Thursday, February 9, 2023

Politics related links 021023

 

Surely It's a Coincidence That a Firm Tied to a Russian Oligarch Is Pouring Millions Into Kentucky.

Surely.

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a27259438/oleg-deripaska-kentucky-aluminum-mitch-mcconnell-rand-paul/

 

Clarence and Ginni Thomas are The New Republic’s 2022 Scoundrels of the Year: The Supreme Court justice and his right-wing activist wife are working hand in hand to destroy American democracy.

https://newrepublic.com/article/169591/clarence-ginni-thomas-new-republic-2022-scoundrels-year

 

A Call for All Progressive Candidates and Officeholders to Embrace a 21st Century Economic Bill of Rights: We must guarantee all people residing in the United States the right to the essentials of a good life regardless of their income, race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or country of origin.

https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/02/23/call-all-progressive-candidates-and-officeholders-embrace-21st-century-economic

 

Why Should Progressives Embrace a 21st Century Economic Bill of Rights? Because They Already Do

Progressives need to make clear to the American people that they have a cohesive economic program for the country—one that the American People want.

https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/04/06/why-should-progressives-embrace-21st-century-economic-bill-rights-because-they

 

The Time Has Come for Progressives to Rescue and Renew American Democracy: Why now is the exact right time to advance and fight for a 21st Century Economic Bill of Rights.

https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/04/25/time-has-come-progressives-rescue-and-renew-american-democracy

 

Jan. 6 committee releases final report

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3783637-jan-6-committee-releases-final-report/

 

Who Is Rep.-Elect George Santos? His Résumé May Be Largely Fiction.  Mr. Santos, a Republican from New York, says he’s the “embodiment of the American dream.” But he seems to have misrepresented a number of his career highlights.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/19/nyregion/george-santos-ny-republicans.html

 

New figures released by Congress show that Donald Trump paid $1.1 million to the I.R.S. in his first three years as president, and nothing in 2020.

https://messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com/template/oakv2?campaign_id=190&emc=edit_ufn_20221222&instance_id=80854&nl=from-the-times&productCode=UFN&regi_id=168579403&segment_id=120553&te=1&uri=nyt%3A%2F%2Fnewsletter%2F25acada7-60ef-566c-98c7-cfc71e9f0688&user_id=c2e7b902faa70db20b1eaaead145c496

 

The Sleeping Giant of American Life: Whatever the joys of the midterms and the possible hobbling of The Donald, everything’s not faintly okay.

https://www.laprogressive.com/law-and-the-justice-system/sleeping-giant-of-american-life

 

A Government Whose Time Has Come: A world government is in the making, and we desperately need one. Why?

https://www.laprogressive.com/progressive-issues/government-whose-time-has-come

 

10 Nice Surprises in 2022: Let’s pause to remind ourselves of some of the positive changes that happened in 2022 that should inspire us to do more in the year to come.

https://www.laprogressive.com/progressive-issues/10-nice-surprises-in-2022

 

Michael Cohen: Pressure Campaign On Hutchinson ‘Right Out Of Trump's Playbook' – Dec 22, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MutMGeaPXoM

 

 

Letters from an American, December 21, 2022

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-21-2022

 

Letters from an American, December 22, 2022

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-22-2022

 

Letters from an American, December 23, 2022

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-23-2022

 

Letters from an American, December 24, 2022

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-24-2022

 

Letters from an American, December 25, 2022

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-25-2022

 

Letters from an American, December 26, 2022

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-26-2022

 

Letters from an American, December 27, 2022

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-27-2022

 

Letters from an American, December 28, 2022

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-28-2022

 

Letters from an American, December 29, 2022

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-29-2022

 

Letters from an American, December 30, 2022

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-30-2022

 

Letters from an American, December 31, 2022

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-31-2022

 

Letters from an American, January 1, 2023

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-1-2023

 

Letters from an American, January 2, 2023

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-2-2023

 

Letters from an American, January 3, 2023

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-3-2023

 

Letters from an American, January 4, 2023

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-4-2023

 

Letters from an American, January 5, 2023

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-5-2023

 

Letters from an American, January 6, 2023

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-6-2023

 

Letters from an American, January 7, 2023

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-7-2023

 

Letters from an American, January 8, 2023

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-8-2023

 

Letters from an American, January 9, 2023

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-9-2023

 

Letters from an American, January 10, 2023

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-10-2023

 

Letters from an American, January 11, 2023

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-11-2023

 

Letters from an American, January 12, 2023

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-12-2023

 

Letters from an American, January 13, 2023

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-13-2023-friday

 

Letters from an American, January 14, 2023

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-14-2023

 

Letters from an American, January 15, 2023

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-15-2023

 

Letters from an American, January 16, 2023

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-16-2023

 

Letters from an American, January 17, 2023

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-17-2023

 

Letters from an American, January 18, 2023

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-18-2023

 

Letters from an American, January 19, 2023

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-19-2023

 

Letters from an American, January 20, 2023

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-20-2023-friday

 

Letters from an American, January 21, 2023

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-21-2023

 

Letters from an American, January 22, 2023

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-22-2023

 

Letters from an American, January 23, 2023

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-23-2023

 

Letters from an American, January 24, 2023

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-24-2023

 

Letters from an American, January 25, 2023

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-25-2023

 

Letters from an American, January 26, 2023

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-26-2023

 

Letters from an American, January 27, 2023

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-27-2023-friday

 

Letters from an American, January 28, 2023

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-28-2023

 

Letters from an American, January 29, 2023

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-29-2023

 

Letters from an American, January 30, 2023

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-30-2023

 

Letters from an American, January 31, 2023

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-31-2023

 

Letters from an American, February 1, 2023

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-1-2023

 

Letters from an American, February 2, 2023

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-2-2023

 

Letters from an American, February 3, 2023

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-3-2023

 

Letters from an American, February 4, 2023

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-4-2023

 

Letters from an American, February 5, 2023

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-5-2023

 

Letters from an American, February 6, 2023

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-6-2023

 

Letters from an American, February 7, 2023

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-7-2023

 

Letters from an American, February 8, 2023

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-8-2023

 

Let's talk about Hannity not believing it for a second.... – Dec 22, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5YQlHaNTkM

 

Let's talk about responses to Minnesota's proposed regulations.... – Dec 22, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIajeWHZTow

 

Let's talk about another statue being removed.... – Dec 22, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtvuMLwzInc

 

Let's talk about the missing Republican committee.... – Dec 23, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ft8kBLYcN9E

 

Let's talk about how Biden's new policy is working.... – Dec 23, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyalYfO_-jI

 

Let's talk about the what-ifs of the 6th.... – Dec 23, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYVD3w0XfoA

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Let's talk about Trump calling out the committee.... – Dec 24, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRt88sFIx2o

 

Let's talk about a video game habit.... – Dec 24, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krlfp5BtZjA

 

Let's talk about a Christmas special.... – Dec 24, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd0yfSJBvmQ

 

Let's talk about a Christmas message about you.... – Dec 25, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wN-wNE_a_Y

 

Let's talk about me helping Republicans.... – Dec 25, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nF2aFX4CRe0

 

Let's talk about a question on heroes.... – Dec 25, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3d2OtAGpJs

 

Let's talk about numbers, headlines, and cops.... – Dec 26, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8hTI83susc

 

Let's talk about accidentally left Republicans.... – Dec 26, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78v_RetwCdE

Let's talk about fusion power and climate change.... – Dec 26, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ko2aK8vifI

 

Let's talk about dropping people in DC and a song from the 1990s.... – Dec 27, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBliegqIoiA

 

Let's talk about understanding social media influence operations.... – Dec 27, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQcxHvAxrzQ

 

Let's talk about what happens if nothing happens.... – Dec 27, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mo9ikbQ0drI

 

Let's talk about Hutchinson, theories, and fireplaces.... – Dec 28, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nwPapcUcH4

 

Let's talk about George Santos and blame.... – Dec 28, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QU_vg5Uwx4k

 

Let's talk about bias and narratives.... – Dec 28, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyphBDP-PSc

 

Let's talk about speculation about Libya and the AP.... – Dec 29, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YH3Q2v-SuG4

 

Let's talk about infrastructure troubles.... – Dec 29, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=178D4tP5kHM

 

Let's talk about what is and isn't history.... – Dec 29, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZGjjq-DmWE

 

Let's talk about a new Russian talking point about Ukraine.... – Dec 29, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smWaOz5r6CE

 

Let's talk about Santos shenanigans.... – Dec 30, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaOzV3qZ2jo

 

Let's talk about what Trump thinks of his followers.... – Dec 30, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_q6y4jfCWpo

 

Let's talk about Raffensperger's testimony.... – Dec 30, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_L0ogdRLk-w

 

Let's talk about what the US is getting out of Ukraine.... – Dec 31, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdcf8g9gBvM

 

Let's talk about cities, counties, and rates.... – Dec 31, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCEqjXI1SLk

 

Let's talk about next year.... Dec 31, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltBL9xsat7A

 

Let's talk about the future of the Colorado River.... – Jan 1, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6JjhhD9HiQ

 

Let's talk about cops and that thing I didn't read.... – Jan 1, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNekAAwhfQA

 

Let's talk about Russia in the East and numbers.... – Jan 1, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAMqsaPGsg0

 

Let's talk about whether it's time to stop covering Trump.... – Jan 2, 2023 10 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-VlzYtEVqQ

 

Let's talk about McCarthy as Speaker.... – Jan 2, 2023 4 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00Bkf-f9Nrg

 

Let's talk about Biden, negotiations, and the briar patch.... – Jan 2, 2023 8 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMwWxL3jJD4

 

Let's talk about a storm PSA.... – Jan 3, 2023 10 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLz72jlZDPQ

 

Let's talk about what McCarthy knows that you should too.... – Jan 3, 2023 4 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTlYWa1Zn-o

 

Let's talk about the numbers to defend the US.... – Jan 3, 2023 8 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkzRz35xYVY

 

Let's talk about why Trump wants a more progressive GOP.... – Jan 4, 2023 10 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvrkGp9kw_s

 

Let's talk about preaching to the choir.... – Jan 4, 2023 4 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exnNpEhMdSs

 

Let's talk about what national interests are.... – Jan 4, 2003 9 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmFHANpmpVI

 

Let's talk about Musk and losing a fortune.... – Jan 5, 2023 10 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcFe-ozVF_c

 

Let's talk about Dem leverage, McCarthy, and the Speaker.... – Jan 5, 2023 4 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DA2tPK4-7Ok

 

Let's talk about why the McCarthy show is happening.... – Jan 5, 2023 8 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8pZMlU7rKk

 

Let's talk about 2 years, Trump's lawsuit, and medals.... – Jan 6, 2023 10 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b85XHWwYIvs

 

Let's talk about a skeptical ceasefire in Ukraine.... – Jan 6, 2023 5 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wvcbbeWDDw

 

Let's talk about 6 republicans and McCarthy.... – Jan 6, 2023 9 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A40k-nZ60bU

 

Let's talk about Biden going all in.... – Jan 7, 2023 10 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbjT08D7cSI

 

Let's talk about being displaced by disaster.... – Jan 7, 2023 4 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3JxkopAw1o

 

Let's talk about planting ourselves.... – Jan 7, 2023 9 PM

phttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzXdDV38zjA

 

Let's talk about post contact.... – Jan 8, 2023 10 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7QaPUKH4yo

 

Let's talk about utopia, philosophy, and consistency.... – Jan 8, 2023 4 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02IkL4qjgv0

 

Let's talk about rivers in Alaska.... – Jan 8, 2023 8 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSYhcvoxEdo

 

Let's talk about Brazil and lessons.... – Jan 9, 2023 10 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY98n0V9Jfs

 

Let's talk about Michigan moving forward.... – Jan 9, 2023 4 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nZB3C5n6oA

 

Let's talk about Republican priorities and ethics.... – Jan 9, 2023 9 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhA-_0R2LO4

 

Let's talk about Georgia and the Special Grand Jury.... – Jan 9, 2023 11 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXB7ItP_nYw

 

Let's talk about Biden and classified documents.... – Jan 10, 2023 10 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KjxTZwj9YQ

 

Let's talk about Santos, McCarthy, and the new chapter.... – Jan 10, 2023 4 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qtHMVI0Yng

 

Let's talk about charging decisions.... – Jan 10, 2023 8 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kafl0rZ8WQ

 

Let's talk about Utah and the Great Salt Lake.... – Jan 11, 2023 1 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1ru0e4tBNU

 

Let's talk about 87000 IRS agents and the House.... – Jan 11, 2023 10 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkCMVNldvrM

 

Let's talk about Santos, McCarthy, calls to resign, and lessons.... – Jan 11, 2023 4 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HV6F8E4jl5o

 

Let's talk about the Biden docs and charging Trump.... – Jan 11, 2023 11 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n91vUi5H80w

