The Lincoln Project pointed out that Kevin McCarthy and Mitch McConnell have been too weak to stand up to Trump,…
In a powerful speech, President Biden said democracy is under attack in the United States because of Donald Trump and…
We can’t really judge or evaluate Biden’s meeting with MBS without properly assessing the outright and serious threats to democracy…
The only line of defense left to our democracy is in the Democratic Party winning elections, and they are facing…
The gun, in many ways these days, has become the symbol and means of tyranny, a tool for taking down…
What does it mean if 90% of Americans want the right to life, a right enshrined in the Constitution, but…
All of these issues—women’s right to choose, gun control, the rights of people to love how they want and marry…
She expands the debate beyond student loan forgiveness to give us a broader lesson in civics and reality.
Forgiving student loans is an opportunity for the nation to create policy rooted in a recognition of the importance of…
The surest way to secure a strong economy that works for the majority of Americans is to support—and vote—for democracy,…
Liz Cheney does not oppose the authoritarianism and anti-democratic impulses of the Republican Party.
We need large organizations that bring people and their power together to insist that people matter and deserve a voice…
Karlyn Bowman - an expert on tracking and analyzing American public opinion at the American Enterprise Institute - says there's…
The filibuster is another way Republicans turn reality and democracy and their heads to install a tyranny of the minority.
Meng’s insistence that “We will not let you take our voice” encapsulates the impetus behind the multiple but absolutely connected…
If Democrats want to save democracy and work toward unity, they must remove the obstacle of the filibuster.
Too many in America, caught in throes of misinformation and conspiracy theories, are busy slaying mythical dragons rather than engaging…
Donald Trump did not do all that well in the 2020 election. He lost to Joe Biden by over 7…
While we can repeat over and over again that Joe Biden was elected president of the United States and will…
When I first heard on the radio that retired United States Marine Corps General had issued a statement critical of…
Wise people always remind us to never let a good crisis go to waste. Wise people with evil inclinations have,…
Recently Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters for The Washington Post Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig published their assessment of Donald Trump’s presidency…
Speaking before the Ohio Women’s Republican Club in Wheeling, West Virginia in February of 1950, Wisconsin Republican Senator Joseph McCarthy…
Remember in 2016 when an armed Oregon militia group, led by Ammon and Ryan Bundy, occupied the Malheur National Wildlife…
After last Thursday’s House vote to advance the inquiry into the impeachment of President Donald Trump, Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA)…
My point then and today is we have to believe that we will prevail over Trump. Otherwise, we may as…
For all the talk about socialism and the Green New Deal, though, what really drives Ocasio-Cortez, what is really at…
Sen. Kamala Harris, as a former prosecutor, knows very well how this report could be buried and why it must…
The headlines tell the story about what is happening at urban polling places in many cities across the country this…
Faith communities are strategically and uniquely positioned to be on the front lines of defense against voter suppression in the…
A blue wave will certainly go a long way in washing away the stench from the ever-growing swamp. Yet, it…
Instead of demanding better from a president who is incapable, instead of holding him to the high standards of this…
The problem is, again, that those constituents you and I might call people, the GOP, federally and at the state…
This particular kind of lying and dishonesty centered around the defense of a particular political figure not only erodes the…
Kushner's new office will be an aggressive team to “run the government like a great American company and potentially privatize…
The recent uprisings at Republican town halls are demonstrating the power of the people to withstand and turn back the…
North Carolina does so poorly on the measures of legal framework and voter registration that it ranks alongside Iran and…
The fight for our democracy and the dignity of all will take the efforts of the global village coming together…
"On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire...and the White House…
If only this were a movie and not a metastasizing reality threatening the deepest values of our democracy, the welfare…
The election results will the story of the hopes and dreams this country has for its future.
“’I know it (obscenity) when I see it.’ Likewise, this Court knows disenfranchisement when it sees it and it is…
This combination of failure and fruition has made the Trump campaign coverage hard to watch and stomach.
In the beginning…perhaps for people of faith and those committed to the common good of all in our democracy we…
The rhetoric surrounding this presidential election is not only disturbing for reaching new lows, but also for its effect on…
By going to the heart of our deepest moral values, people of all faiths and those with no faith can…
Do you remember the GOP's password for their last debate? For the Republicans as we all know, the Benghazi hoax,…
Sanders said defeating Wall Street and corporate America will take an organized grassroots movement "making them an offer they can't…
A university professor heavily funded by the Koch brothers has very publicly and openly called for less democracy to reduce…
We see demagogues, unregulated capitalism, and might-makes-right. These, as populism, ultraliberalism, and political messianism, are the enemy
The Great War has cast a long shadow and we are living with its effects today, as much from the…
All too often, the export of democracy has looked a lot like the export of imperialism, and America's defense of…
The 21st century is seeing the spread of the authoritarian principle that far from being the origin of authority, people…
Although Republicans detest democracy, they certainly understand the principle behind it and instead of swearing an oath to support a…
"When government defines marriage as the union of one man and one woman...It's doing its job. It's fulfilling its role…
Crucial to their success is Republicans' heavy dependence on one of the Koch brothers' legislative arms, the American Legislative Exchange…
The reason Washington is unable to function as it did for 232 years is that Republicans decided, after Barack Obama…
Harsh attacks by liberals on liberals who disagreed with the President's Social Security proposal seem aimed at stifling democratic dissent
Will Republicans use the redistricting advantages they achieved after their 2010 sweep to change the way electoral votes are apportioned?
