The Democratic Party’s moneyed and political establishment – backed by a screeching chorus of corporate media voices – are gloating that they’ve successfully ganged up to demonize Bernie Sanders, deify Joe Biden, and derail America’s...
When dealing in matters of war and peace, shouldn’t a president sort of know what he or she is doing? But that’s not Donald Trump’s way. On February 29, he grandly announced that he had...
It’s over. Donald the Dealmaker says that he has negotiated an end to America’s long nightmare in Afghanistan, finally terminating 18-plus years of grinding war (the longest in US history). Only… he hasn’t. His “deal”...
“Socialism,” snarled The Donald at a recent pep rally of far-right Republicans. And the obedient crowd of Trumpistas snarled back in unison: So-sh’ll-izz-ummm! There you have the entire intellectual content of the GOP’s 2020 re-election...
As an old saying puts it, “Where there’s a will – there are a thousand won’ts.” Sure enough, here come the won’ts, opposing the public’s demand for bold action to stop inequality. The corporate powers...
Remember when candidate Trump promised not only to wall-out all migrants crossing our Mexican border, but also to make Mexico pay for his xenophobic wall? Well, Mexico hasn’t paid a peso… and won’t. So, he...
Big, high walls can be troublesome. Ask Humpty Dumpty. However, for a real-life, epic story about wall troubles, ponder the trials and tribulations of our very own president. He can’t seem to get his one,...
As Lyndon Johnson used to say about special interests trying to get his support to pass some blatantly self-serving legislation: “They can’t make chicken salad out of chicken [BLEEP!!].” Yet, chicken [BLEEP!!] is all that...
When grassroots groups rise up against the corporate establishment to try winning some specific progressive changes for the common good, the odds against them can seem daunting. As an old saying puts it: Where there’s...
We might expect that corporate billionaires and Koch-funded Republican right-wingers would be howl-at-the-moon opponents of a wealth tax, Medicare-for-All, and other big, progressive ideas to help improve the circumstances of America’s workaday majority. But… Democrats?...