 

Let's talk about Special Counsel updates.... – Jan 12, 2023 10 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34NYzjhYZxk&list=TLPQMTIwMTIwMjP_AmEXUK2xEQ&index=2

 

Let's talk about Russian leadership changes.... – Jan 12, 2023 4 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDjRM3MhrP4

 

Let's talk about Trump campaigning on military action.... – Jan 12, 2023 9 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZobppeCGV5I

 

Let's talk about default and the Constitution.... – Jan 13, 2023 10 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id5hxCtWmwo

 

Let's talk about Republicans still following Trump.... – Jan 13, 2023 4 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7L5LvqV4gI

 

Let's talk about the FTC's new Non-compete rule.... – Jan 13, 2023 11 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJ9YqgFTMCc

 

Let's talk about an opportunity for detrumpification.... Jan 14, 2023 10 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxVXzV4c0a8

 

Let's talk about two types of nationalism.... – Jan 14, 2023 4 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wI-BjA9StsA

 

Let's talk about the World Bank's economic projections for 2023.... – Jan 14, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6U4W7fxkoQM

 

Let's talk about the Bradley and Ukraine.... – Jan 15, 2023 10 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4tDezCRUhI

 

Let's talk about explaining Earth to aliens.... – Jan 15, 2023 2 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VURKY-447dk

 

Let's talk about the dreams and realities of change.... – Jan 15, 2023 9 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIJIrR8nk2A

 

Let's talk about how to understand the House Republicans.... – Jan 16, 2023 10 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKiTZjJ8mLA

 

Let's talk about China, the US, the economy, and American exceptionalism.... -Jan 16, 2023 2 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cWti0QOme8

 

Let's talk about both parties being the same and the overton window.... – Jan 16, 2023 9 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjKcVvmIo5w

 

Let's talk about school lunches.... – Jan 17, 2023 10 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mreoKmGCFzU

 

Let's talk about "just asking questions".... – Jan 17, 2023 4 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI9-YY5O51k

 

Let's talk about ledges, New Mexico, and a GOP candidate.... – Jan 17, 2023 9 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=if03fIeUwVc

 

Let's talk about what you can do about House Republicans.... Jan 18, 2023 1 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BaFaDgbTH4

 

Let's talk about when Biden should've disclosed the documents.... – Jan 18, 2023 10 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VzwiyeaX2k

 

Let's talk about my shirts, the art, the artist, and cancel culture.... – Jan 18, 2023 4 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTNZaaFdxM8

 

Let's talk about Elvis helping us see the future.... – Jan 18, 2023 8 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ecj3UD5zZY

 

Let's talk about the differences between the Biden and Trump cases.... – Jan 19, 2023 1 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioNkslE70SA

 

Let's talk about Ukraine, tanks, and sliding cards.... – Jan 19, 2023 10 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8jItrLlIS8

 

Let's talk about Alec Baldwin, charges, and lessons.... – Jan 19, 2023 4 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_724XKGA9o

 

Let's talk about how Bidenworld views the new House.... – Jan 19, 2023 8 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laZc-qO_xSU Jan

 

Let's talk about what liberals get wrong.... – Jan 20, 2023 12:30 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N8MWVg7u84

 

Let's talk about Trump paying Clinton.... – Jan 20, 2023 10 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4sck56YQxg

 

Let's talk about the debt ceiling and credit cards.... – Jan 20, 2023 4 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rongpo2TbqQ

 

Let's talk about Sinema, Gallego, and Arizona....

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaeY4j77Pm4

 

Let's talk about DOJ telling House Judiciary to take a hike.... – Jan 20, 2023 9 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuJLTcDTX7A

 

Let's talk about Sinema, Gallego, and Arizona.... – Jan 21, 2023 10 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaeY4j77Pm4

 

Let's talk about Pink Floyd, rainbows, and social media.... – Jan 21, 2023 4 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mp_wnxdVLZI

 

DOJ will resist Jim Jordan's subpoenas prying into criminal investigation of the insurrection – Jan 21, 2023 6 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fK_KdcaCN8

 

Let's talk about the US and Russia cooking the books.... – Jan 22, 2023 10 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i77bVhs9mv4

 

Let's talk about political ideas limiting earning potential.... – Jan 22, 2023 4 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX4Qyb2i2q8

 

Let's talk about proposed detrumpification laws.... – Jan 22, 2023 8 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkacky3MUJo

 

Let's talk about Germany's change of heart.... – Jan 23, 2023 10 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sS2pJwzCjJM

 

Let's talk about Pete Buttigieg, language, and consistency.... – Jan 23, 2023 2 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C53FHXqq2wM

 

Let's talk about an FBI CI agent getting arrested in New York.... – Jan 23, 2023 8 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKfEV45KmKM

 

Let's talk about Tuesday in Georgia, Trump, and what's next.... – Jan 24, 2023 12:30 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STvmiBKfzsU

 

Let's talk about eggs, supply, and demand.... – Jan 24, 2023 10 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSRdIMI54Ig

 

Let's talk about the T-14's prospects.... – Jan 24, 2023 4 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_f4GJxRceyE

 

Let's talk about the Pence documents case.... – Jan 24, 2023 8 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuqaSQoH7s8

 

Let's talk about insight into Trump's Georgia situation.... – Jan 25, 2023 1 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hqm_H7UFEyM

 

Let's talk about Abrams approval and timelines.... – Jan 25, 2023 10 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRZbDwuhw64

 

Let's talk about the language of journalism.... – Jan 25, 2023 4 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5C3NaNDO6E

 

Let's talk about Newport News and remembering your training.... – Jan 25, 2023 9 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtdb1kscZ1U

 

Let's talk about Soledar and Bunker Hill.... – Jan 26, 2023 1 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MT4xLOSPd7E

 

Let's talk about McCarthy's deals and the Tax.... Jan 26, 2023 10 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pney-5Pf_eE

 

Let's talk about Biden's impeachment and the GOP Senate.... – Jan 26, 2023 4 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWPxNl5Ue2U

 

Let's talk about what escalation is.... – Jan 26, 2023 8 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5LyoQ6cXQw

 

Let's talk about Senate predictions.... – Jan 26, 2023 11 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=173kt8sO1Qk

 

Let's talk about Social Security, liberals and leftists.... Jan 27, 2023 10 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAPm9j9GG8g

 

Let's talk about a trend and ideological consistency.... – Jan 27, 2023 4 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0B5iGRzwdeg

 

Let's talk about the Constitution and mixed messages.... – Jan 28, 2023 10 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqAR1i8xCy4

 

Let's talk about the mythology of amendments.... Jan 28, 2023 4 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkJXKIsBbNk

 

Let's talk about learning about institutions from board games.... – Jan 28, 2023 9 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKV8yXqoKiM

 

Let's talk about Memphis, Scorpions, and Movies.... -Jan 29, 2023 10 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqUJlSCtF2Y

 

Let's talk about the House GOP, gas prices, and promises.... – Jan 29, 2023 4 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKv0zVJHzlc

 

Let's talk about M&Ms.... – Jan 29, 2023 9 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJ-LOvp-Y5I

 

Let's talk about a PSA and the comments section.... – Jan 30, 2023 1 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDnznf64DWo

 

Let's talk about journalists and press releases.... – 30, 2023 10 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXa60Ku1B2k

 

Let's talk about DOJ, Santos, and a claim.... – Jan 30, 2023 4 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFHB6gd1WW4

 

Let's talk about Social Security and why the GOP is going after it.... – Jan 30, 2023 9 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCr06LXSJ5Y

 

Let's talk about original intent and the Constitution.... – Jan 31, 2023 1 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lspu9WYHeoA

 

Let's talk about Trump, New York, and cold water.... – Jan 31, 2023 10 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qTGc3MuxK4

 

Let's talk about police pension policy problems.... – Jan 31, 2023 4 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6AZoHi2cvo

 

Let's talk about a $100 oversimplification.... – Jan 31, 2023 9 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m72KxYdDshs

 

Let's talk about AI, deep fakes, and information consumption... – Feb 1, 2023 1 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_2V-SDJk0U

 

Let's talk about the Colorado River and deals.... – Feb 1, 2023 10 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zcdjzZflkU

 

Let's talk about dates, red flags, and a question.... – Feb 1, 2023 4 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtgEZnaGujs

 

Let's talk about legislation in Massachusetts and ethics.... – Feb 1, 2023 9 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RD9MxMrIMU

 

Let's talk about 6 messages.... – Feb 1, 2023 11 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s50TQn_oQEg

 

Let's talk about a laptop and a change of strategy.... – Feb 2, 2023 10 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRWiHAQ6fi0

 

Let's talk about Nikki Haley, chances, and paths.... – Feb 2, 2023 4 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmjJV0BpFC0

 

Let's talk about posture, China, the US, and more bases.... Feb 2, 2023 8 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jn_wwXOraGY

 

Let's talk about Chinese spy balloons and learning to love them.... – Feb 3, 2023 12:30 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuVk1zpp94k

 

Let's talk about the 5th Circuit Ruling.... – Fed 3, 2023 10 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-HiSXQJg7g

 

Let's talk about 20 more hours.... – Feb 3, 2023 4 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLJT5QnhjOc

 

Let's talk about the new assistance to Ukraine.... – Feb 3, 2023 8 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koiT1Rw1tKg

 

Let's talk about the male scale.... – Feb 4, 2023 10 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KK28i9WQK28

 

Let's talk about the big GOP win.... – Feb 4. 2023 4 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a1BimKA8DI

 

Let's talk about McConnell striking back.... – Feb 4, 2023 10 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Q_Kc8_In7A

 

Let's talk about feedback, critiques, and Cattle ranchers.... – Feb 5, 2023 10 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIqvaIg0o24

 

Let's talk about Trump vs the Trump lites.... – Feb 5, 2023 4 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEdgUbpcMwk

 

Let's talk about the balloon coming down.... – Feb 5, 2023 8 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTERv6TMFFU

 

Let's talk about Trump vs the Koch machine.... – Feb 5, 2023 10 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGreGD5Mp0E

 

Let's talk about context, quotes, balloons, and secrets.... – Feb 6, 2023 4 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTVwCh6bAow

 

Let's talk about polling on a second Biden term.... – Feb 6, 2023 8 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDI-UQJ1Leo

 

Let's talk about an Indian power play.... – Feb 7, 2023 1 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-wpuNVJHCY

 

Let's talk about reinforcements, Russia, and Ukraine.... – Feb 7, 2023 10 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rx5n2pLbHBU

 

Let's talk about how to identify rumors.... – Feb 7, 2023 4 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dzDv7NlbGs

 

Let's talk about Russia wanting Poland next.... – Feb 7, 2023 10 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpTzW6pBt-I

 

Let's talk about Biden's State of the Union fiddle playing.... – Feb 8, 2023 10 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYeB7fPCK5I

 

Let's talk about defense conditions and rumors.... – Feb 8, 2023 10 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9AuGAH_TTE

 

Let's talk about checking in on Trump.... – Feb 8, 2023 4 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mt75tXFnKf8

 

Let's talk about more news out of Memphis.... – Feb 8, 2023 8 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yXURYns1-s

 

Let's talk about science in Montana.... – Feb 9, 2023 10 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSpH2N7VGws

 

Let's talk about a US China gap and a triad.... – Feb 9, 2023 4 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJfoz0rEY9Y

 

Let's talk about something that didn't happen in Baltimore.... – Feb 9, 2023 8 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gr29nuxnBfo

 

Trump White House Attorney Stefan Passantino tampers with witness Cassidy Hutchinson – Dec 22, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9f7WsToBcc

 

Trump lawyer hit with DEVASTATING news after getting publicly exposed - Dec 22, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FAOxo3rBl0

 

Top line takeaway from J6 committee's report: there is more than enough evidence to prosecute Trump – Dec 23, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4_pNn-CBRs

 

J6 committee recommends Trump be banned from office. The 14th Amendment to the Constitution agrees. – Dec 25, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMOl6ke5ZxQ

 

Trump's tax returns and the corruption at the top of the IRS during the Trump years – Dec 26, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-M0BJwGIhAY

 

Arizona Republican Kari Lake, an election denier, loses first at the ballot box & then in court – Dec 27, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDKGJPpznTI

 

The many crimes of Mark Meadows make him the prime candidate for prosecutors to flip against Trump – Dec 28, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DErW19OKTp8

 

BREAKING: Jared Kushner suddenly in legal jeopardy – Dec 30, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJVDRGUy2-8

 

Trump & Kushner's criminal responsibility for avoidable COVID deaths. New evidence in J6 transcripts – Dec 30, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkHJAWWjBII

 

Signs of hope and optimism that 2023 will be the year of accountability – Dec 31, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UFtARxSaLU

 

