Adalia Woodbury

Former contributor.
Opinion: Our Actions in This Election Will Tell if We Are For America or For Trump

Opinion: Our Actions in This Election Will Tell if We Are For America or For Trump

We already know all there really is to know about Donald Trump. He has no bottom. A few of us…

4 years ago

Opinion: I Blame Donald Trump for Spreading COVID In The Rose Garden

From the very beginning of the Covid pandemic, Donald Trump did everything wrong. He ignored the warnings in his intel…

4 years ago

Opinion: Plan Your Vote or Lose it

This week we were reminded of everything we stand to lose if Trump finds a way to steal the presidency…

4 years ago

Opinion: Choose The America That Respects Its Electorate

It was a week of contrasts between the democracy we have and the tyranny Donald Trump is trying to build…

4 years ago

Opinion: Corruption is Not A Second Amendment Right

The law was not kind to corrupt people this week.  The DC Circuit sided with congressional oversight when it said…

4 years ago

Opinion: Obama Resurrects Hope In His Eulogy to John Lewis

During this past week many of us mourned the loss of John Lewis and the kind of greatness he had. …

4 years ago

Opinion: Gassing Moms And Vets Does Not Win Elections

With his support in free fall, Donald Trump decided the best way to win over “suburban house wives” was to…

4 years ago

Opinion: Reuniting America Begins with Candid Conversations About Race

During the past few days I heard a lot about the N word. Unsurprisingly, Mary Trump acknowledged that was a…

4 years ago

Opinion: Thankfully, an Incompetent Trump Can’t Even Pack The SCOTUS

This term’s Supreme Court rulings prove that America’s democracy is destined to survive the incompetent dictator-wannabe currently occupying the White…

4 years ago

Opinion: A Crazy Trump Betraying America Is Less Heartbreaking Than The Likely Truth

During this past week, there was yet another debate over Trump’s sanity, which to be honest, is beside the point.…

4 years ago

Opinion: Republicans Stay On The Wrong Side of History By Opposing DC Statehood

Americans in the nation’s capital live with no representation. Not only do we have taxation, but we pay more taxes…

4 years ago

Opinion: Melania Trump Celebrated her Hour of Researching Juneteenth By Showing Off In A Tweet

In the latest series of articles about Mary Jordan’s upcoming book, we learn more about Melania’s effort to be seen…

4 years ago

Opinion: A New Book Reveals How Melania Trump Capitalized on Donald’s Affairs

In 2016, we were introduced to a carefully-crafted image of Donald Trump’s third wife, Melania, as a private, family-oriented wife…

4 years ago

Opinion: We Should Call George Floyd’s Murder By Its Name: Extra Judicial Killing

There was a thug in the George Floyd case. He was sitting in the White House tweeting toxins as usual.…

4 years ago

Opinion: Trump Would Sound Better Wearing a Mask

Anyone who endures the Trump presidency understands why there’s a minimum age qualification to be president.  Trump proved, however, that…

4 years ago

Opinion: Devastated by the Numbers Trump Goes Crazy with Deflection

Donald Trump is learning he can’t escape the ominous death toll resulting from decisions he made in handling Covid-19. So…

4 years ago

Opinion: American Democracy and Covid-19 Penetrate Trump’s Walls of Privilege

Despite Trump’s best efforts to assume privilege from laws and icky peasant illnesses like COVID-19, the pesky features of democracy…

4 years ago

Opinion: Republicans Continue To Politicize If And When We Believe Women

On Friday, Joe Biden went on Morning Joe to answer questions posed by co-host Mika Brzezinski.  I didn’t watch the…

4 years ago

Opinion: Trump Adds To His List of Crimes by Proposing We Drink Bleach

On Friday, states and manufacturers of Clorox and Lysol were issuing public service announcements to ignore Donald Trump’s proposed prescription…

4 years ago

Opinion: Coronavirus Exposes The GOP’s America and Its Long Established Inequities

