Oath Keepers leader Elmer Stewart Rhodes was convicted on seditious conspiracy charges. Did he become a gun toting traitor because he hates his first name? No, but it didn’t help. Continue reading Elmer’s Glued: The Charges Stick
Mike Pence: Calm or emotionally embalmed? Continue reading Mike Pence: Reckless Rhymes With Feckless
Thoughts on the Pelosi attack and the disgraceful Republican reaction to it. Continue reading MAGA Republicans In Disgrace
“You used to laugh about
Everybody that was hanging out
Now you don’t talk so loud
Now you don’t seem so proud
About having to be scrounging your next meal” Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Like A Rolling Stone
The January 6 Committee’s fall finale. Continue reading “Gallows Don’t Require Electricity”
Stewart Rhodes and Herschel Walker undergo trials of a different kind. Continue reading Oath Keepers & Breakers
“Welcome to my life tattoo. We’ve a long time together me and you.” Continue reading Tattoo Newt
An extremely creepy end to Trump’s rally last Saturday night demonstrates that QAnon and Trumpism have fully merged. Continue reading MAGA’s Toxic Stew Of Cult And Fascism
“Like a MAGA cowboy. Riding out on a horse in the Insurrection rodeo.” Continue reading Like A MAGA Cowboy
Kevin McCarthy’s Contract On America Lite. Continue reading KMac & The Commitments
“Equality and democracy are under assault.” Continue reading Beware Of Darkness
When you have a society that buys into moral panics like Stranger Danger and the Satanic Panic, and yes, takes the two farmer’s almanac forecasts seriously, it might not be good. Continue reading The Dark Side Of The Farmer’s Almanac Winter Forecast
Lon Chaney Jr. meets Bob Wilkins, Donald Trump, Al Capone, and Lindsey Graham. Continue reading Of Silver Bullets, Orange Jumpsuits & Empty Threats
Joe Biden is feeling his oats and encouraging his base. Continue reading Dark Brandon Declared Dead, Rises Again
Call me crazy, but threats of violence and worries about division should not dictate whether anyone, even a former president, is held accountable for their actions. Continue reading Pardon Me, But Pardon Trump? Really?
The radicalization and anti-democracy trends within the Republican Party would have never happened if it wasn’t for those mean ol’ libs. Continue reading The Mean Left Made Me Do It
“The call came in to party central, a meeting of the green and simple. Try to tell us something we don’t know.” Continue reading The Followers Of Chaos Out Of Control
Two compelling podcasts released this year focus on American political violence and reflect the shift of this type of violence from the far-left to the right. Continue reading Violence Is Right-Handed
The moral panics behind the war on education, Beto goes off on a very inappropriate laugh, and some in the media just can’t help both-siding the Trump raid. Continue reading Three for Thursday: Moral Panics, Beto Curses, Media Fails
The deleted text scandal heats up thanks to POGO: “We have met the enemy and he is us.” Continue reading “Text Me Text Me, Why Don’t You Arrest Me?”
Trump takes the Fifth like Fuhrman and Flynn. Continue reading Quote Of The Day: Taking The Fifth Edition
But nothing can scratch the itch that is the TFG’s treachery like some kind of legal action directed at him, and that’s what we got on Monday. Continue reading But Her Emails
How Minds Change by David McRaney. How we can use it findings to save democracy by yours truly. Continue reading How Minds Change
Bad news for the conspiracy crazies: If you had to defend your beliefs in a situation where only facts matter…could you? Continue reading Online Insanity Fails Again In The Courtroom
Put away the shovel, there are signs that the Democrats might not be dead for the midterms and the 2024 presidential election. Continue reading Don’t Bury The Democrats Just Yet
DOJ Dipshit Insurrection investigation shifts into overdrive, Continue reading “Justice Without Fear Or Favor”
Songs can be interpreted to mean many things, but the 1971 country-rock hit One Toke Over The Line is not a “modern spiritual”. It’s about just what you think it’s about. Continue reading One Toke Over The Line
At a time of increasingly violent Republican rhetoric and action, the Very Sensible Centrist Punditry continues to delude themselves that Both Sides Are Just As Bad. Continue reading Focusing On Woke Means You’re Asleep
Instant analysis of the latest J6 committee hearing. It was a doozy. Continue reading “A Stain On Our History”
Trumbull County in Ohio is the home of this past weeks unlikely J6 Committee witness. Let’s take a look at it to see if we can get some clues as to why these average Americans got caught up in Trump’s Big Lie. Continue reading Trumbull County