Hope Hicks texts reveal how Trump's inner circle KNEW Trump was responsible for the Capitol attack – Jan 2, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzKYidtfZ5w

 

Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony shows how DOJ's refusal to indict Mark Meadows comes home to roost – Jan 3, 2023 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKTp9O2VXLE

 

December legal recap: will 2023 be the year of accountability for the crimes of Trump and company? – Jan 4, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=236KEzI3Gno

 

DOJ's inaction allows Donald Trump to AGAIN victimize GA election workers Shaye Moss & Ruby Freeman – Jan 5, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2axQ6fjVCRI

 

Special Counsel Jack Smith puts together aggressive & experienced Trump prosecution team – Jan 6, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKpmOtg2vJQ

 

Republican clown show: Jim Jordan tries to seize power to have DOJ reveal criminal investigations – Jan 7, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8J5QT9DkNg

 

Republicans' secret scheme to protect Trump set to BACKFIRE – Jan 8, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhHBqolDiP8

 

Scott "Pardon Me" Perry wants on the congressional committee to oversee DOJ's criminal probe of HIM! – Jan 8, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_XGXMpQ9_w

 

Georgia DA Fani Willis takes important next step toward indicting Donald Trump for election crimes – Jan 9, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=272QKn4Hd1c

 

Chat w/Victor Shi, Gen Z political activist & youngest 2020 Biden delegate, on how to engage Gen Z – Jan 9, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47xmnsLxkQs

 

Allen Weisselberg, another Trump fall guy, goes to prison while Donald Trump golfs – Jan 10, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6e2sXKM7jQ

 

Judge rules Trump's "stand back and stand by" is admissible, relevant evidence in Proud Boys trial – Jan 11, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__ls-idunr0

 

Another special counsel appointed: Biden and Trump's documents issues are different as night and day – Jan 12, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6E_9iCm4aA

 

Republican attacks against Biden over classified documents BACKFIRE horribly – Jan 13, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flnEcYFgeLQ

 

Trump Organization sentenced. Next up, NY AG Tish James suit against Trump Org AND Tump personally – Jan 13, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJ_PV-t7WkA

 

Two issues: Will Trump's federal tax crimes be prosecuted? Will Republican Special Counsel be fair? – Jan 14, 2023  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PanHX2BmL2I

 

Donald Trump's desperate, unhinged social media posts make clear - he KNOWS indictments are coming! – Jan 15, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeWJfJLgQL4

 

Republican representatives say, "smoke 'em if you got 'em," reintroduce carcinogens into Congress – Jan 16, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ew81UfYrTSs

 

ANOTHER Federal Judge calls out Donald Trump for being responsible for the insurrection! – Jan 17, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLbD0j-CXQQ

 

New interview with Michael Cohen suggests NY DA Bragg may be back in the Trump prosecution mix – Jan 18, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwWyI_LfgqY

 

BREAKING: Trump accidentally SCREWS himself with his OWN post – Jan 19, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UOJ_ZJi8uA

 

DOJ will resist Jim Jordan's subpoenas prying into criminal investigation of the insurrection – Jan 21, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miq6jC1GJMs

 

The dramatic difference between DOJ's search of Biden's home & the search warrant for Trump's home  - Jan 22, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gwUomiEgqw

 

More Oath Keepers & other Trump foot-soldiers CONVICTED of seditious conspiracy and other 1/6 crimes – Jan 23, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9QTYWavUpo

 

Georgia DA Willis states that charging decisions are "imminent" for "defendants" for election crimes – JAN 24, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGlhqs4zTo4

 

BREAKING: Fulton County DA issues Trump's NIGHTMARE statement – Jan 25, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3K2FOLIXQzc

 

Demands for DOJ & Senate Judiciary investigation of new misconduct allegations about Brett Kavanaugh – Jan 25, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QdhaUl1J7A

 

The ugly truth EXPOSED about the Durham/Barr investigation of those who investigated Trump-Russia – Jan 26, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jiez4_NsH6g

 

Donald Trump's deranged rants on his third-rate social media platform signal he knows what's coming – Jan 27, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTjFSs6BL8Q

 

Will beating death of Tyre Nichols prompt politicians to take seriously the need for police reform? – Jan 28, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWof7CAVlpI

 

BREAKING: Trump, Bill Barr’s crooked scheme finally BACKFIRES – Jan 28, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4-QAWvmCmY

 

Donald Trump goes out for ice cream while the folks he told to attack the US Capitol go to prison – Jan 29, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tn_LluJk4t8

 

Justice is a full contact sport.

https://glennkirschner.com/

 

NY DA Alvin Bragg opens a grand jury probe & AGAIN begins investigating the crimes of Donald Trump – Jan 30, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzZ9Tz8euag

 

BREAKING: Trump suffers devastating legal news in New York – Jan 30, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV-RI3tBFw0

 

Rep. Jim Jordan demands details of pending DOJ investigations. DOJ tells Jordan to 'pound sand.' – Jan 31, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hCz5m4uDWs

 

Jim Jordan gets bad news from the Justice Department – Feb 1. 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDx6NwpDc9U

 

Trump's desperate and dangerous posts, and DOJ's deafening silence – Feb 1, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4Wz2hCemOw

 

McCarthy wields speaker gavel for political revenge; removes Schiff, Swalwell & Omar from committees – Feb 2, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bA7mQaLxMxc

 

Pence conceals Trump crimes then profits off them in book; the need to reform ethics in government – Feb 4, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymMaCoh4bvc

 

House Republicans FINALLY focus on what's important to ordinary Americans - Hunter Biden's laptop?! – Feb 5, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5b61NkprZAo

 

Chinese spy balloons, Jim Jordan, and the debasement of the House & Senate Judiciary Committees – Feb 6, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTFp7WAqryo

 

Prosecutor Mark Pomerantz pursued racketeering indictment of Donald Trump, DA Alvin Bragg said "no." – Feb 7, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpzHZMoZ3cA

 

Twitter executives testify at congressional hearing; make Jordan, MTG and others look foolish – Feb 8, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpYJAndDXOU

 

At Proud Boys trial, jury hears that Proud Boys were "jubilant" at Trump "stand by" call to action – Feb 9, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GisZYpt_fqA

 

Now Let’s Prosecute Donald Trump for His Crimes: The January 6 committee’s damning final report makes clear that the former president sought to steal the 2020 election by force. Will Merrick Garland and the Department of Justice take the baton?

https://newrepublic.com/article/169689/now-lets-prosecute-donald-trump-crimes

 

Sean Hannity admits in deposition he didn’t believe Trump voter fraud claims

https://thehill.com/homenews/3785645-sean-hannity-admits-in-deposition-he-didnt-believe-trump-voter-fraud-claims/

 

Polarization and Paralysis: the U.S. after the midterm elections

https://www.rs21.org.uk/2022/12/13/polarization-and-paralysis-the-u-s-after-the-midterm-elections/

 

Senate Passes $1.7 Trillion Bill to Fund Gov't, Aid Ukraine

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/12/22/senate-passes-17-trillion-bill-fund-govt-aid-ukraine.html?ESRC=eb_221223.nl

 

Senate passes $1.7 trillion spending package: what made the cut — and what didn't

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/12/22/government-shutdown-avoided-senate-passes-1-7-t, rillion-spending-plan-ukraine/10932534002/

 

January 6 committee releases final report, says Trump should be barred from office

https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/22/politics/jan-6-committee-final-report/index.html

 

N.Y. attorney general's office 'looking into' allegations against George Santos: The congressman-elect, who made history last month for being elected as an openly gay Republican, was the subject of a bombshell New York Times investigation Monday.

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/ny-attorney-generals-office-looking-allegations-george-santos-rcna62957

 

Cassidy Hutchinson told Jan. 6 committee Trump-linked lawyer urged her to "downplay" role in testimony, transcript reveals

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cassidy-hutchinson-transcript-jan-6-trump-linked-lawyer-testimony-interview/?ftag=CNM-00-10aac3a

 

Cybercom disrupted Russian and Iranian hackers throughout the midterms: U.S. conducted offensive cyber operations to counter state-sponsored cyberattacks, including new ‘Hunt Forward’ missions

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/12/22/cybercom-russia-iran-attacks/

 

Coup Bombshells Put Heat On Garland To Indict Trump, Says MSNBC's Melber – Dec 23, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOuG8rKJd0g

 

NEW Evidence Reveals MAGA Congressman at CENTER of Coup Attempt – Dec 21, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GIvtdMUSOw

 

Criminal Conviction of Trump Org CITED in NEW SCATHING Federal Court Order AGAINST Trump – Dec 23, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOSXPjUU28c

 

Jan. 6 Panel Issues Final Report, Placing Blame for Capitol Riot on ‘One Man’: The report expanded on this summer’s televised hearings, describing in detail what it called former President Donald J. Trump’s “multipart plan” to overturn the 2020 election.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/22/us/politics/jan-6-committee-report.html

 

Special Counsel Jack Smith GETS MASSIVE GIFT in Trump Investigation – Dec 24, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-iB2O7IBpE

 

Democrat HUMILIATES top Republican to his face with one single sentence – Dec 24, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tY7017Az0zY

 

Weapons of Mass Disinformation: I’ve spent more hours than I wish to count exploring the subterranean hideaways for some of the most unhinged communities on the Internet.

https://www.laprogressive.com/the-media-in-the-united-states/mass-disinformation

 

When Big Media and Big Government Collude: Journalists, 84% of whom come from privileged backgrounds, view rich and powerful individuals and corporations as friends and allies

https://www.laprogressive.com/the-media-in-the-united-states/big-media-and-big-government-collude

 

Raskin says Jan. 6 report reveals "real villainy" but also "real heroism" – Dec 25, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIpkiTe_zTI

 

Our Best-Case Scenario: A Negotiated Breakup.  Czechoslovakia’s “Velvet Divorce” offers a model for dealing with America’s irreconcilable differences.

https://newrepublic.com/article/168877/best-case-scenario-negotiated-breakup

 

Churches Are Breaking the Law by Endorsing in Elections, Experts Say. The IRS Looks the Other Way.

https://www.propublica.org/article/irs-church-nonprofit-endorsements-johnson-amendment

 

Beat the Big Lie

https://www.populist.com/28.21.Edit.html

 

GENE LYONS: When thuggish threats turn to actual assaults

https://www.goshennews.com/opinion/gene-lyons-when-thuggish-threats-turn-to-actual-assaults/article_ede14422-5bb6-11ed-85b9-0ba671a39327.html

 

Keep Democracy on the Ballot: The right’s decades-old strategy to divide voters has taken a dangerous turn. What can bring us back together?

https://www.populist.com/28.21.Arias.html

 

Attack on Democracy Barely Camouflaged

https://www.populist.com/28.21.Young.html

 

Testing Democracy

https://www.populist.com/28.22.Editorial.html

 

Mary Sanchez: Expand your view of ‘school shootings,’ but prepare to be alarmed

https://tribunecontentagency.com/article/mary-sanchez-expand-your-view-of-school-shootings-but-prepare-to-be-alarmed/

 

Elon Musk Takes Over Twitter, Can We Stop Wasting Time on Campaign Finance Reform?

https://cepr.net/elon-musk-takes-over-twitter-can-we-stop-wasting-time-on-campaign-finance-reform/

 

Musk Plans to Profit From Twitter, Not Create a Town Square for Global Democracy: Misinformation and distrust in government lead to apathy and a weakening of democracy. This is good for billionaires like Elon Musk, who has used his untaxed wealth to help buy the platform.

https://www.populist.com/28.21.Kolhatkar.html

 

In This Time of “Polycrisis,” the Midterms Are More Critical Than Ever

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/in-this-time-of-polycrisis-the-midterms-are-more-critical-than-ever/

 

Republicans have demonized Nancy Pelosi for 16 years. No wonder a nut tried to take action.

https://www.populist.com/28.21.Polman.html

 

Monetizing Congress

https://www.populist.com/28.21.OLeary.html

 

A Roadmap to Republican Grievance in 2022

https://www.populist.com/28.21.Micek.html

 

Two Blows in One Night to Democracy

https://www.creators.com/read/jamie-stiehm/11/22/two-blows-in-one-night-to-democracy

 

Ralph Nader: What Could Donald Trump Be Thinking About The Democratic Party? – OpEd

https://www.eurasiareview.com/24102022-ralph-nader-what-could-donald-trump-be-thinking-about-the-democratic-party-oped/

 

Here’s What a Progressive Platform Looks Like

https://rall.com/2022/10/31/heres-what-a-progressive-platform-looks-like

 

PDA Sunday Progressive Town Hall, December 25, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNap0Z6l1ic

 

Trump finally SNAPS, has complete MELTDOWN over January 6 report – Dec 26, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ztm3v1AkxZ0

 

Trump adviser tells reporter ‘the magic is gone’ in new article about re-election bid – Dec 26, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6sUZ8UEA0I