By making items of privilege out of hand sanitizer, toilet paper, and access to testing for a deadly disease, Trump’s…

4 years ago

Opinion: Trump Brings Lord Of The Flies To Life In Coronavirus Crisis

For some people, opinion is a point of view about an issue, while analysis interprets the significance of events or…

4 years ago

Opinion: Trump Proves He is More Monstrous Every Day

During a week when we became number one for coronavirus cases in the world and when we saw the death…

4 years ago

Opinion: Donald Trump, Sit Down and Shut Up

When buying food is like going to the jungle and dinner becomes the thing you managed to grab before anyone…

4 years ago

Opinion: Trump’s Incompetence Shows Us Why We Need Universal Healthcare

The world is shutting down as the novel corona virus continues to wreak havoc. While we cannot blame Trump for…

4 years ago

Opinion: International Women’s Day Reminds Us That Women Who Lead Get Things Done

International Women’s Day is on Sunday.  It will remind us that women who lead get things done.  This is true…

4 years ago

Opinion: Super Tuesday Could Bring Us Closer To Unity Or Bust

Super Tuesday might tell us which of the four remaining candidates is likely to become Donald Trump’s opponent. I’m not…

4 years ago

Opinion: Militant Moderates and Bernie’s Revolutionaries Are Donald Trump’s Best Friends

The only people who were more excited about Bernie Sanders’s win in Nevada than Sanders and his supporters were Donald…

4 years ago

Opinion: Democracy and Bullying Don’t Mix

A small and intimidating group of self-described Bernie supporters are a stark reminder of the core reason Donald Trump has…

4 years ago

Opinion: We Need To Be Willing To Sacrifice To Make Trump A One Term President

The deeper we fall into the hell of Donald Trump’s presidency, the harder it is to keep hope alive. I’ve…

4 years ago

Opinion: Trump Lawyers Try to Defend Trump by Impeaching Obama and Hunter Biden

It was a busy day for Chief Justice Roberts as he presided over wonderland-quality injustice in two bodies. He spent…

4 years ago

Opinion: Adam Schiff Tried To Return The Senate To Its Former Self As A “Deliberative Body”

If Donald Trump cared about any American citizen being corrupt, he would have gone to our law enforcement agencies and…

4 years ago

Opinion: Mitch’s Impeachment Trial Is, Goosey Lucy Goes To the Senate

Working hand in glove with Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell is producing a Soviet-style sham trial reminiscent of a Kafka novel.…

4 years ago

Opinion: Two Rulings Give a Glimmer Of Hope To Trump’s Favorite Targets

With Trump’s impeachment trial in the Senate looming, even his go-to of sticking it to immigrants when he’s having a…

4 years ago

Opinion: If it Takes A Crime For Republicans to Impeach Trump, He Delivered

The fact that Donald Trump ordered Soleimani’s killing seven months ago  takes us into criminal territory that also ought to…

4 years ago

Opinion: Trump Embarrassed Himself On Iran Because of His Obama Obsession

Thankfully, Trump’s foolhardiness with Iran did not result in loss of life among our troops.  When even Senator Mike Lee…

4 years ago

Opinion: We’re On The Brink Of War With Iran Because Pompeo Was Sad

Trump escalated a conflict with Iran because the president needed something to brag about and the Secretary of State was…

4 years ago

Opinion: Impeachment Is The Christmas Present Trump Deserves

Days after Speaker Pelosi led the House to impeach Donald Trump, the president and Republican leaders continue to feel the…

4 years ago

Opinion: Impeached Trump Forever Branded A Constitutional Criminal

No matter what happens now, Trump will always be the third president in American history to be impeached – a…

4 years ago

Opinion: The House Should Not Send Impeachment to McConnell’s Rigged Senate

It’s imperative that the motion on impeachment be tabled.  Otherwise, that power will be delegitimized by the McConnell/Graham rigged circus.

