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Yesterday was probably, politically and spiritually, the darkest Thanksgiving for our nation in our lifetimes. So how about a quick story out of America’s earliest history that eerily echoes this moment and may give us some hope? Donald Trump has told...

A recent Daily Kos article concisely pointed out why it’s much riskier to aggravate the right than it is to aggravate the left. Both sides are not the same!

Pete Hegseth, Secretary of War, has made it to the big time. The hottest satirical show in town, South Park, has featured the beef-brained, self-branded, paleolithic Homo stultus (aka Homo ignoramus) in its latest commentary on Trump and his fellow...

Just noticed that Trump is now down with 19. No, not down in bed with a 19-year-old; she'd be too old for his pedophiliacal proclivities. I’m referring to The Economist / YouGov's latest Net Approval Rating from November 26, in which Trump hit minus...

In the lexicon of political warnings, few historical analogies carry the weight of the Reichstag fire. The 1933 arson attack on the German parliament building remains the archetypal example of a "false flag" or exploited crisis—a violent event used by...

Prominently suggested are Act Blue and Paypal. Years ago, as a computer neophyte, I made many contributions through Act Blue. Naïve as I was, I didn’t think to check that the “make it monthly” box was automatically checked, and that I had to un-check...

Good to know there are still a few good men and women in the country. Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), Rep. Chris Deluzio (D-Pa.), Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-Pa.), Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.), Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.) and Rep. Maggie Goodlander (D-N.H.) I’d...

Fake progressive Gabriela Santiago-Romero, a nominal Democrat who nominally represents Detroit’s City Council District 6, does good things sometimes. Like, last week, for example, as detailed in her Friday newsletter. On Monday [November 17], Team GSR...