 

Jan 6 Insurrectionist gets what he deserves with BRUTAL VERDICT in Trial – Dec 26, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8yVnJK50iE

 

Trump Lawyer in DEEP TROUBLE with Special Counsel Jack Smith – Dec 27, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6w7Vd5F5G0

 

Man Sentenced To 16 Years For Plotting To Kidnap Gov. Whitmer – Dec 27, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VICzBll9Tgw

 

New York congressman-elect admits to 'embellishing' resume

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/26/nyregion/george-santos-interview.html

 

Donald Trump's Grandfather's Scandalous Rise To The Top

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/donald-trump-s-grandfather-s-scandalous-rise-to-the-top/ss-AA15G8nV?ocid=MSNHP_U646&pc=U646&cvid=61036e6063a140e79d1bff244dd1a612

 

Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Hollywood Blacklist

https://www.populist.com/28.21.Rampell.html

 

Make America Great, At Last

https://www.democracynow.org/2022/11/3/make_america_great_at_last

 

Our Free Press Is on Fire, and No One Can Spare the Water

https://www.creators.com/read/bonnie-jean-feldkamp/10/22/our-free-press-is-on-fire-and-no-one-can-spare-the-water

 

Opinion  Here’s what Paul Pelosi has in common with litter boxes

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/11/02/paul-pelosi-litter-box-conspiracy-republicans/

 

When the Supreme Court Claimed to be Originalist, It Lied

https://www.populist.com/28.21.GNichol.html

 

Jim Hightower: Lessons from the midterm elections

https://magicvalley.com/opinion/columnists/jim-hightower-lessons-from-the-midterm-elections/article_72ab026e-6775-11ed-a32b-97beb9d4bef6.html

 

Jim Hightower: You have a Constitutional right to vote. Right?

https://magicvalley.com/opinion/columnists/jim-hightower-you-have-a-constitutional-right-to-vote-right/article_1f322ab4-61f2-11ed-bf9d-9b1b04fb28f1.html

 

Letters to the Editor: Trumpers Are Willfully Misinformed; Liberals Care About Climate; History Matters in Iran; Our Nation’s Stupidifiers.

https://www.populist.com/28.22.Letters.html

 

Post-Election Caution

https://www.populist.com/28.22.Gurtov.html

 

Dispatches: SPECIAL COUNSEL NAMED TO LEAD TRUMP CRIMINAL PROBES. TRUMP SAYS HE WON’T ‘PARTAKE.’; IT TOOK HOUSE GOP JUST ONE DAY TO SHOW WHY DEMS NEED TO BOMB-PROOF EVERYTHING WHILE THEY CAN; AUSTIN LABOR COUNCIL URGES END TO MEDICARE PRIVATIZATION; GOP CIVIL WAR IN HOUSE AND SENATE ESCALATES AS FACTIONS SPLINTER; BALLOT INITIATIVES TARGETING INEQUALITY WON BIG ON ELECTION DAY; GREG ABBOTT PLANS TO PLACE ARMORED VEHICLES AT BORDER TO MEET SCARY ASYLUM SEEKERS.

https://www.populist.com/28.22.Dispatches.html

 

Froma Harrop: Trumpian carnage goes on full display.  Clearly, revenge for losing the 2020 election still burns within, but the blowtorch is running low.

https://www.grandforksherald.com/opinion/columns/froma-harrop-trumpian-carnage-goes-on-full-display

 

Iowa Goes Its Own Direction

https://www.populist.com/28.22.ArtCullen.html

 

This Year, Voters Made an End Run Around Out of Touch Politicians: Citizen-led initiatives scored big wins in the midterms. But now this form of direct democracy is under attack.

https://www.populist.com/28.22.SAnderson.html

 

‘Real Freedom Won Tonight’

https://www.populist.com/28.22.Young.html

 

Swing State Voters Fumigated the MAGA Pests Who Were Gnawing the Democratic Woodwork

https://www.populist.com/28.22.Polman.html

 

Does Rupert Murdoch Have The Guts To Take Down Trump?

https://www.nationalmemo.com/murdoch-trump

 

GOP Won’t Dump Trumpism Anytime Soon: Trump-backed Republicans lost some big races this year, but the leopard won’t change its spots.

https://www.populist.com/28.22.Zimmerman.html

 

How Low-Income Voters Shaped the Midterm Elections: Americans across the spectrum voted to raise wages, expand health care, and protect abortion rights. These issues have a common thread.

https://www.populist.com/28.22.Barnes.html

 

An Answered Call

https://www.populist.com/28.22.GNichol.html

 

Have Zoomers Ushered in the Fourth Turning? Republican policies have already created crises that challenge our very survival as a species - will these crises be solved by Zoomers?

https://www.populist.com/28.22.Hartmann.html

 

Democrats Didn’t Win — They Simply Held The Line

https://www.populist.com/28.22.Kolhatkar.html

 

Robert B. Reich: Musk, Trump, and the demeaning of America

https://www.courant.com/opinion/op-ed/hc-op-reich-11202022-20221115-5worvrefkvglzdtmsn6m5pdxju-story.html

 

The Face of the Two Americas

https://www.populist.com/28.22.Cintli.html

 

Pennsylvania Voters Rejected MAGA Extremism

https://www.populist.com/28.22.Micek.html

 

Stiehm: Voters verdict — End of the Trump era

https://www.standard.net/opinion/national-commentary/2022/nov/17/stiehm-voters-verdict-end-of-the-trump-era/

 

Midterm Elections Too Close: Dems Need to Fire Their Corporate-Conflicted Political Consultants

https://nader.org/2022/11/11/midterm-elections-too-close-dems-need-to-fire-their-corporate-conflicted-political-consultants/

 

Only Biden Can Stop This Political Dumpster Fire Redux

https://rall.com/2022/11/16/only-biden-can-stop-this-political-dumpster-fire-redux

 

Young Voters Delivered Big Wins for Abortion Rights: Lawmakers should take note: Young people will resist radical efforts to violate our reproductive freedoms and our futures.

https://ips-dc.org/young-voters-delivered-big-wins-for-abortion-rights/

 

Dana Milbank: At Trump’s angry announcement, the magic is gone

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2022/nov/16/dana-milbank-at-trumps-angry-announcement-the-magi/

 

Can Raphael Warnock Win an Even Tougher Runoff Election?  The Georgia Senate race is again in a runoff election. But this time around, it’s a lot harder for voters to participate.

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/georgia-runoff-warnock/

 

Democrats Shouldn’t Take Women Voters for Granted: Far from alienating the electorate, an emphasis on abortion rights delivered victory.

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/democrats-women-voters/

 

Republicans Are the American Oligarchy: The GOP remains committed to promoting the interests of the wealthy in government. Democrats win by fighting back.

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/republicans-oligarchy/

 

I’m Not Leaving Twitter. Neither Should You.  Twitter is an effective tool for challenging the status quo and powerful people and institutions. That’s why Elon Musk snatched it up.

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/not-leaving-twitter-elon-musk/

 

The Disturbing World of the New GOP: The 2022 midterms saw the Republican Party complete its devolution into a party that has fully abandoned its conscience.

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/republican-party-2022-midterms/

 

Myths of Doom: Can the origins of today’s right be traced to the 1990s?

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/nicole-hemmer-partisans-1990s/

 

Welcome to The Nation’s ’90s issue, a heady romp through the decade that set the stage for the present moment.

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/1990s-gave-birth-present/

 

Democrats Dodged a Bullet in the Midterms, but the Culture War Is Far From Won: A functioning democracy requires the consent, if not the votes, of a good deal more than half the country.

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/democrats-midterms-culture-majority/

 

Trumpism Was Born in the ’90s: Clintonian centrism allowed the radical right to incubate.

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trumpism-was-born-in-the-90s/

 

How the Third Way Made Neoliberal Politics Seem Inevitable: An overhyped new paradigm proved to be a slogan without a movement.

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/third-way-dlc-bill-clinton-tony-blair-1990s-politics/

 

How the Left Was Lost in the 1990s—but Found Its Way Again: In the 1990s, the left was embattled and diminished. But it kept the flame burning just enough for a new generation to come along and give it oxygen.

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/1990s-left-analysis/

 

Sean Hannity Has Doomed Fox News In Defamation Lawsuit – Dec 24, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7za0r51Xojw

 

Political Earthquake of the Year: The Fall of Roe v. Wade: After the Supreme Court eliminated the constitutional right to abortion, the country changed forever.

https://newrepublic.com/article/169594/political-earthquake-year-2022-fall-roe

 

Comment: Laying Down Their Lives for the Truth.  Around the world, journalists are brazenly killed and disappeared. One word is consistently repeated in discussions about the trend: impunity.

https://progressive.org/magazine/laying-down-their-lives-for-the-truth-boddiger/

 

Middle America: Democracy Slipping Away.  Republicans' uneasy coalition of culture warriors and business elites have played the long game. Now we need to out-organize a rightwing, authoritarian state.

https://progressive.org/magazine/middle-america-democracy-slipping-away-conniff/

 

The Right to Say Hateful Things: The worst possible response to bad speech is silence. But the next worst response is keeping others from being heard.

https://progressive.org/magazine/the-right-to-say-hateful-things-lueders/

 

The New Era of Rightwing Judicial Supremacy: The U.S. Supreme Court has entered a legal fantasy world: advancing a regressive political agenda free from democratic accountability.

https://progressive.org/magazine/new-era-rightwing-judicial-supremacy-blum/

 

Seeing Red: Florida’s governor boldly takes on a nonexistent communist threat.

https://progressive.org/magazine/seeing-red-florida-communism-foresta/

 

Betting on Trump’s Return: As the ideological rift widens in Latin America, rightwing leaders are all-in for Donald Trump.

https://progressive.org/magazine/betting-on-trumps-return-latin-america-abbott/

 

Radical Social Movements As Love Letters: An Interview with Robin D.G. Kelley.  The author revisits his newly expanded influential work ‘Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination,’ and talks solidarity, reciprocity, and expansive visions of emancipation.

https://progressive.org/magazine/interview-robin-d-g-kelley-stockwell/

 

Using the Tools We Have: What we can do about the hushed effort to radically change our Constitution.

https://progressive.org/magazine/using-the-tools-we-have-feingold-prindiville/

 

Book Review: Democratic Vistas.  Columbia law professor Jedediah Purdy argues in his new book that democracy can live up to its promise as a system in which shared decisions are made by a majority vote among equals.

https://progressive.org/magazine/democratic-vistas-leanza/

 

Edge of Sports: Athletes in the Age of Reaction.  Using sports as a diversion has been a feature of autocratic societies since the days of ancient Rome. As society veers toward autocracy, some have declared 2022 "the year of sportswashing."

https://progressive.org/magazine/athletes-in-the-age-of-reaction-zirin/

 

Vox Populist: In the Roberts Court, the People Be Damned.  Note to petulant judges: If you don’t want to be called a partisan hack, stop being one.

https://progressive.org/magazine/roberts-court-people-be-damned-hightower/

 

Do Not Let Them Win: The 2022 midterm elections have been the target of widespread voter sabotage—and efforts to fight like hell against it.

https://progressive.org/magazine/do-not-let-them-win-comment-stockwell-boddiger-41122/

 

What’s At Stake: The November 8 midterm elections could be the last in which the United States operates as a functional democracy.

https://progressive.org/magazine/whats-at-stake-nichols/

 

Middle America: Democrats Need to Stop Running From Biden.  The conventional wisdom seems to be that Democrats shouldn't associate with the President—even though he's pushed through more progressive policy change than any President since Lyndon Johnson.

https://progressive.org/magazine/democrats-need-to-stop-running-from-biden-conniff/

 

First Things First: Speech and Consequences.  One of the consequences of speech is that people may decide that you are someone to whom they would rather not listen.

https://progressive.org/magazine/first-things-first-speech-and-consequences-lueders/

 

Extremists on the Ballot: On November 8, voters will be able to elect Republican candidates who have staked out jaw-droppingly extreme positions—and won their party’s primaries.

https://progressive.org/magazine/smoking-gun-extremists-on-the-ballot/

 

Book Review: The Way We Were.  Amid dark times, historian Adam Hochschild makes the case that we've been here before.

https://progressive.org/magazine/book-review-the-way-we-were-lueders/

 

Reasons for Progressive Optimism.  Political reform doesn’t come by saying ‘pretty please’ to the power structure.

https://progressive.org/magazine/reasons-for-progressive-optimism-hightower/

 

It's Time to Try Progressive Bipartisanship: The midterms displayed a polarized America. Paradoxically, the thin Republican House majority might encourage Democrats to exploit opportunities produced by substantive areas of convergence.

https://www.populist.com/29.01.Kuttner.html

 

Get Ready for 2024

https://www.populist.com/29.01.Editorial.html

 