4 years ago

Opinion: House To Decide If Our Future Is As An Exceptional Democracy Or An Ordinary Dictatorship

The way we answer the call for Donald Trump’s impeachment will reveal whether we want America to continue as an…

4 years ago

Opinion: Katie Hill Continues to Give Back As She Writes About Surviving Revenge Porn

There is no substitute for the powerful words of Katie Hill in her weekend article in the New York Times…

4 years ago

Opinion: Trump’s Only Expert Witness Concedes He Committed Impeachable Offenses

Donald Trump had a devastating day during Wednesday’s impeachment hearings. Even his own constitutional expert, Jonathan Turley, conceded that swapping…

4 years ago

Opinion: Whistleblowing Is a Defense of Democracy, Not a Capital Offense

If you’re an immigrant, you have known blistering rhetoric and tweets for three years. You’ve lived with anti-immigrant policies that…

4 years ago

Opinion: Broken Immigration System Blames Those Who Lack Privilege For Its Failings

I had my green card renewed this past Monday, without incident. The entire process took 15 minutes. That’s privilege at…

4 years ago

Opinion: Giving Thanks, A Privileged Immigrant’s Perspective

If you’re enjoying a Thanksgiving dinner with family and friends, that in itself is something to be thankful for.  There…

4 years ago

Opinion: Stephen Miller’s Racism Is Trumpier Than Trump

We continue on the journey of asking ourselves what kind of country we want to be, as impeachment hearings continue…

4 years ago

Opinion: Democrats Prove That Trump Is the Shakedown President

It was clear that the only interest of Acting Ambassador William Taylor and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State George Kent…

4 years ago

Opinion: We Know We’re In Trouble when Gitmo Looks Fair

If you’re a child and an immigrant, this was the week you were told that your rights matter less than…

5 years ago

Opinion: When Women Say No To Trump We Are Empowered And Safer

Donald Trump spends more time pushing boundaries than attending to affairs of state. That ranges from sublime efforts to erase…

5 years ago

Opinion: Trump Deserves Chants Of “Lock Him Up” And More

You wouldn’t know if it you heard Joe Scarborough’s rant about the reception Donald Trump got at Game Five of…

5 years ago

Opinion: Trump’s Corruption Comes Full Circle As His DC Hotel Abruptly Cancels Kurdish Solidarity Event

Donald Trump’s DC hotel decided it doesn’t want the money that comes from Christians showing solidarity with the Kurds. According…

5 years ago

Opinion: Ambassador Bill Taylor Decimated Trump’s Ukraine Defense With Facts, Documentation and Character

After days of anticipation, Ambassador Bill Taylor gave testimony that decimated Donald Trump’s claim that there was no quid pro…

5 years ago

Opinion: The House and Europe Versus Trump and the Barbarians

When the House of Representatives and Europe issue a joint statement condemning Donald Trump and the world's dark forces, you…

5 years ago

Opinion: Elijah Cummings Is Dancing With the Angels Now

We woke up to the tragic news that Elijah Cummings died. He was a great warrior for justice, for civil…

5 years ago

Opinion: How Messaging Destroyed the Democracy Show

Three years of Donald Trump and his crazy reality show showed us how messaging destroyed the democracy show. You may…

5 years ago

Opinion: Trump Is Why Whistleblowers Need Protection

Donald Trump showed us why whistleblowers need protection. He all but ordered a hit on the whistleblower who exposed his…

5 years ago

Opinion: Process is More Powerful Than a Magic Wand

The story of Ukraine proves that process is more powerful than a magic wand.  Indeed in the days since the…

5 years ago

Opinion: Children Cannot Consent

Children cannot give consent to so many things under the law. Whether it’s when someone rapes children, when children get…

5 years ago

Opinion: We Can Be Better Than Sending Sick People to Certain Death

We can do better than sending sick people to certain death, forcing them to literally beg Emperor Trump for their…

5 years ago

Opinion: Trump Screams at Shadows as the G7 Acts To Save the Rain Forest from Conspiratorial Ignorance

During the G7 summit, we saw Trump figuratively screaming at shadows while the responsible countries decided on a plan to…

