The Slow Boil of Civil War II

America has been living on borrowed time since the January 6, 2021 putsch was just barely thwarted.

Speaker Malfunction

No matter how hard right the Republican speaker tacks, it’s never hard enough for the Tea Party or MAGA or whatever the next incarnation of far-right craziness calls itself.

Too Many Duces Spoil the Fascist Pot

Bibi worked hard to buy his bag of fascist wildcats, and he now definitively owns it.

Oh, So They Want To ‘Investigate’ Dr. Fauci, Do They?

The whole world will be reminded yet again that it was the old original Trumpenführer who told people to swallow horse pills and bleach, such that many of gullible idiot MAGA followers actually did.

Violence and the MAGA/Trump Movement: A Reassessment

The MAGA-inspired violence of the whole period since Trump set foot on that gilded escalator to the paid cheers of hired actors in 2015 has so far been scattered and ineffectual, but that can change at any moment.

‘Morbid Symptoms’ in Germany

For us Americans, the question again is why our putschists have mostly been treated so gently by the judicial system even when charges are brought.

The Darkness Rises

Darkness spreads from the screens of our gleaming smartphones, our enormous televisions, our “gaming systems” and personal computers.

First Blood

Today’s attempted kidnapping and/or murder of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, which instead ended in her 82-year-old husband being injured with a hammer, is the direct and inevitable result of the failure of the government and law enforcement officials at all levels to hold the Orange Mountebank accountable for the January 6 putsch.

You May Not Be Interested in Politics, But Politics Is Interested in You

When they cannot avert democracy entirely, these elites will always seek to corrupt it, and unfortunately in America they have the powerful weapon of “White” racism to help them.

Apathy, Cynicism, and Complacency are the Fascists’ Biggest Friends

Humanity keeps vomiting up endless variations on the same vile history of massacre.