Jim Hightower: Why trust high-tech billionaires to save humanity?

https://magicvalley.com/opinion/columnists/jim-hightower-why-trust-high-tech-billionaires-to-save-humanity/article_2592c752-779a-11ed-934c-0b6beba9c011.html

 

Letters to the Editor: Support Citizenship for Immigrant Veterans; No Turnaround In View; Farmers Could Help Reversing Climate Change; Nuclear Sword of Damocles; Facing Facts About Russia's War Against Ukraine; Don’t Expect Corporations to Cut Us a Break; Suffer the People to Vote; Don’t Blame Meat for Climate Change; Hope Trump Can Drag DeSantis Down With Him; It’s OK to Ask for Absolution.

https://www.populist.com/29.01.Letters.html

 

Don’t Let Them Divide Us

https://www.populist.com/29.01.McMillen.html

 

Dispatches: RECORD TURNOUT IN GEORGIA? THERE WAS A RECORD COLLAPSE!; REPORTS OF ‘BREAKTHROUGH’ IN FUSION POWER FUELS HOPES OF MAJOR CLEAN ENERGY PROGRESS; KEYSTONE PIPELINE SPILLS 600,000 GALLONS OF TAR SANDS OIL IN KANSAS; BIGGEST ELECTION OF 2023: BATTLE FOR CONTROL OF WISCONSIN SUPREME COURT; McCARTHY DOESN’T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE DEBT CEILING IS. DEMOCRATS CAN’T LET HIM GET ANYWHERE NEAR IT; GOP CIVIL WAR AGAINST McCARTHY SPILLS OVER INTO FIGHT OVER COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS; PROGRESSIVE LAWMAKERS DEMAND FRAUD PROBE INTO MEDICARE PRIVATIZATION SCHEME;

https://www.populist.com/29.01.Dispatches.html

 

Froma Harrop: Democrats are learning how to win.  From the commentary: In changing their presidential nominating process, Democrats are becoming more democratic. They are also growing smarter. ... Democrats are learning how to win.

https://www.wctrib.com/opinion/columns/froma-harrop-democrats-are-learning-how-to-win-1

 

Ro Khanna on a Lonely Campaign on the Back Roads

https://www.populist.com/29.01.ArtCullen.html

 

You’re a Neoliberal, I’m a Neoliberal, We’re All Neoliberals–for Now

https://www.populist.com/29.01.Guebert.html

 

As Trump melts down, DeSantis may get burned | Gene Lyons

https://santamariatimes.com/opinion/commentary/as-trump-melts-down-desantis-may-get-burned-gene-lyons/article_31b55c8a-b6c8-545b-9411-be872cdd3572.html

 

Thoughts and Prayers and Vicious Slurs

https://www.populist.com/29.01.Young.html

 

The Added Benefits of Warnock’s Win: A 51-49 Senate majority is far more powerful than 50-50—and provides some insurance for 2024.

https://www.populist.com/29.01.KuttnerSide.html

 

Final Midterm Celebration: Georgia Voters Defeat the Dolt and Solidify Senate Democratic Power

https://www.populist.com/29.01.Polman.MidtermCelebration.html

 

The Nazi Rot Goes Deeper Than Trump

https://www.creators.com/read/joe-conason/12/22/the-nazi-rot-goes-deeper-than-trump

 

The Midterms Mean Cities and States Are Where Workers Must Fight to Improve Their Jobs: With Washington returning to divided government, states and cities will be the frontlines of progress as workers organize to demand new solutions to improve their jobs and lives.

https://www.populist.com/29.01.Sonn.html

 

Democrats Have Lost Blue-Collar Voters

https://www.populist.com/29.01.Atkins.html

 

Beaten and Battered Yet Again, Republicans Can’t Seem to Fathom Why It Happened

https://www.populist.com/29.01.Polman.Beaten&Battered.html

 

MARY SANCHEZ: Trump and his racist admirers are a threat the GOP must disrupt

https://www.goshennews.com/opinion/mary-sanchez-trump-and-his-racist-admirers-are-a-threat-the-gop-must-disrupt/article_4df65df8-7673-11ed-9256-03ba80908d70.html

 

Sarah Palin Is a Faux Populist. Alaskans Chose the Authentic One

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/sarah-palin-is-a-faux-populist-alaskans-chose-the-authentic-one/

 

Is "Creative Expression” the New Strategy for “Christian” fundamentalists & SCOTUS to Heart Bigots?

Bigots are switching to “creative expression” instead of religion as the club they’ll use to beat down public accommodation laws.

https://hartmannreport.com/p/is-creative-expression-the-new-strategy

 

Jesse Jackson: Democrats must respond to young voters

https://tribunecontentagency.com/article/jesse-jackson-democrats-must-respond-to-young-voters/

 

What Will It Take to Bring Rural Areas Back to the Democratic Party?

https://www.populist.com/29.01.Uretsky.html

 

Jamie Stiehm: Washington wakes up for the holidays

https://www.dailyindependent.com/opinion/jamie-stiehm-washington-wakes-up-for-the-holidays/article_1e8d3690-765f-11ed-952a-97411c67b06a.html

 

Guess Who’s Staying For Dinner

https://www.populist.com/29.01.Friedman.html

 

What’s in a Speech? Rebuilding a Welcoming Political Culture

https://www.populist.com/29.01.Burrell.html

 

Lessons for Democrats in 2024

https://nader.org/2022/11/18/lessons-for-democrats-in-2024/

 

Red Flag laws Work, But They Have To Be Used

https://www.populist.com/29.01.Sexton.html

 

In the Georgia Senate runoff, people power beats voter suppression

https://www.wyomingnews.com/laramieboomerang/opinion/in-the-georgia-senate-runoff-people-power-beats-voter-suppression/article_6e43c43a-7720-11ed-9654-dfa6e6759694.html

 

As Pelosi bows out, chaos enters (stage right)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/12/02/pelosi-last-news-conference-hakeem-jeffries/

 

Pelosi’s Farewell

https://www.populist.com/29.01.GNichol.html

 

GOP commentator calls out Santos for lying about his resume – Dec 27, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-EbmFM_ahc

 

Special Counsel Jack Smith’s NEXT MOVES REVEALED by Former Top Federal Prosecutor – Dec 28, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR6N2zYPELA

 

Middle America: Getting Away from Toxic Partisanship.  The us-versus-them mentality that is gripping our country doesn’t capture our deep economic and social interdependence.

https://progressive.org/magazine/middle-america-getting-away-from-toxic-partisanship-conniff/

 

Revitalizing America’s News Deserts: The devastating loss of local news outlets is a crisis for democracy. We can still fix it.

https://progressive.org/magazine/revitalizing-americas-news-deserts-pickard/

 

My Newspaper Died

https://hightowerlowdown.org/podcast/my-newspaper-died/

 

Jan. 6 Investigation Testimony Reveals Conspiracy-Riddled Trump White House

https://skepticalinquirer.org/2022/08/jan-6-investigation-testimony-reveals-conspiracy-riddled-trump-white-house/

 

Critical Study of Nonsense Finally a Mainstream Concern

https://skepticalinquirer.org/2022/08/critical-study-of-nonsense-finally-a-mainstream-concern/

 

Truth, Relativism, and Identity Politics

https://skepticalinquirer.org/2022/10/truth-relativism-and-identity-politics/

 

Patterns of Fear and Factual Distortion in America

https://skepticalinquirer.org/2022/10/patterns-of-fear-and-factual-distortion-in-america/

 

Ringleader of Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping plot sentenced to 19½ years in prison

Barry Croft Jr. is "thoroughly radicalized" and "hasn’t changed his viewpoint,” a prosecutor said.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ringleader-michigan-gov-gretchen-whitmer-kidnapping-plot-sentenced-19-rcna63399

 

American Crusade: Andrew Seidel’s New Book Is A Warning For America About The Weaponization Of Religious Freedom By The Supreme Court

https://www.au.org/the-latest/church-and-state/articles/american-crusade-andrew-seidels-new-book-is-a-warning-for-america-about-the-weaponization-of-religious-freedom-by-the-supreme-court/

 

Preacher Of Christian Nationalism: A Tenn. Pastor Gains National Attention For His Extreme Views

https://www.au.org/the-latest/church-and-state/articles/preacher-of-christian-nationalism-a-tenn-pastor-gains-national-attention-for-his-extreme-views/

 

Lost Horizons: In The Current Wave Of Book Banning, Nothing Less Than The Ability To Know Ourselves Is At Stake

https://www.au.org/the-latest/church-and-state/articles/lost-horizons-in-the-current-wave-of-book-banning-nothing-less-than-the-ability-to-know-ourselves-is-at-stake/

 

Va. State Court Rejects Effort To Censor Books At Private Store

https://www.au.org/the-latest/church-and-state/articles/va-state-court-rejects-effort-to-censor-books-at-private-store/

 

Education Researcher Says Evidence Shows That Voucher Plans Don’t Work

https://www.au.org/the-latest/church-and-state/articles/education-researcher-says-evidence-shows-that-voucher-plans-dont-work/

 

Federal Court Says Companies Can Refuse To Cover Life-Saving Drugs

https://www.au.org/the-latest/church-and-state/articles/federal-court-says-companies-can-refuse-to-cover-life-saving-drugs/

 

Okla. Teacher Loses Job For Referring Students To Banned Books Site

https://www.au.org/the-latest/church-and-state/articles/okla-teacher-loses-job-for-referring-students-to-banned-books-site/

 

Dark Shadows: For More Than 40 Years, Christian Nationalist Groups Have Worked To Topple The Church-State Wall. Are They About To Succeed?

https://www.au.org/the-latest/church-and-state/articles/dark-shadows-for-more-than-40-years-christian-nationalist-groups-have-worked-to-topple-the-church-state-wall-are-they-about-to-succeed/

 

New SBC Head Criticizes Christian Control Of Government In Interview

https://www.au.org/the-latest/church-and-state/articles/new-sbc-head-criticizes-christian-control-of-government-in-interview/

 

Extremism Rejected! Christian Nationalist Candidates Fare Poorly In Midterm Elections

https://www.au.org/the-latest/church-and-state/articles/extremism-rejected-christian-nationalist-candidates-fare-poorly-in-midterm-elections/

 

CHURCH & STATE | An Election Reflection: In High-Profile Races, Christian Nationalist Hopefuls Fared Poorly At The Polls

https://thehumanist.com/magazine/winter-2023/church-state/church-state-an-election-reflection-in-high-profile-races-christian-nationalist-hopefuls-fared-poorly-at-the-polls

 

A Slippery Slope Toward Theocracy: To Defend Church-State Separation, We Need To Go Back To The Basics

https://www.au.org/the-latest/church-and-state/articles/a-slippery-slope-toward-theocracy-to-defend-church-state-separation-we-need-to-go-back-to-the-basics/

 

Senate Democrats Urged To Focus On Judicial Nominees

https://www.au.org/the-latest/church-and-state/articles/senate-democrats-urged-to-focus-on-judicial-nominees/

 

Don’t Look Now But Progressives Are About to Expand Their Ranks in Congress

https://inthesetimes.com/article/progressives-dark-money-midterms-squad-democrats

 

How Trump Spread Incitement of Violence Throughout the GOP: Republican leaders have embraced a sinister tactic honed by the ex-president.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/09/trump-republicans-incitement-violence-threats-stochastic-terrorism/

 

Forced Parenthood and Failing Safety Nets: This Is Life in Post-Roe America: The states with the strictest abortion laws are doing the least to help poor families. What could possibly go wrong?