Texas says to hell with international treaties and has threatened legal action against OCSE observers if they watch Texas suppress…
The choice has never been either popular democracy or institutional change--the choice has always been do both or get neither.
America's liberty is being eroded by religious and corporate fundamentalists who demand strict adherence to specific dogmata in combination with…
If we want a fairer society, we have to fight for it both in the ballot box and all other…
President Obama's tax compromise passed Thursday with a 277 to 14 (139 Democrats and 138 Republicans voting aye). The Senate…
American government has lost its designation as a representative democracy, and is turning into a racket where one man, or…
The Republicans intend to take us to a place from which there is no return. You see, their fantasy America,…
"These two elections, 2010 and 2012, go hand-in-hand. The theme of 2010 has got to be rebuke their errors, reject,…
Someday, future Americans will look back on the end of the 21st century’s first decade and feel shame, and perhaps…
"The shift in opinion on same-sex marriage has been broad-based, occurring across many demographic, political and religious groups," Pew announces.
Ideology has become so central to the Republican narrative that facts can be dismissed at a whim. The narrative need…
Liberty stands for human rights and freedoms. It was appreciation of America's embrace of liberty that brought Lady Liberty to…
Oklahoma is hosting a referendum on Islam – State Question 755 the “Save Our State” amendment, which will ban Sharia…
The morality police will continue to argue that the reverse is true but in a fact-based world this cannot be…
Christian and Islamic extremists drink from the same wellspring of authoritarianism - the desire to impose authority, to force submission…
Conservative columnist Michael Medved believes that God is on the side of the Republicans, but misses the point that whose…
The American political system assumes that all parties will behave responsibly and continue to try to govern the nation even…
The Omaha City Weekly recently went to Sen. Ben Nelson's town hall meeting and conducted an interesting experiment. They asked…
Former DNC chairman Howard Dean talked today about healthcare reform and the death of Ted Kennedy. Dean wrote, "When President…
Reaction is still coming in from all over the political world to the news that Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) lost…
Joe the Plumber spoke yesterday at a tea party in Wisconsin where he called himself a dumb plumber who understands…
If the law says such actions, like assisted suicide, are wrong, why? Is there truly a need to require someone…
July 4th is more than flags and firecrackers, hot dogs and apple pie. It's even more than Independence Day. According…
In an interview with Radio America's Dateline Washington Rep. Dana Rohrabacher claimed that the Iranian people are protesting because they…
In an interview on CNBC today, President Barack Obama made his strongest statement yet by proclaiming that his administration would…
On The Sean Hannity Show today host Sean Hannity claimed that Obama has remained silent after the Iranian election, and…
2008 Republican nominee, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) once again demonstrated his itchy trigger finger today by calling for US action…
The Institute for Politics, Democracy, and the Internet is giving out its Golden Dot awards today and tomorrow at the…
Former Sen. Rick Santorum wrote today that President Obama has antipathy for American values, and he tried to drag Obama…
The state of Vermont has become the latest target for the wrath of social conservatives after the state legislature overrode…
The Supreme Court today declined to hear an appeal of a case brought by Ralph Nader against the state of…
Some times, some things are just too inane and trifling to comment upon.
Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI) used the announcement that the Democratic Gov.
Before his inauguration today President Barack Obama received a hand delivered letter from Nelson M
.Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich published a letter to RNC Chairman Mike Duncan on his website that denounced…
Shadowy rooms with figures slipping in and out. Whispered words, plots, conspiracies. A government at the side, eyes glancing, warnings…
To say that expectations are high for the presidency of Barack Obama, would be an understatement. From the economy to…
The news just came in. Obama served on an institution that not only included war criminals, but aided, abetted and…
With Barack Obama opening up a wider and wider lead, both in national polls as well as state polls (even…
In an interview with Fox News today, John McCain hinted that he could be soon campaigning with Joe the Plumber.…
In a statement posted on his reelection website, former civil rights leader and current Democratic congressman John Lewis accused the…
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