5 years ago

Opinion: If You Want To Stop Illegal Immigration, Perp Walk Donald Trump

For all the bellyaching about undocumented immigrants, we can solve the problem if we perp walk Donald Trump and other…

5 years ago

Opinion: Inciting Hatred Ought to Be an Impeachable Offense

[Where indicated, this article includes opinion by Tobias J. Grant, legal analyst at PoliticusUSA] If a president incites one group…

5 years ago

Opinion: Nothing About Our Race Problem is Left To the Imagination

Trump leaves nothing to the imagination, including our race problem . Back in 2016, I suggested that Trump is capable…

5 years ago

Opinion: Mueller’s Testimony Will Show Us The Ways To Say There Was Collusion and Obstruction

Democrats are hoping that Mueller’s testimony on Wednesday will show us all the ways you can say there was “collusion”…

5 years ago

Opinion: Patriotism Means Rejecting Trump’s Sh*t hole Vision for America

The most patriotic thing an American can do is reject Donald Trump’s sh*t hole “vision” for America. It’s not because…

5 years ago

Opinion: Trump May Be Planning To Replace Human Rights With A Hierarchy of Privileges

Donald Trump truly believes in privilege and it’s very possible that the intent of his Inalienable Rights Commission  is to…

5 years ago

Opinion: Treating Children Worse Than Animals Is A Crime Against Humanity

The Trump administration is treating children worse than animals and that is a crime against humanity.

5 years ago

Opinion: A Concentration Camp By Any Other Name Is Still a Concentration Camp

Donald Trump’s extra-judicial facilities at the southern border are concentration camps.  You can’t make them less ugly by changing their…

5 years ago

Opinion: The Drumbeat For Impeachment Is Getting Louder And More Intense

A new poll shows that among Democrats, the drumbeat for impeachment proceedings is getting louder and more intense. At 27%,…

5 years ago

Opinion: SCOTUS Ruling All But Guarantees State Criminal Charges For Trump

On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled 7-2 (Justices Ginsburg and Gorsuch dissenting) to uphold the “dual sovereignty” doctrine. That means…

5 years ago

Opinion: John Dean Wipes Out the Republican Kiddie Caucus

Within the first few minutes of his opening statement, John Dean showed us he was ready and able to wipe…

5 years ago

Opinion: Trump is a Misfit Among Our D-Day Allies

During his stay in London, Donald Trump proved to be as much a misfit among British Royalty as he was…

5 years ago

Opinion: Resisting Trump’s Attack on America

My point then and today is we have to believe that we will prevail over Trump. Otherwise, we may as…

5 years ago

Opinion: Trump Aims To Weaken The Courts By Pardoning War Criminals

Anyone who thinks Donald Trump hasn’t changed America is not paying attention. Trump is consolidating power before our eyes.  Only…

5 years ago

Amy Klobuchar: The Calm After The Hurricane

Of the Democratic women competing to be the 46th president of the United States, Amy Klobuchar is a woman who…

5 years ago

Elizabeth Warren: The People’s Wonk

This article is one of several profiles of women running for the democratic presidential nomination. Throughout her career, Elizabeth Warren…

5 years ago

Opinion: Normalizing War Crimes Endangers Our Troops

Roy Arpaio openly bragged about his concentration camps for immigrants. When Donald Trump pardoned him, it made a mockery not…

5 years ago

Opinion: Kamala Harris Is A Profile in Courage and Breaking Barriers

Kamala Harris broke barriers at every stage of her career. Now she’s going for the one between women and the…

5 years ago

Opinion: #Brokeahontus Is The Latest Attempt To Out Trump Trump

I seldom pay attention to stories about the trending hashtags on Twitter. Yet, #Brokeahontus caught my eye. Not because it…

5 years ago

Opinion: Trump Defends Cyber-Bullies As Melania Holds Annual #BeBest Campaign

The bullies of America know that Donald Trump has their backs. The bully can  even be a race horse, for…