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/08/abortion-bans-states-social-safety-net-dobbs/

 

The Most Powerful Moms in America Are the New Face of the Republican Party: Their crusade against public education is just the beginning.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/08/the-most-powerful-moms-in-america-are-the-new-face-of-the-republican-party/

 

In the GOP’s New Surveillance State, Everyone’s a Snitch: From abortion to schools, conservatives are depending on everyday citizens to spy on one another.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/07/in-the-gops-new-surveillance-state-everyones-a-snitch/

 

COMMENTARY | The Challenge of Community: On Being Alone and Being Together

https://thehumanist.com/commentary/the-challenge-of-community-on-being-alone-and-being-together/

 

Continued Gains for Humanists and Atheists in the 2022 Election

https://thehumanist.com/magazine/winter-2023/up-front/continued-gains-for-humanists-and-atheists-in-the-2022-election

 

REPRESENTATION MATTERS | Mayor Pro Tem Audra Killingsworth

https://thehumanist.com/magazine/winter-2023/secular-civics/representation-matters-mayor-pro-tem-audra-killingsworth

 

How the Democrats Won and Lost the 2022 Midterms: What the surprising results mean for the electoral Left.

https://inthesetimes.com/article/how-the-democrats-won-and-lost-the-2022-midterms

 

The Rural Vote Is Again in Play: The midterms showed that rural voters must be an integral part of the Democratic strategy if they want to win in 2024.

https://inthesetimes.com/article/rural-vote-is-again-in-play

 

Democrats Must Invest in Young People If They Want to Win: The midterms proved the climate generation is a force to be reckoned with.

https://inthesetimes.com/article/democrats-must-invest-in-young-people-if-they-want-to-win

 

Democrats Need To Be Even Better on Abortion To Win the “Blue Tsunami” They Need: An interview about the midterms with reproductive justice pioneer Loretta Ross.

https://inthesetimes.com/article/democrats-could-do-even-better-on-abortion

 

George Santos under federal investigation over finances: reports

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3791402-george-santos-under-federal-investigation-over-finances-reports/

 

FINAL REPORT Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol

https://january6th.house.gov/sites/democrats.january6th.house.gov/files/Report_FinalReport_Jan6SelectCommittee.pdf

 

Major Highlights of the January 6th Report

https://www.justsecurity.org/84551/important-elements-of-the-january-6th-report/

 

The Latest January 6 Revelation About Mark Meadows Is Both Literally and Figuratively Incendiary

Score one for everyone who thought the Trump administration was like the Coen Brothers movie “Burn After Reading.”

https://newrepublic.com/post/169737/january-6-meadows-burn-documents

 

Trump Tax Returns Released by House Democrats: The publication of former President Donald J. Trump’s private tax documents comes amid questions about why the I.R.S. failed to fully audit him during his presidency.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/30/us/politics/trump-tax-returns-released.html

 

Lying Republican George Santos STUNS with most disgusting revelation yet – Dec 30, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgSdlVfQxnI

 

Michael Cohen Reacts To Trump's Tax Returns: 'Donald's Time Has Come' – Dec 30, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFcWj4u7oFc

 

Hear what tax expert believes Trump wanted to keep secret in his taxes – Dec 30, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pz7Y4c0Z-ak

 

Did Corporate Personhood Turn Democracy Into Fascism? – Dec 30, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=holBeVTFScg

 

On Friday, the House Ways and Means Committee released six years of former President Donald Trump's tax returns.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/30/us/politics/trump-tax-returns.html

 

Court rules doctors who provide abortions can't be prosecuted under Arizona law

https://www.npr.org/2022/12/30/1146437034/abortion-ban-arizona-ruling-doctors-prosecution

 

Jamie Raskin STUNS with Prediction about Trump Prison Sentence – Dec 31, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsHqrWY4K5E

 

Republicans' House win set to BACKFIRE in stunning reversal – Dec 31, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRXRILppgCw

 

Trump Issues 'Dangerous' Warning After Tax Returns Released

https://www.newsweek.com/trump-issues-dangerous-warning-after-tax-returns-released-1770396

 

Sickening Encounters at Trump White House before Jan 6 EXPOSED in NEW Deposition Drop – Jan 1, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_IPh7CDOKI

 

This Is Why Right-wing Christianity Is An Atheism Factory – Jan 1, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmeepecbSOo

 

Supreme Court Chief Justice Roberts Says Justices Shouldn’t ‘Live in Fear’: Annual year-end report on the high court stresses importance of rule of law

https://www.wsj.com/articles/supreme-court-chief-justice-roberts-says-justices-shouldnt-live-in-fear-11672530248

 

PDA Sunday Progressive Town Hall, January 1, 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P18MlMpWhA4

 

Kimberly Guilfoyle WORST NIGHTMARE Exposed in New Released Deposition Testimony – Jan 1, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvtzGz1u-B8

 

Commonwealth Court sides with Philly DA Larry Krasner in impeachment lawsuit: The court said none of the articles of impeachment filed by the Republican-led legislature meet the required standard of “misbehavior in office.”

https://www.inquirer.com/news/philly-da-larry-krasner-impeachment-commonwealth-court-20221230.html

 

Virtual Rally Launch – Jan 2, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIOOKZ3pn1g

 

Equal Time for Truth?  Can we fight the “psyopcracy,” a media environment saturated by sophisticated psychological operations that create an alternative reality designed to expand U.S. influence overseas and stifle dissent in the U.S.?

https://www.laprogressive.com/the-media-in-the-united-states/equal-time-for-truth

 

Did Jan. 6 Committee Report Downplay Role of Christian Nationalism?  "If we don't confront Christian nationalism then we are leaving ourselves open to future attacks, like what we saw on January 6," said one critic.

https://www.laprogressive.com/science-and-religion-2/christian-nationalism

 

Facing the Actual Confirmation Hearing: I hadn’t counted on all the cameras and reporters bunched up in front of the witness table. C-Span. CNN. Reporters on their knees, taking notes.

https://www.laprogressive.com/progressive-issues/actual-confirmation-hearing

 

Stephen Wertheim is a senior fellow in the American Statecraft Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He is a historian of U.S. foreign policy and an analyst of contemporary problems in American grand strategy.

https://carnegieendowment.org/experts/2062

 

Trump aides DESTROY TRUMP in newly exposed text messages – Jan 4, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe7KPDgZ5PA

 

Fix Harrisburg Rally – LIVESTREAM – Jan 3, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJXHfeAu2_Q

 

The Supreme Court May Kick Off 2023 With a Huge Gun Rights Ruling: Without oral argument or full briefing, the case could take a hatchet to New York’s new concealed carry law—and countless more nationwide.

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/01/guns-supreme-court-new-york-concealed-carry.html

 

Family of 8, including 5 children, found dead in Utah home with gunshot wounds: Police said they found the bodies while conducting a welfare check.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/family-8-including-5-children-found-dead-utah/story?id=96214606

 

Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Statement on the Second Anniversary of the January 6 Attack on the Capitol

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/attorney-general-merrick-b-garland-statement-second-anniversary-january-6-attack-capitol

 

How Neoliberalism Failed The World – Jan 5, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ernSYqq1b-U

 

Biden to Democrats: Nominate Me, Whether You Like It or Not.  President Biden rarely conveys a sense of urgency or fervent discontent with present-day social conditions. Instead, he routinely comes off as “status-quo Joe.”

https://www.laprogressive.com/elections/nominate-me

 

Proud Boys go to trial on sedition as Jan. 6 probe heats up

https://apnews.com/article/proud-boys-washington-state-government-district-of-columbia-legal-proceedings-merrick-garland-25247c2384b86c7ba3c248c897f82a57

 

Jack Smith ARRIVES in Washington DC – Jan 6, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4l1GeGmsj4

 

Ralph Nader | The BANKING of REVENGE – Jan 6, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kf9dEdb8KcM

 

Biden honors 12 heroes from Jan. 6 – Jan 6, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XqHyWJkvXM

 

A Populist Democrat Announces Challenge to Josh Hawley on January 6: Lucas Kunce wants to take on the Missouri Republican who incited rioters on January 6 (and then ran away), and he’s got a powerful new campaign ad.

https://newrepublic.com/post/169866/lucas-kunce-announces-challenge-josh-hawley-january-6

 

The Viral Stupidity of Politicians’ TikTok Bans: Lawmakers across the country are looking to kill off the social media platform for many of the same sins that Big Tech commits regularly.

https://newrepublic.com/post/169875/viral-stupidity-political-tiktok-bans

 

Fed up Pete Buttigieg destroys Fox host on his OWN SHOW – Jan 6, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdTkqJF2zvs

 

Why Corporations Gave $10 Million To Insurrectionist Caucus? – Jan 6, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl8pgG__CD8

 

My January 6th, 2023 Zoom meeting and speaker vote - Ms. Pinky Stanseski – Jan 6, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAIbFwyL4Qs

 

What (and who) is in the governor's cabinet?  Appointees for big agencies and key staff decisions will have a direct impact on your life. Here are the people you need to know.

https://arizonaagenda.substack.com/p/what-and-who-is-in-the-governors

 

Crime, Nihilism and Sad Entertainment: On this second anniversary of the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, GOP extremists are reveling in blocking Kevin McCarthy and the functioning of Congress

https://america.substack.com/p/crime-nihilism-and-sad-entertainment

 

BREAKING: NY Judge Arthur Engoron THREATENS Trump Attorneys with NEW SANCTIONS – Jan 7, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SF2DO8Nb4C8

 

McCarthy elected House speaker in rowdy post-midnight vote

https://apnews.com/article/politics-united-states-house-of-representatives-kevin-mccarthy-us-republican-party-0938c7358f41c83759246f8949ac7c15

 

Biden honors January 6 democracy defenders: ‘History will remember your names’

https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/06/politics/joe-biden-january-6-anniversary/index.html

 

George Santos sworn into Congress as investigations mount: The freshman lawmaker, a Republican from New York, has admitted to lying about his education, work experience and Jewish background.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/george-santos-sworn-congress-multiple-campaign-probes-rcna64047

 

Speaker Vote Proves There Is NO Left in Congress – Jan 7, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BbbiM1apcw

 

Rep. Robert Garcia becomes the first LGBTQ+ immigrant in Congress – Jan 7, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jerBitThDLA

 

What Billionaires Own Far Right Anti-McCarthy GOP? – Jan 7, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6j_hk9JoIM

 

George Santos is stretching the tolerance for lies in U.S. politics.

https://messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com/template/oakv2?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20230106&instance_id=81978&nl=the-morning&productCode=NN&regi_id=168579403&segment_id=121727&te=1&uri=nyt%3A%2F%2Fnewsletter%2Fc576f393-739e-5c04-bcc0-a861ada9d82c&user_id=c2e7b902faa70db20b1eaaead145c496

 

PDA Sunday Progressive Town Hall, January 8, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnHdXn-rdgQ

 

The “Faces” of Black Conservatism Tell Us Everything—About the GOP: Republicans’ embrace of Kanye West and Herschel Walker says more about how the GOP thinks about Black people than it does about Black conservatism in America.

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/black-conservatism-gop-stars/

 

Are Aliens Who Visit Earth Likely to Be Socialist?  A.M. Gittlitz says that aliens would need to be socialist to survive long enough to develop interstellar travel, while Corey Pein argues that socialism is a human concept tied to earthly circumstances.

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/aliens-socialism-posadism-ufos/

 

How Democrats Beat Arizona’s Extremist Republicans: Had the likes of Kari Lake taken office, it would have presented one of the greatest challenges to American democracy in modern times.

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/arizona-election-deniers/

 

Popular Rule: Has the United States ever been a democracy?

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/jedediah-purdy-two-cheers-for-politics/

 

The Vote-by-Mail Switcheroo

https://washingtonmonthly.com/2022/10/30/the-vote-by-mail-switcheroo/

 

The Newest Democratic Fight to Make Vote by Mail Easier: Now, Republicans want to force voters to sign up for a mail-in ballot each election in Ohio, Michigan, Arizona, and across the country. They could pay a price for once again stepping on rights.

https://washingtonmonthly.com/2022/10/30/the-newest-democratic-fight-to-make-vote-by-mail-easier/

 

The Court’s Third Great Crisis: Twice before in history, the Supreme Court has allowed itself to become an arm of one political party, with catastrophic results. Only the voters can save us from the same fate today.

https://washingtonmonthly.com/2022/10/30/the-courts-third-great-crisis/

 

How the Republican Fringe Became the Mainstream: Conspiracy theorists and far-right fanatics have long been present in the GOP. Now, they’re running it.

https://washingtonmonthly.com/2022/10/30/republican-extremists-marjorie-taylor-greene-paul-gosar/

 

Trump’s tax returns show he was a bigger risk than we realized: If Congress had known about Trump's foreign bank accounts earlier, they could very well have looked into them.

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trumps-tax-returns-show-was-bigger-risk-realized-rcna64149

 

Nancy Pelosi’s Heir: Katherine Clark is now the highest-ranking woman in Congress. Will she and the new Democrats atop the House remake the party, or just carry on the last generation’s legacy?

https://newrepublic.com/article/169595/katherine-clark-nancy-pelosi-heir

 

George Santos broke campaign finance laws, nonpartisan watchdog says: The complaint against the New York congressman could prompt an investigation by the Federal Election Commission

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/01/09/george-santos-campaign-finance-complaint/

 

News from the States, Evening Wrap. January 9, 2023

https://statesnewsroom.salsalabs.org/eveningwrap_preferabledysfunction

 

Brazil's Insurrection Reminds Us of the Power of Strongman Personality Cults

https://lucid.substack.com/p/brazils-insurrection-reminds-us-of

 

What Is the Socialist's Left Role in Fighting Autocracy?  The right-wing populist/authoritarian movement that has become energized since 2009 did not appear out of nowhere.

https://www.laprogressive.com/progressive-issues/fighting-autocracy

 

Just STFU and Send Money to the DNC: ‘Chipping in 5 dollars’ to the DNC hasn't addressed societal imperatives such as climate action, racial justice, voting rights, reproductive rights, etc.

https://www.laprogressive.com/election-reform-campaigns/just-stfu-and-send-money-to-the-dnc

 

The Deceptive Allure of Longstanding Concepts: We continue using the same word long after its meaning has been captured and altered.

https://www.laprogressive.com/education-reform/longstanding-concepts

 

House GOP approves resolution to create panel to probe ‘weaponization’ of federal government

https://thehill.com/homenews/3807584-house-gop-approves-resolution-to-create-panel-to-probe-weaponization-of-federal-government/

 

Exclusive: US intelligence materials related to Ukraine, Iran and UK found in Biden’s private office, source tells CNN

https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/10/politics/biden-classified-documents-iran-ukraine-united-kingdom-beau-funeral/index.html

 

‘No amnesty!’: Brazilian protests demand jail for rioters

https://apnews.com/article/jair-bolsonaro-politics-brazil-government-democracy-b62784248fee194c650df5c1da0fd120

 

Katie Porter launches Senate campaign for Feinstein’s seat: Porter has now gotten her campaign launch out ahead of other Democrats who are likely to vie for the seat should it open, including California Democratic Reps. Barbara Lee and Adam Schiff.

