Republican Party

No one so far in the GOP is gaining any traction on Trump — Washington Post opinion columnist and former attorney Jennifer Rubin had an interesting observation in a podcast this weekend. She theorizes that the quieter side of the Republican Party may have already given up on winning in 2024. The idea is that they know with Trump as their candidate, they can’t…

I look at my phone and behold tidings of the latest massacre of innocents. My eyes slide over the details. This time, the incomprehensible slaughter took place in a Christian parochial school in Nashville. The murder victims, three nine-year-olds, two girls and a boy, and three of their teachers. The…

He Actually Could Shoot Someone And They’d Say “That Baby Deserved It!” — So Tuesday came and went without Donald Trump’s arrest or indictment. And no “illegal leak” in Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s office as he claimed last Saturday. So once again, there was zero truth in a Trump Truth Social post. Trump was, as always, simply full of shit. (Although he did…

As the guillotine of history slices down on Trump, its blade etched “first former president to face a criminal charge”, Republicans are warning their own followers not to take Trump’s appeals for violence seriously. …

Well, here we are again. Another school shooting in America only 87 days into the year. According to the Gun Violence Archive, the premier site for documenting America’s gun violence carnage, Monday’s incident at Covenant School in Nashville was the 130th mass shooting this year. …

Right-wing supporters should, too To understand the modern Republican Party, you must understand the intense sense of fear and grievance that drives so many of its voters, which has in turn given rise to a profound desire for retribution and revenge, for inflicting harm on Democrats, progressives, and other perceived…

Jack R. Noel March 27, 2023 I learned long ago not to expect anything like excellence from our own political parties though I have leaned toward conservative values for the most part. Never the less I was fooled into voting for Barrack Obama in 2008 and again in 2012. No…