5 years ago

Reliving My Mother’s Nightmare as a Holocaust Survivor in Trump’s America

I know about the walking wounded, because that was my mother. She was a brilliant scientist who was nominated for…

5 years ago

Opinion: Traits Consistent with Fascism Falsely Inflate Trump Support

As Donald Trump continues his war with the rule of law that he used to say he believes in, there…

5 years ago

Opinion: Poway Shooting Proves That Trump Has To Go

This was going to be a column on what looks to me like softening Republican support for Donald Trump. Instead…

5 years ago

Opinion: The House Must Use The Mueller Road Map To Condemn Trump

The pre-Easter weekend news dump of the Mueller report failed. We all heard AG Barr’s pre-emptive strike – a highly…

5 years ago

Opinion: Trump’s War With Ilhan Omar Is Also A War With Our First Amendment Rights

Last Friday, the president of the United States waged war on the First Amendment unlike anything I’ve witnessed.  It gets…

5 years ago

It’s 2016 All Over Again When It Comes to Media Bias in Election Coverage

Women and enlightened men know misogyny is baked into the media’s coverage of presidential elections. While Trump’s 2016 win was…

5 years ago

Opinion: Trump Immigration Policy Is a Reality Horror Show

In Donald Trump’s world, immigrants provide two essential services:  as free or nearly free labor and as a political piñata.…

5 years ago

Analysis: The Only Thing The Barr Letter Proves Is Mueller Was Not on a Witch Hunt

For the past couple of years, we endured Donald Trump’s paranoid claims about fellow Republican, Robert Mueller. Throughout it all,…

5 years ago

Opinion: Investigation Comes Before – Not Instead Of – Impeachment

When I started writing this piece, it was going to be in defense of Nancy Pelosi’s argument against a premature…

5 years ago

Opinion: #FiveWhiteMen Stand for Misogyny Not Progress

Last week, Democrats won the House back with a caucus that looks more like America than at any other time. …

5 years ago

Midterms Reminded Us How Race Affects Your Voting Experience

It’s a week after the midterm elections and we still don’t know the full extent of the blue wave. Here’s…

5 years ago

Opinion: Melania Trump’s Inner Romanov Came Out To Fire Mira Ricardel

Melania Trump has a Romanov complex. There were signs of it with the casual way she throws tax payer money…

5 years ago

The Day the Supreme Court Became A Bit Player In Trump’s Reality Show

Coming to a Senate hearing room near you, Act II in the transition of the Supreme Court to merely a…

6 years ago

Opinion: The High Tech Lynching of Women In Defense of Kavanaugh

Anyone old enough to remember Clarence Thomas’ confirmation hearing, remembers that Anita Hill came forward at the last minute. She…

6 years ago

In the Name of the Rule of Law Kavanaugh Must Be Stopped

If confirmed, Neil Kavanaugh will overturn Roe v. Wade. That’s despite the rhetorical pat on the head he gave Senator…

6 years ago

John McCain: The Last Republican Who Knew It Takes Two Wings to Fly

John McCain was the last Republican who understood that good politics is about compromise, and without it, you’re left with…

6 years ago

Opinion: Putin Appears To Be Attacking Nancy Pelosi And Some Progressives Are Falling For It

Led by Nancy Pelosi, Democrats are very likely to take back the House in November and just like in 2016,…

6 years ago

Last Surviving Nuremberg Prosecutor Says Trump’s Family Separation Policy Is A Crime Against Humanity

Ben Ferencz, the last surviving prosecutor of the Nuremberg Trials, called Donald Trump’s family separation policy a crime against humanity.…

6 years ago

Opinion: America’s Survival Depends on Democrats Continuing As a Big Tent Party

The Democratic Party is the only big tent left in America. It’s also the only viable political party that defends…

6 years ago

Opinion: Trump Tried To Weaponize Security Clearances to Silence Dissent

Donald Trump is abusing presidential power again. This time he threatened, via Sarah Sanders, to strip several people of their…

6 years ago