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/10/katie-porter-senate-campaign-feinstein-00077210

 

BREAKING: Second batch of classified documents found by Biden aides at new location – Jan 11, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Js5s912qH4w

 

Leader Jeffries Floor Remarks on Extreme MAGA Republican Agenda – Jan 11, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HroPItI6J3E

 

What the Democrats left on the table: The GOP-led 118th Congress is shaping up to be a rocky one. Here's what experts say Democrats could have gotten done last year when they had the chance.

https://theweek.com/congress/1019931/what-the-democrats-left-on-the-table

 

News from the States – Evening Wrap, January 10, 2023

https://statesnewsroom.salsalabs.org/eveningwrap_youbetcha?wvpId=35444be8-8984-4331-8f25-52703c68cda8

 

Biden aides find second batch of classified documents at new location: On Monday, the White House acknowledged a "small number" of classified documents had been found in an office Biden used.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-aides-find-second-batch-classified-documents-new-location-rcna65371

 

Biden lawyers find additional classified documents at Wilmington residence

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/3810424-biden-lawyers-find-additional-classified-documents-at-wilmington-residence/

 

McCarthy says embattled Rep. Santos should not be seated on top committees: The speaker did not embrace calls for Santos to resign. Members of both parties warn that putting Santos on key committees could be a national security risk.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/mccarthy-says-embattled-rep-santos-not-get-seated-top-committees-rcna65295

 

New Lenox gun shop owner on Illinois assault weapons ban: ‘It’s devastating’

https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/ct-sta-assault-weapon-ban-stores-st-0112-20230111-sch2xd4jkrgm5ko4hdnbrwpkde-story.html

 

The Far-Right Assault on Our Future: Coming off its recent losing streak, will the MAGA cult increasingly turn to violent local actions, including sustained assaults on the power grid?

https://www.laprogressive.com/progressive-issues/far-right-assault

 

High Time to Abolish the Filibuster: There is perhaps no better time than now for the Senate, at least, to model a path to a more representative democracy.

https://www.laprogressive.com/progressive-issues/abolish-the-filibuster

 

Kevin McCarthy, Squeaker of the House: Kevin McCarthy’s pursuit of power put him into quite a predicament. He was willing to give up anything in concessions to pick up votes

https://www.laprogressive.com/election-reform-campaigns/kevin-mccarthy-squeaker-of-the-house

 

How House Democrats could avert GOP debt ceiling disaster – Jan 11, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYVUkYfuM7k

 

Republican lies on air, gets IMMEDIATELY shut down TO HIS FACE – Jan 12, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KnXnYZsLqA

 

Jack Smith’s NEW SUBPOENAS To Former Trump Officials REVEALED – Jan 12, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M--IM9xEkxM

 

Jan. 6 Report Says Trump’s ‘Big Lie’ Was ‘Big Rip-Off’: The Jan. 6 Committee laid out how Donald Trump used his claims of election fraud to fund his campaign.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/jan-6-report-says-trumps-big-lie-was-big-rip-off

 

Everything we got wrong (and right) in 2022.

https://www.readtangle.com/2022-review-things-we-got-right-wrong/?ref=tangle-newsletter

 

Nebraska GOP governor hands Senate seat to predecessor, who spent heavily to elect him

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/1/12/2146838/-Nebraska-GOP-governor-hands-Senate-seat-to-predecessor-who-spent-heavily-to-elect-him

 

The Good in Us by Mary L. Trump: The House of Horrors, Week 1 - Jan 13, 2023

https://marytrump.substack.com/p/the-house-of-horrors

 

Virginia bill would count a fetus as a car passenger in HOV lanes: Reproductive rights advocates warn that the bill is the latest attempt by anti-abortion Republicans to cut away at abortion rights by pushing "personhood" laws.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/virginia-bill-count-fetus-car-passenger-hov-lanes-rcna65298

 

Touting his environmental ‘success,’ DeSantis is more con man than conservationist: Pollution woes continue despite his attempts to paint a happy picture

https://floridaphoenix.com/2023/01/12/touting-his-environmental-success-desantis-is-more-con-man-than-conservationist/

 

Max Tegmark - Science and the Future of Humanity – Jan 14, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMQ_emHASV8

 

The Santos Deceit Wins Him a Seat: Republicans and Democrats alike have accuse Santos of being a pathological liar. What happens now?

https://www.laprogressive.com/election-reform-campaigns/the-santos-deceit-wins-him-a-seat

 

The Myth of the “Moderate Republican” and Why It’s So Dangerous: Calling some of them “moderate Republicans” is like saying that someone who drives a getaway car during an armed robbery isn’t a criminal.

https://www.laprogressive.com/progressive-issues/moderate-republican

 

Brazilian Right Political Cliché Already: The illusion of dangers of a communist Biden or Lula seem to have masked the animosity of the elites to even the mildest rollback of neoliberal austerity.

https://www.laprogressive.com/election-reform-campaigns/brazilian-right-political-clich%C3%A9-already

 

Democratic Party Progressives Falling Short: Democrats who call themselves progressives say they support Medicare for All but when they could force the vote, they failed

https://www.laprogressive.com/progressive-issues/democratic-party-progressives

 

House Judiciary Committee launches investigation into Biden documents: The panel, now led by GOP Rep. Jim Jordan, is asking the Justice Department for information involving classified documents found in Biden's home and a Washington office he used.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-judiciary-committee-launches-investigation-biden-documents-rcna65747

 

Brazil’s Supreme Court to investigate Bolsonaro over January 8 attacks

https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/13/americas/brazil-public-prosecutor-investigate-bolsonaro-intl-hnk/index.html

 

How the Supreme Court Is About to Destroy Federalism: The day is coming when some Americans won’t accept a Roberts court decision that allows red states to reach into blue states and take people’s freedoms away. What then?

https://newrepublic.com/article/169938/supreme-court-destroy-federalism

 

The Origins of Joe Biden’s Document Mess: At the end of his Vice-Presidency, all official documents should have been transferred to the National Archives. How did some end up elsewhere?

https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/the-origins-of-joe-bidens-document-mess

 

Fat Cats, Deep State, All Hunter Biden, All the Time: The 118th Congress lurched into the fray with a robust, vengeful, utterly performative blitzkrieg by various Tin Foil Committees against non-existent issues.

https://www.laprogressive.com/progressive-issues/fat-cats

 

Behind the Curtain at Twitter: Clarity doesn’t come in one fell swoop. It often starts with the feeling that something doesn’t add up.

https://www.laprogressive.com/the-media-in-the-united-states/behind-the-curtain-at-twitter

 

False Equivalence: Taking Top Secret Documents Home. The task for Biden and the White House will be to keep an even keel by not getting distracted by this commotion

https://www.laprogressive.com/law-and-the-justice-system/false-equivalence

 

Forced Labor: Why the Thirteenth Amendment Protects Abortion Rights.  Roe v. Wade was built on a less-than-compelling Constitutional argument. But the right to choose is solidly grounded in the amendment that abolished slavery.

https://washingtonmonthly.com/2023/01/12/forced-labor-why-the-thirteenth-amendment-protects-abortion-rights/

 

MAGA health worker FIRED after CAUGHT Threatening Democratic Congressman – Jan 15, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCC3tKfNieQ

 

A once-in-a-generation political fight is heating up for U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s seat in California

California’s politicians are battling for a rare chance at a U.S. Senate seat. Is Dianne Feinstein ready to give it up?

https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/01/16/dianne-feinstein-once-in-a-generation-political-fight-is-heating-up-in-california-us-senate-seat/

 

Bernie Sanders DESTROYS Republican scheme to eliminate Social Security – Jan 16, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7tewcvkYoU

 

How Inequality Makes Americans Miserable – Jan 17, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beKBEWIv_mY

 

Open Primaries Virtual Discussion: Meet the Citizen Activists Championing Primary Reform – Jan 19, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKQEPJVSyks

 

A Better Biden Doctrine: Two years in, how well has Biden kept his 2020 promises on foreign policy?

https://newrepublic.com/article/169598/better-biden-doctrine

 

Is Campus Free Speech Really Dead?  Media coverage of campus speech controversies focuses almost solely on elite, coastal schools. But what about the rest of the country? A report from an array of higher education institutions nationwide

https://newrepublic.com/article/169618/campus-free-speech-really-dead

 

OJEDA LIVE - 01/20/2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm8dLqmHUok

 

Trump drops lawsuit against N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/01/20/trump-new-york-attorney-general-lawsuit/

 

White House chief of staff Ron Klain expected to resign

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/21/us/politics/ron-klain-resigning.html

 

Brazil, US January Riots: Comparing Rightwing Attacks on Democracy: Left-leaning presidents in Latin America have also condemned the rightwing attacks in Brazil but from the receiving end of so-called US democracy exportation.

https://www.laprogressive.com/latin-america-2/brazil-us-january-riots

 

PDA Sunday Progressive Town Hall, January 22, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VD3xdToqtu8

 

Biden's Disturbing Hypocrisy on Julian Assange: Joe Biden stood up for press freedom as a candidate — but backtracked in the White House

https://www.laprogressive.com/the-media-in-the-united-states/hypocrisy-on-julian-assange

 

Collectively Speaking, Americans Are Stark Raving Mad: Don’t you understand that if nothing changed after the massacre of little kids at Sandy Hook Elementary School, nothing is ever going to change. Not ever.

https://www.laprogressive.com/progressive-issues/americans-are-stark-raving-mad

 

DOJ completely SLAMS Jim Jordan and MAGA House Members for UNLAWFUL Requests – Jan 22, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzc8utnBpSI

 

Why there's NO SUCH THING as FREEDOM Anymore.. – Jan 22, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezX_zXvBpsE

 

How Pathetic Is THIS??? – Jan 22, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyLofySIo2c

 

Access to Journalism Is a Human Right: Corporate overlords and repressive governments want to control the Internet. But information belongs to us.

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/press-freedom-twitter/

 

The Congressional Progressive Caucus Expands: Democrats may have lost their majority, but many promising new members have secured roles in the House.

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/congressional-progressive-caucus-house/

 

Hannah Arendt Was Really a Prophet Against Conformity: To the question of how totalitarian methods could ever draw the compliance of free citizens, she replied: through the enchantment of success.

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/hannah-arendt-totalitarianism-conformity/

 

Why the Godfather of Human Rights Is Not Welcome at Harvard: Kenneth Roth, who ran Human Rights Watch for 29 years, was denied a fellowship at the Kennedy School. The reason? Israel.

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/hrw-harvard-israel-kennedy-school/

 

US Democracy Is Under Attack. These Human Rights Defenders Are Not Backing Down.  The progressives topping the 2022 Nation Honor Roll have refused to give up in the face of overwhelming challenges.

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/democracy-defenders-progressive-honor-roll/

 

Letters From the January 23/30, 2023, Issue.  A bridge too far… Above the law…

https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/letters-from-the-january-23-30-2023-issue/

 

How Students Fought for Democracy in 2022: Recent StudentNation coverage highlights the issues weighing on young people—and how they are organizing to fight back.

