Politics

The President Who Wanted to Lead a Coup and Overthrow a Democracy — Thanks to the January 6th Committee’s tireless, laser-focused work, we’re beginning to have a clearer picture of what actually went on — from the inside — that fateful day. Its latest witness, Cassidy Hutchinson, an executive assistant to Trump’s Chief of Staff, delivered bombshell after bombshell in her testimony yesterday…

Since when did so many people start believing campaign promises?! — It was an interesting conversation we had the other night. Several of us had logged on early for our weekly Zoom get-together and the topic at hand turned to student loan debt. I currently have somewhat less skin in this game than at least one of the others in the…

We only have poor choices. — It’s perfect. I’m not sure what else to say about a president trying to choke the head of his own secret service and commandeer his vehicle while shouting, “I’m the fucking president!” I’m not shocked he knew protestors were showing up to his rally-turned-riot with assault weapons. “They’re not here…

The hardest part is yet to come for Vladimir Putin’s Russia. — A little more than one hundred and twenty days after the beginning of the war in Ukraine, European countries have continued to reduce their oil purchases from Russia. However, Russia has hardly felt the effects. The reason is to be found in India and China. Chinese imports of Russian oil…

How Fascists and Theocrats Brought American Democracy to Its Knees — Right about now, there’s an urgent question which needs to be answered. It’s pulsing around the globe — and flashing a bright crimson of alarm in America. How do you defend a democracy? America’s Supreme Court has declared war on its democracy. It’s on a rampage. In just the last…

Last week, in a stunning 6–3 decision, the Supreme Court voted to do something it rarely (if ever) does: take away rights, instead of granting them. Roe vs. Wade was overturned and, just like that, a fundamental element of reproductive care was no longer guaranteed as a right. America’s political…

The behavior she describes is not typical of Trump — The January 6 committee very dramatically produced a new witness, Cassidy Hutchinson, a former White House aide on Tuesday, June 28. They had her testify live on TV for maximum effect. I missed the live testimony, but when I read about what she said, my immediate reaction was: “Are you…

It was inevitable. — The man didn’t like his sandwich. There was too much mayonnaise. So he pulled out his handgun, and he shot the two girls who made it. He killed one of them, and put the other in critical condition. Her five-year-old saw everything. All this went down at a Subway, about…

A large part of contemporary conspiracism — and election denialism in particular — is rooted in cowardice; in the unwillingness of Trumpists to say what they really mean. Let me pan back for a moment before refining that point. I have no wish to burnish the past but certain old-neighborhood…