erupt if Democrats were to remove him from office via impeachment have turned out to be some...
View ArticleRobert Jeffress is Donald Trump’s minister of hate
By now, Americans have grown accustomed to incendiary rhetoric from the raging right. Nevertheless, the past week witnessed some truly explosive eruptions from some of the leading lights of the...
View ArticleThese folks are here to stay . . .
Millions were thrilled to the depths of their souls when, in 2011, Donald Trump launched his attention-getting ‘birther’ crusade to proclaim, without a shred of evidence, that America’s first...
View ArticleGun-toting, anti-government group threatens to 'protect' Minneapolis MAGA rally
On Thursday, Donald Trump will bring his roving band of fascist enthusiasts to Minneapolis’ Target Center arena for one of his overblown and overrated campaign rallies. There are sure to be major...
View ArticleImpeachment: Why we DO Need 67 Senators to Convict Trump
Hopefully it’s obvious from the title that this blog is a response to Impeachment: We Might Not Need 67 Senators to Convict Trump. And I think it’s only honest and fair to say that the previous blog is...
View ArticleMarx & Engels' Civil War correspondence
Talk of an impending “second Civil War” is everywhere, but it shouldn’t be dismissed as idle threat. Marx would have predicted as much, given how far capital has captured the state in early 21st...
View ArticleMarx predicted the American white working class would be reduced to "helotry"
Talk of a new “civil war” in the 21st century is no idle boast. The dynamic of capital capturing the state for decades, as existed in antebellum America on the eve of Ft. Sumter, is today nearly exact,...
View ArticleThe externalities of slavery mirror those of climate change precisely
Marx did not have the benefit of the concept of externalities for his economic work. If he had, Marx would no doubt have documented the externalities of slavery in his correspondence during the...
View ArticleA Cold Civil War
Carl Bernstein appeared on CNN’s Cuomo Prime Timeon Friday and said something that needed to be said."We are in a cold civil war in this country, and Trump has brought that cold civil war and every day...
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I hope I don't get shot
I submitted an editorial to the Peoria Journal Star (Peoria IL). They will print it in a spotlight column this weekend. My last column caused someone to worry I would bring a active shooter to our...
View ArticleHappy Thanksgiving Abraham Lincoln
Forget the first Thanksgiving. It’s mostly myth, originated in nativist versions of United States history and perpetuated in elementary school pageants. Instead, Americans should recognize the second...
View ArticleIs it time to pull the plug on the United States of America?
I started debating politics back in 2001 after the September 11 attacks. Back then there was a lot of anger, confusion, and trepidation over the future of the United States. But no matter what was said...
View ArticleThanks to impeachment, 'civil war' talk is on the tip of all the far-right...
The most fanatical right-wing followers of Donald Trump have been warning for some time that any attempt to impeach the man in the Oval Office would result in a second American civil war that will...
View ArticleBiden campaign's dangerous "steaming pile of crap" theory
Paul Begala, one of Bill Clinton’s most trusted political strategists, has a metaphor to explain how the Biden campaign team views the choice voters should be given in the 2020 race. He calls it “the...
View ArticleThe bigots have always pursued and obtained political power !
I read a very well written article here that led me to this primary source document which contained these words : As the campaign progresses in this second great battle for the rescue of the law-making...
View ArticleIt's Time for the Nation to Come Together and Heal the Division Tearing Us Apart
There has never been so much division in America. Positions have hardened. Yet there is still time to come together, to agree to disagree with civility and try to do better. Is there anything more...
View Article'Ahlan Simsim' brings 'Sesame Street' joy and trauma-inclusive care to...
Ahlan Simsim, which translates to “Welcome Sesame” in Arabic, is the newest program to launch from Sesame Workshop, the same organization that brings kids Sesame Street. Ahlan Simsim includes some...
View ArticleTennessee rep. shuts down historian in battle to remove Confederate 'Butcher'...
A Tennessee Democrat deftly called out the realities of the Civil War in a state house hearing Tuesday, forcing a Confederate enthusiast to truly consider the legacies he is fighting so hard to...
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Foreign-run Bots Calling for US Civil War?
I know this won’t surprise many here, but I still gotta say it. During the impeachment trial today, I spent some time running twitter accounts through the website “Botsentinel.com”. This was new to me...
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