Rebecca Gordon: Republicans Have Plans for Working People
And You’re Not Going to Like Them
Thor Benson: Democrat Flips Seat in Alabama House After Running on Abortion Rights
Democrats see the win in Alabama as a sign that supporting reproductive rights will make a difference in November.
Rose Mary Boehm: Sunsets on Mars are Blue
We’ll soon be sending settlers to Mars.
They’ll be sitting on their porches contemplating
the Martian sunsets.
John Edward Simms: Dirge
The Republican Party I grew up with was built on the two principles of family values and fiscal responsibility. Donald Trump is not the great leader he believes he is, because he lacks two essential qualities: Character and Competence.
Paul Christensen: Pomegranates in Winter
Snow reminds me of the chalky blackboards of my childhood, the ones I was required to wash with a fat sponge and a bucket of water. A nun would occasionally check up on me to see that my labors were done in earnest.
Thom Hartman: Trump’s Similarities to Hitler Prove It Certainly Could Happen Here
There are few Americans alive today who remember Hitler. But Donald Trump is bringing it all back with a fresh, stark splash of reality.
Olivia Rosane: 68% of US Public Wants Gaza Cease-Fire: Poll
The Reuters/Ipsos poll also found that support for Israel had dropped by nearly 10 percentage points since the last edition on October 12 and 13.
Derrick Z. Jackson: House Speaker Mike Johnson’s Climate Change Playbook — Deny the Science, Take the Funding
It took no time for Mike Johnson to establish a hefty carbon footprint as new Speaker of the House. In the first legislative act under his watch, his Republican majority last month … Continue reading
Jake Johnson: Conservative Legal Scholars Argue Trump Is Disqualified for Office Under 14th Amendment
“Trump is disqualified from holding any public office, including the office of the president, under Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment.”
Abby Zimet: Big Tough Weird LGBTQ-Bashing American Psycho Guy Wants Your Vote and What Could Go Wrong?
Whew. Latest proof the GOP is truly a malignant flaming clown car.
Clarence Lusane: Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis
Two Peas in a White Nationalist Pod
Abby Zimet: Kids Are Begging, Begging, Begging For Their Lives
The shooting at Nashville’s Covenant School, which killed three kids and three adults, was one of 103 mass shootings already recorded this year; of those, 90 were school shootings.
Brett Wilkins: This P*ssy Grabbed Back
Daniels says she’s undaunted by the prospect of facing Trump in court. “I’ve seen him naked,” she explained. “There’s no way he could be scarier with his clothes on.”
Clarence Lusane: The Votes That Weren’t Cast
The history of the suppression of Black voters is a first-rate horror story that as yet shows no sign of ending.
