Thinkin' Out Loud On Independence Day Writing a post called “Second Thoughts” came to me yesterday after I published a typically...

Taney Was One Of The Sparks That Lit The Civil War Conflagration On State of the Union yesterday, Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) told the CNN...

You Decide German-born, South African-raised neo-Nazi billionaire Peter Thiel doesn’t hide the fact that he’s openly gay. The persistent...

As we wait for former Mark Meadows aide Cassidy Hutchinson to further expose the fascist plot to overthrow the government— and make it...

-by Nigel Best “All gonna feel the backlash of puritanical power, kicking us down when we’re on the ground is gonna be their finest...

-by Nigel Best Hearing his henchmen turn on him, ridicule him, and mock him during these televised hearings from Washington must really...

"You really can’t win an election with a bumper sticker that says: 'Well, we can’t do much, but the other side is worse.'" -Bernie...

Right at the time that the congressional Democratic Party is falling apart and turning away from the last shreds of its progressive...

Madi Kapparov identifies himself as a PhD student at the London Business School. This morning, he translated a chat on video by one of...

Fascistpalooza Budapest-- aka, CPAC 2022 began yesterday with a keynote speech by Hungary's fascist hetman Viktor Orbán. Reuters covered...

Many Americans have all but given up on Idaho. At this point, the state seems more likely to secede than Mississippi or Alabama do....

Bernie and I grew up in the same Brooklyn neighborhood and went to the same elementary and high schools, albeit a few years apart. The...

The Most Pessimistic Post On This Blog Ever I don't usually point to Maureen Dowd's columns as worth reading, let alone important....

The GOP is primarily appealing to the white working class, while making inroads into the Hispanic and Black middle class. But, in the...

I didn't read Timothy Snyder's Bloodlands. Did you? I loved his book On Tyranny. How did I miss this! My friend Melody turned me onto it...

Kyiv is being shelled, bombed, pounded, choked... and yesterday Carlotta Gall reported that nearly half the population has fled, but that...

When the U.S. offered to rescue Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, his response was "The fight is here; I need ammunition, not a...

I hope you read Professor Darren Sherkat's brilliant explanation yesterday about how we know Trump voters tend towards the moron end of...

Writing at Crooks & Liars this morning, Kerry Eleveld noted that Biden-- historically a Joe Manchin kind of senator who has always run...

Thank you Liz Cheney, for standing up against fascism. The rest of your career-- from soup to nuts (and that is mostly nuts)-- is every...