Is the Trump Thrill Gone? Defeated former President Donald Trump held his first rally-of-the-faithful for 2022 in rural Arizona. It was more of the same-old, same-old and the crowd noticed. I want to share with you something about the Trump rally that the news media missed. But let’s briefly recap the event. The Usual Lies His rambling, disjointed speech didn’t … [Read more...] about Trump’s Dearly Departed
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How to Neutralize Manchin and Sinema
Democracy on the Brink A little less than a year from now, Democrats are going to do one of two things: they are going to make some historic changes and pull off a political miracle, OR they are going to get massacred in the mid-term elections and they will watch America’s democracy disintegrate while they controlled the House, the Senate and the Presidency. Two Democrats … [Read more...] about How to Neutralize Manchin and Sinema
Sinema learns Betrayal has a Price
The sorry spectacle of Arizona United States Senator Kyrsten Sinema seeking refuge from angry constituents in a toilet stall—has to be an image for the ages—in Arizona and in American politics. Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer, a well-worn doormat for Republican minority-leader Mitch McConnell, and just about every other Senator, groused that protestors who chased Sen. … [Read more...] about Sinema learns Betrayal has a Price
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema: The Gum on Democracy’s Shoe
America’s democracy is in deep trouble. Republicans are trying to kill it to preserve White Supremacy. Two Democratic senators are aiding and abetting them. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona are insisting on preserving a Senate obstructionist tactic known as the filibuster. In the current toxic political environment, the filibuster could end our form … [Read more...] about Sen. Kyrsten Sinema: The Gum on Democracy’s Shoe
Like the Republicans, the Democrats have Changed
Thousands of words have been written and spoken about how the white blue-collar class abandoned the Democratic Party decades ago. All of that blah-blah-blah is substantially wrong. A more honest and truthful view is that it was the Democratic Party that abandoned the white working-class. The modern Democratic Party “brand”, to use an overused term, began at the 1932 … [Read more...] about Like the Republicans, the Democrats have Changed