'Civil War' is a movie. Putin's pals want a real war between the states
The dystopian thriller “Civil War” has been the No. 1 film at the U.S. box office for the last two weekends. But viewers, liberals and conservatives alike, should be aware that Russian leader Vladimir...
View ArticleAn American Christian Theocracy is Being Formed in Full View. Is Anybody...
Letters from an American: April 28, 2024Senior GOP are not 'challenging democracy' but are working to forcibly impose an autocratic Christian Theocracy across the US which will be violent and...
View ArticleOur Supreme Court Helped Cause the First Civil War! Could it be Laying the...
According to historian Patrick Kiger, there were nine key causes to the American Civil War. Several involved laws passed by by Congress. But one was squarely the responsibility of the U. S. Supreme...
View ArticleKevin McCarthy isn’t done fighting Matt Gaetz
Former Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is endorsing Florida GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz’s primary challenger, former naval pilot Aaron Dimmock. “Gaetz is the Hunter Biden of the Republican Party,”...
View ArticleWe Shouldn't Be Honoring Traitors, But It's Not Surprising
It was disappointing to see that a school district in Virginia decided to reinstate the names of three Confederate officers to two of its buildings.This is a reversal of a decision made four years ago...
View ArticleThe Last Time Oligarchs Tried to Take Over America It Led to Civil War
The headline in this week’s Fortune reads:“Billionaire investor Ray Dalio warns U.S. is ‘on the brink’ and estimates a more than 1 in 3 chance of civil war”Billionaires and civil war? A...
View ArticleThe Memorial Day history forgot: The martyrs of the race course
It has become a Daily Kos tradition for me to republish this Memorial Day story I wrote in 2016. Some of the links and text has been updated. I have ancestors, Black and white, who fought for the Union...
View ArticleThreat and Consequences
How much of a sense of a threat is needed to justify a preemptive strike? The sense of peril doesn't have to be based on any actual impending danger for it to inspire violent action. Imagined danger...
View ArticleMy Answer to a Guy that advocates for a Civil War.
So I am scrolling through Facebook reels, and I come across this guy named Justin Waller. Never heard of him. He said that if there was a Civil War all the red necks, construction guys, nationalists...
View ArticleLike the Confederacy, Republicans lose vote to restore racist monument
The House voted Thursday to reject an amendment to restore a racist Confederate monument in Arlington National Cemetery. The statue depicted a Black “mammy” holding a Confederate soldier’s baby and a...
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Camping In the MadLands
NOTE: This a work of fiction meant to entertain. Often I write satire or try to add a touch of irony. Often these attempts are misunderstood. Reality is all too unbelievable these days, too many...
View ArticleDespot-Proofing Our Armed Forces
Like most Americans, I’ve been forced by circumstances to think a lot about a man I’d rather never bring to mind: Donald Trump. I’ve thought hard about his possible ascension to our top leadership...
View ArticleKitchen Table Kibitzing 7/3/24: A Turning Point?
Today in 1863 was the third day of a decisive battle of the Civil War.The Battle of Gettysburg (locally /ˈɡɛtɪsbɜːrɡ/ⓘ)[14] was a three-day battle in the American Civil War fought between Union and...
View ArticleDred Scott and Today, a Poem about the Supreme Court
As history tells us, corruption of justice delivered in rulings by the Supreme Court has occurred in the past...Dred Scott and Today1857... It was a time when the Supreme Court was corrupted...
View ArticleA Lesson from History on the Delegitimization of SCOTUS -- Nonacquiescence...
Back in the 1840's Chief Justice Roger Taney was generally regarded as a worthy successor to his famous predecessor in that role, John Marshall. Though a Jacksonian Democrat from a wealthy...
View ArticleDavid Kurtz at Talking Points Memo: We Are In A Cold Civil War
The Morning Memo at Talking Points Memo for July 3 by David Kurtz discusses several issues. Between the debate fallout and the Imperial Presidency the Roberts Supreme Court has created, we are living...
View ArticleCan We Now Do Something Meaningful About Gun Violence?
Regarding yesterday’s assassination attempt, I pray that this was a last failed attempt on any American citizen and not the first shot in a second civil war.With that now said, for those claiming that...
View ArticleAnother Trump ally threatens 'civil war' if GOP loses election
On Monday, Ohio state Sen. George Lang introduced Donald Trump’s running mate, J.D. Vance, at a rally by saying, “I believe wholeheartedly Donald Trump and Butler County's J.D. Vance are the last...
View ArticleUlysses S. Grant's Advice to 2024 Democrats
What was Trump doing yesterday with his blatantly racist drivel about Kamala Harris’s ethnic heritage? We were doing so well, with momentum on our side, and then Trump captured the news cycle. Is this...
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