In an Op-Ed column for the Los Angeles Times Dr. Colleen Kraft, president of the American Academy of Pediatrics, tells of the disturbing short- and long-term effects the Trump era policy of separating children from their parents can have.
This is a presidency that would love nothing more than a press that defends everything it says or does – at the expense of the people it marginalizes.
The media’s obsequious circling of the wagons around White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders over a brutal roasting by a comedienne is more troubling than anything Michelle Wolf said.
The government relied on two main arguments. It tried to argue that this really isn’t a Muslim Ban.
Editorial Cartoon: Marion Hammer – NRA
On Saturday, Melania Trump attended First Lady Barbara Bush’s funeral. She was alone because the Bush family didn’t want the president to attend.
It is imperative that the Farm Bill and all policies that seek to meet human needs actually address the real lives of people and the systemic and structural oppression and injustice they face each day.
A blue wave will certainly go a long way in washing away the stench from the ever-growing swamp. Yet, it will require a transformation in our politics, in the soul of our country and of each person to root out the problems that paved the way for Trump’s election in the first place.
Editorial Cartoon: Atlas Shrugged
On April 4, 1968, a single gunshot killed civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. on a motel balcony in Memphis. On June 5 of that same year, Senator Robert F. Kennedy — brother of assassinated President John F. Kennedy, the former U.S. Attorney General and a presidential candidate — was fatally shot at a Los Angeles hotel after winning California’s Democratic primary.
As Mr. Trump continues to hinder our reputation as a nation around the globe, he also is destroying the reputation of the modern-day Church in the process. Those who attend church these days, cannot say they were not warned. Make no mistake: I do not write this article to proselytize the reader, but to hold…
While the Samaritan was the surprising character to show mercy to the man left for dead in the ditch, the real twist came when Jesus asked the lawyer to lay aside his privilege and see the world though the beaten and bruised eyes of a man desperate to save his life.
The political process of consolidating power occurs when an individual in power disbands legislative, judicial and executive authorities while placing that authority in one or two offices or office holders. For a historical example of this consolidation and what it looks like to the casual observer, one need only look to the October Revolution of…
Groupthink, a term coined by social psychologist Irving Janis in 1972, occurs when a group makes faulty decisions leading to a “deterioration of mental efficiency, reality testing, and moral judgement.” Key characteristics of this phenomenon are: excessive optimism coupled with the encouragement of taking greater risks, collective rationalization as members of the group discount warnings,…
It has been four-hundred and eighteen days since Donald Trump has been sworn into office as President. Since that time, Americans have been treated to what is aptly described as a reality-show presidency with all of the trappings. Each day brings new revelations about Trump’s campaign and its possible and likely involvement with Russia in…
Yesterday, British Prime Minister Teresa May made clear that the nation of Russia was highly likely responsible, according to their evidence, for the poisoning of a former Russian double agent, Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in the English city of Salisbury on March 4. She made clear – before the House of Commons –…
Ever since seventeen children were tragically killed and another sixteen injured last month in yet another school shooting at Marjorie Stoneman-Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, the nation has been embroiled in a national debate which has been amplified by the survivors of that tragic event. Key to the debate has been the age requirement or…
Reading the Second Amendment on its face value and in its historical context or original intent, it is clear that these ideas did not fall from heaven but were tied to particular realities of the day.
Editorial Cartoon: No Assault Rifle Ban
Black people are blamed for every evil in our world here in Trump country. This isn’t a one-off. This isn’t an emotional reaction to a few racist comments. This also isn’t a smug lecture about the ugly racism of the other. The “elites” want liberals to stop talking about racism — in a way that only people who are privileged enough to not suffer racism could.
There is a cancer in our country and ignoring it won’t fix the problem.
We are living a very long Freaky Friday moment that has lasted since Valentines’ Day. High School students are leading while our president and the first lady are behaving like irresponsible teenagers.
While mass deportation of people based on race or ethnicity may appear to be more “humane†the objective is the same: it’s about destroying the community in whole or in part.
When it comes to the country’s bills and responsibilities towards its own population, right-wing politicians treat things like deficits as a plaything, alternatively ignoring it or using it as a cudgel.  We can see much of the same behavior in the way the Right-Wing tax bill has been playing out. Right-wingers have a very…
The Republican Majority Leader is assaulting the democratic process yet again, but this time he’s doing it for a President who is not only under FBI investigation for possible collusion with a hostile foreign power, but whose National Security Adviser just pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about contacts with Russia, and who will reportedly testify that he was directed in his contacts with Russia by the President himself.
Without the backlash to Donald Trump’s presidency — a thing built on the backbone of his own admission on tape that he sexually assaults women whenever he wants to and 16 women coming forward to say that Trump harassed and/or assaulted them — we would not be here right now…
… Having sometimes heartbreaking discussions about the predators among us.
The latest attempt by the GOP to replace Obamacare has nothing to do with providing coverage for American citizens. Members of the Republican Party are simply trying to save their political careers as opposed to saving the lives of the constituents that they serve.
A con man doesn’t necessarily have to be very smart. All that is required is to be smarter than the targets of his con. Eight months into his presidency Donald Trump has provided proof positive that America is wrought with ignorance and epic stupidity. Look no further than his voter base to unearth evidence of the erosion of our national IQ.
We welcome Republicans who have joined us in taking a stand, but it would be enabling to fail to mention how they got here. Trump’s racism didn’t just happen to the Republican Party. They grew this the hard way and the only way to root it out is to face this fact.
How was Donald Trump allowed to enter the White House as leader of the most influential nation on the planet? By electing Trump as President of the United States, we as citizens may have done irreparable damage to America. Mr. Trump has not only stoked the flames of ignorance; he has undeniably revealed our democratic system to be flawed and in need of an ideological reconstruction.