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/students-fought-for-democracy-2022/

 

‘Here again’: Abortion activists rally 50 years after Roe

https://apnews.com/article/abortion-politics-health-wisconsin-state-government-madison-32f0773666b4e69b4626f4ba632cc37a

 

On the Verge of Civil War II?  We’re definitely on the brink of — or in the middle of — something, but we always have been.

https://www.laprogressive.com/progressive-issues/civil-war-ii

 

Just How Nutty Is Marjorie Taylor Greene?  But like the imperialist that she is, Greene made an insane suggestion to stop drug trafficking: bomb Mexico!

https://www.laprogressive.com/progressive-issues/how-nutty-is-marjorie-taylor-greene

 

Belmarsh Tribunal Comes to DC: 'Freedom for Assange and Journalism Are at Stake': "As long as the Biden administration continues to deploy tools like the Espionage Act to imprison those who dare to expose war crimes, no publisher and no journalist will be safe."

https://www.laprogressive.com/the-media-in-the-united-states/belmarsh-tribunal

 

Free Julian Assange: Noam Chomsky, Dan Ellsberg & Jeremy Corbyn Lead Call at Belmarsh Tribunal – Jan 23, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRUyBv3LyYk

 

Clown Car’s In Gear

https://www.populist.com/29.02.Edit.html

 

The Perverse Vulgarity of Book Banning

https://hightowerlowdown.org/podcast/the-perverse-vulgarity-of-book-banning/

 

If You're 'Not Woke,' Doesn't That Mean You're Asleep?

https://www.creators.com/read/jim-hightower/12/22/if-youre-not-woke-doesnt-that-mean-youre-asleep

 

Letters to the Editor: No Free Passes for War Starters; Facing the Facts About Russia’s War Against Ukraine; No Rural Turnaround Yet; Kyrie Irving’s Feathers; Drivers of Revolution; My Car’s Got a Mind of Its Own; Give Railway Workers Sick Days; Who Are Christians?; Cat Talk.

https://www.populist.com/29.02.Letters.html

 

The Proper and the Questionable

https://www.populist.com/29.02.Rollins.html

 

Dispatches: UNEMPLOYMENT FALLS TO HALF-CENTURY LOW, BUT WAGE GROWTH AND INFLATION SLOWS; DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKERS PUSH BIDEN TO PROTECT RENTERS; DURING BIDEN VISIT TO BORDER, ABBOTT CRIES HE ‘DESPERATELY NEEDS MORE MONEY’ AFTER WASTING BILLIONS ON STUNTS; FED COURT ORDERS SC TO REDRAW RACIALLY GERRYMANDERED CONGRESSIONAL MAPS; FTC PROPOSES BAN ON NONCOMPETE CLAUSES; REPORT SHOWS PROMISE OF GREENER JOBS FOR FORMER FOSSIL FUEL WORKERS; WHO COULD RUN TO SUCCEED SEN DEBBIE STABENOW? PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY.

https://www.populist.com/29.02.Dispatches.html

 

GENE LYONS: The misinformation superhighway

https://www.albanyherald.com/opinion/gene-lyons-the-misinformation-superhighway/article_2ecd15aa-152c-11ed-8e11-5f1aaeb309e7.html

 

A New Year’s Resolution: Do Not Underestimate Uncle Joe. Ever Again.

https://www.populist.com/29.02.Polman.html

 

Burning Down the House: For the Gang that Can’t Govern, It’s Been a Long Time Coming.

https://www.populist.com/29.02.Polman.House.html

 

Trump Isn't the Only Big Lie Grifter

https://www.creators.com/read/joe-conason/12/22/trump-isnt-the-only-big-lie-grifter

 

No Matter Who Leads House GOP, Advocates Say, ‘They All Want to Cut Your Social Security’  “Democrats must stand strong and united to protect Social Security from Republican hostage-taking,” said Social Security Works.

https://www.populist.com/29.02.Johnson.html

 

Mary Sanchez: A Trumpy Latino for the GOP – the implosion of George Santos

https://tribunecontentagency.com/article/mary-sanchez-a-trumpy-latino-for-the-gop-the-implosion-of-george-santos/

 

What the Final Stage of Reaganism Looks Like: The question today is whether we as a nation and a people will recover from it, or if it will, as Reagan promised, destroy the American experiment of pluralistic liberal democracy.

https://www.populist.com/29.02.Hartmann.html

 

Robert B. Reich: Staying hopeful in a cynical time: Thoughts for the new year

https://www.argusobserver.com/opinion/robert-b-reich-staying-hopeful-in-a-cynical-time-thoughts-for-the-new-year/article_9d1ecfae-8867-11ed-8f8a-c7977a9c71dd.html

 

‘Jan. 6th Committee’ report marks a chapter – not the end

https://pridepublishinggroup.com/2022/12/29/jan-6th-committee-report-marks-a-chapter-not-the-end/

 

The Unthinkable and Inevitable Civil War?

https://www.populist.com/29.02.DrCinli.html

 

New Year's Light on Lies Clears the Air

https://www.arcamax.com/politics/fromtheleft/jamiestiehm/s-2768896?print

 

Losing Trump

https://www.populist.com/29.02.Friedman.html

 

The New York Times is Diminishing Itself

https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/01/03/the-new-york-times-is-diminishing-itself-2/

 

How About Equal Time for the Truth?

https://www.creators.com/read/ted-rall/12/22/how-about-equal-time-for-the-truth

 

Free Speech, not Corporate Control

https://www.populist.com/29.02.Kalet.html

 

When Politics Becomes Entertainment, Call for Robert Draper

https://www.populist.com/29.02.Patterson.html

 

To save himself, McCarthy just destroyed the House

https://www.allsides.com/news/2023-01-07-1023/politics-save-himself-mccarthy-just-destroyed-house

 

Grass Roots Emergency Election and Climate Protection Coalition - Streamed live on Jan 23, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OATukGHGnT0

 

Bring In the Malignant Clowns: The House is working hard to expose "the Biden crime family," shred the safety net, and ignore news that serial fabulist George Santos was a drag queen.

https://www.laprogressive.com/progressive-issues/malignant-clowns

 

McCarthy Puts Marjorie Taylor Green on the Oversight and Accountability Committee: The people McCarthy put on the committee include Representatives Marjorie Taylor Greene, Paul Gosar of Arizona, and Lauren Boebert of Colorado

https://www.laprogressive.com/election-reform-campaigns/mccarthy-puts-marjorie-taylor-green-on-the-oversight-and-accountability-committee

 

Mary Trump has thoughts about George Santos. – Jan 28, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVTRZcXp6IE

 

Exclusive: Supreme Court did not disclose financial relationship with expert brought in to review leak probe

https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/27/politics/supreme-court-chertoff-leak-investigation

 

And Now They Want to Arm Our Children?  From Sandy Hook to Uvalde, the gun rights über alles crowd keeps on keeping on.

https://www.laprogressive.com/progressive-issues/arm-our-children

 

Assange Prosecution Could End First Amendment: Prominent lawyers, journalists and human rights defenders say prosecuting Assange poses a grave threat to journalism.

https://www.laprogressive.com/the-media-in-the-united-states/end-of-1st-amendment-rights

 

Top Cult Expert EXPOSES the SECRETS of MAGA Mind Control | The Weekend Show – Jan 29, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtfElCtAkWo

 

PDA Sunday Progressive Town Hall, January 29, 2023 featuring Cori Bush – Jan 30, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bd90z6wwXpw

 

What the Progressive Wing of the Democratic Party Has Planned Next: Rather than taking a back seat, progressives are using their expanded ranks to flex their muscle in Congress—and transform the Democratic Party.

https://inthesetimes.com/article/democrats-progressives-dnc-biden-jayapal-cpc

 

The Left Was Missing in Action From the McCarthy Spectacle: Watching the GOP’s circular firing squad during the speaker votes was entertaining, but what do progressive Democrats have to show for rallying round their party’s leadership?

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/democrats-mccarthy-progressives/

 

The Surprising Strength of Brazil’s Democracy: Seeming similarities between the attack on the presidential palace in Brasília and the US Capitol abound. But Brazilian democracy has proved more resilient.

https://www.thenation.com/article/world/brazil-riots-democracy/

 

The January 6 Report and Trump’s Gospel of Success: On the anniversary of the insurrection at the Capitol, the House select committee’s report documents the former president’s culpability—and his state of mind.

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/january-6-report/

 

The Change We Want: What does it take to build a political majority?

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/timothy-shenk-the-realigners/

 

Letters From the February 6/13, 2023, Issue: The pink tide and democracy… Netizen power… The rules of the game…

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/letters-from-the-february-6-13-2023-issue/

 

Trump sues journalist Bob Woodward

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/3836526-trump-sues-journalist-bob-woodward/

 

Marjorie Taylor Greene, AOC, And More Debate Remote Work Amendment – Jan 31, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRKTeC39AVU

 

Philly DSA Events

https://www.phillydsa.org/events

 

America’s Leap Toward Fascism Featuring Dean Obeidallah – Feb 1, 2023 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUN0LeLrLTY

 

How Best to Replace a Disgrace in Local Office?  The rules for a recall election in L.A. may frustrate the goal of regaining a trustworthy, new representative in CD 14 this year.

https://www.laprogressive.com/election-reform-campaigns/replace-a-disgrace

 

Will Trump’s Consigliere Pay the Piper?  John Eastman faces disbarment for his misconduct and unethical behavior seeking to overturn the 2020 election.

https://www.laprogressive.com/law-and-the-justice-system/john-eastman

 

House GOP Strips Ilhan Omar of Foreign Affairs Panel Seat: Omar is accused of making antisemitic and anti-Israel comments.  Minnesota Democrat is one of first two Muslim women in House

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-02/house-republicans-strip-ilhan-omar-of-foreign-affairs-panel-seat

 

Hunter Biden calls for criminal probe in aggressive new legal strategy

https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/01/politics/hunter-biden-laptop-contents-letter/index.html

 

PDA Sunday Progressive Town Hall, February 5, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgHuF0Cf5IM

 

This Conservative judge is on a mission to protect democracy – Feb 5, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDfrwFvctK4

 

Call-In/Mail-In Day to Protect AP Black Studies Course

https://www.facebook.com/events/743382237180112/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22your_upcoming_events_unit%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22bookmark%22%7D]%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D

 

The College Board Strips Down Its A.P. Curriculum for African American Studies: The official course looks different from a previous draft: No more critical race theory, and the study of contemporary topics — like Black Lives Matter — is optional.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/01/us/college-board-advanced-placement-african-american-studies.html

 

Here are some key cuts from the AP African American Studies curriculum

https://www.axios.com/2023/02/03/college-board-ap-african-american-studies

 

College Board's revised AP African American studies course draws new criticism

https://www.npr.org/2023/02/01/1153434464/college-boards-revised-ap-african-american-studies-course-draws-new-criticism

 

Ron DeSantis’s Attack on Black Studies Is Textbook Proto-Fascism: Florida’s unapologetically racist governor, Ron DeSantis, has effectively declared war on the Black freedom movement.

https://truthout.org/articles/ron-desantiss-attack-on-black-studies-is-textbook-proto-fascism/

 

National Issues: CLICK ON YOUR STATE TO SEE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED

https://thepoliticaltruth.org/index.php/national-issues/

 

Democrats approve 2024 primary calendar that demotes Iowa, boosts South Carolina

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/02/04/democrats-2024-presidential-primary-calendar/11180347002/

 

Rep. Jim Jordan subpoenas FBI, Education Department over school board memo: Congressional Republicans have criticized Attorney General Merrick Garland for offering assistance to local school boards threatened with violence, but he denied siccing the FBI on parents.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/02/03/house-gop-subpoenas-fbi-education-department/11180236002/

 

Top Trump official ENDS INTERVIEW amid TOUGH questions – Feb 6, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ync41XtqZxc

 

GOP Wants To Cut ‘We The People’ From the Constitution? Featuring Viki Harrison – Feb 6, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XBH_U5UNHU

 

This Is What Collusion Looks Like: Paul Manafort (Reprise): The indictment of FBI executive Charles McGonigal prompts a review of another indicted American with ties to Oleg Deripaska: former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort.

https://gregolear.substack.com/p/this-is-what-collusion-looks-like-e75

 

Speaking With Forked Tongues: Crafting linguistic propaganda by boiling, freezing, and muddying language

https://www.laprogressive.com/progressive-issues/speaking-with-forked-tongues

 

GOP panel subpoenas Biden officials over protests

https://www.axios.com/2023/02/04/gop-subpoenas-school-board-protests-doj

 

Michael Skros ROD 22 IndRedistComms SM – Feb 8, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37qN4-av8IY

 

Biden Delivers Greatest State of the Union Speech EVER? – Feb 8, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utiKUBRtcBY

 

Trump THREATENS GOP by PRAISING Biden in SHOCKING statement – Feb 8, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqcGg3RARd4

 

Michael Cohen: NY DA 'believes there is a case to be made' against Trump – Feb 8, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cZNSz8WjNE

 

Biden's State of the Union: A fiery speech

https://steady.substack.com/p/bidens-state-of-the-union

 

My 2 cents a bit late – Feb 9, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-B1hEM1kno

 

Jamie Raskin absolutely HUMILIATES Marjorie Taylor Greene with must-see takedown – Feb 9, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cFnE1WsenM

 

BREAKING: Special Counsel Jack Smith SHOCKS with Subpoena to Mike Pence – Feb 9, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhjiI0h3n6A

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