Donald Trump and his cohorts of the GOP are malevolently complicit in a political assassination attempt, that leaves American citizens as collateral damage. Republicans have engaged in a universal effort to erase the legacy of Barrack Obama and will stop at no cost including the lives of the people that they serve.
Victory for the people…until next battle
Wally Wingnut returns to remind all that ‘alternative facts’ are real to the devout believers…
Democrats have one big, glaring downfall when it comes to the war against Republican obstruction and denial of the democratic process. It’s something that each one of you have control over
There is no justifiable reason to commit these deplorable and sickening crimes but it must be understood that our current government has fostered an atmosphere that encourages and condones mayhem through silence. The hateful rhetoric spewed from POTUS and his backers has given license to fanatical support as well as opposition. This country is tearing apart at the seams and it’s leaders are the main culprit and cause for our divide.
Crystal Griner is a female minority, who just so happens to be married to a woman. In 2015, Griner married Tiffany Dyar in Baltimore.
While Mr. Trump has indeed been elected to the highest office in the land, there can be little debate that his words and deeds throughout his lifetime have garnered almost nothing to induce respect. In fact, Mr. Trump has seemingly almost gone out of his way to reflect the very opposite of presidential conduct.
Kathy Griffin has the head, Comey gets the rest.
The Republican justification for assaulting Ben Jacobs included the dog whistle words, “liberal reporter” for a reason. The reason is that if the reporter was a liberal, it was okay. Not just okay, but justified.
Fake news, fake news, fake news….
The past one hundred plus days of this administration have not only been a constant battering to the fabric of our democracy but a neglect to the needs of the poor and vulnerable as well.
Republicans, both elected and appointed, are betraying their oath of office by not appointing independent investigators for the Trump Russia probe. The security of the United States is on the line. This is no time for more of their partisan party first attitudes.
Prosecutors have discretion to low-ball charges as justice requires, and are ethically bound to do so. Sessions says to throw the book at suspects instead. This is bad for decent-minded prosecutors and corrodes public trust in government.
All but two states already have laws on the books that ban insurer providers from discriminating against rape and sexual abuse survivors.
A continued assault on the poor and middle class…
We will take action in short order to follow the President’s instruction to safeguard the deeply held religious beliefs of Americans who provide health insurance.
Greedy evangelicals expected much more in remuneration for their electoral support for Trump’s candidacy than freedom to violate IRS rules with impunity.
“This is for those that possess the Warrior Spirit. The weak or timid need not apply … Trump has our back for the next 8 years. The timing couldn’t be better.”
Yoest has a long record of undermining women’s access to health care by distorting the facts; her selection shows the administration is pandering to extreme evangelical conservatives.
The lies from Trump’s team would have sent religious Republicans into near-fatal apoplexy if it was a Democratic administration.
Betsy DeVos eliminated President Obama’s policies to make student loan repayment easier and to prevent student loan recipients from defaulting.
Trump and North Korea is an eerily frightening reiteration of the Bush administration’s fear-mongering about Saddam Hussein’s Iraq.
The new NBC/WSJ poll reveals that by a wide margin Planned Parenthood is significantly more popular than Mike Pence who is even more despised than Trump.
“Due to safety concerns, we believed it was very important to take all necessary precautions to protect the safety of all personnel involved in the operation.â€
Jeff Sessions still hasn’t filled even one of the 93 vacant U.S. Attorney positions he needs to operate, much less “get tough on crime.”
Wind and solar have combined with natural gas to produce virtually all the nation’s major new electrical capacity; coal and nuclear are economically less competitive.
She thinks biblically, She doesn’t need time to figure out how to vote because she sees the world through a scriptural lens. “We need more like her in office.”
A ruling for theocracy will effectively demolish church-state separation and neuter the First Amendment’s religious clauses.
“Texas Senate has no problem with taxpayer-funded discrimination against virtually anyone who doesn’t meet a public official’s personal [religious] standards.”
This latest Trump abomination reveals why he and his administration hold a criminal mindset; they are above the law and because Trump won the election.
Repealing the Johnson Amendment will create a loophole in campaign disclosure laws; nonpartisanship is a cornerstone principle that has strengthened the public’s trust of the charitable community.
This is the right of a woman and her doctor.These decisions should be made between the two of them with open, careful, honest, truthful consults. Not the legislature.
Central Command issued a statement calling the careless attack on American allies a tragic episode and said the cause of the 18 Syrian rebels’ deaths is under investigation.
“Republican lawmakers rushed the voter ID law without the usual committee analysis and debate… to provide an Anglo partisan advantage.”
“The constitutional powers to introduce the United States into hostilities, are only pursuant to a declaration of war, specific statutory authorization, or an attack upon the United States.”
Since January 2017 a number of undemocratic bills that if enacted into law, threatens one of the United States’ constitutional pillars: free speech.
Trump thinks he did no wrong…
Well, after Trump SAW all the dead, he thought maybe it was a bad thing.
No one should be fired for being lesbian, gay, or transgender like happened to me and it’s incredibly powerful to know that the law now protects me and other LGBT workers.â€
“This is worse than anything we have ever seen. Something is shifting — a lot more [innocent Muslim] civilians are dying, and it’s happening on Donald Trump’s watch.â€
This bill wasn’t written with the intent to protect or govern on the side of the woman. It was written to save fetuses.
The NCAA said “this new law is far from perfect,” but it will reward the discrimination-minded N. C. by reopening the state for consideration in hosting its championship events.
“We have the ability to help people who truly need it the most. We have the ability to make a decision today that will save lives — potentially thousands.
The judge ruled when Trump “repeatedly…instructed, and commanded†supporters to “get em’ out of here†the result was protesters being punched and kicked
