Fire EVERY reptardicon Next Month

Rep. Jason Smith (R-Mo.) speaks at a House Republican news conference on September 28, 2021. (Photo: Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images) Social Security ‘In Grave Danger’ If GOP Retakes Congress, Advocates Warn “Republicans plan to use the debt limit as the hostage to demand these cuts, even though Social Security doesn’t add a … Continue reading Fire EVERY reptardicon Next Month

We Dare Not Ever Risk Allowing Trump To Be Presidunce Again

Trump Incited the Terrorism of January 6, Investigations Further Show The House select committee and DOJ continue to uncover the ex-president’s role in the insurrection. Mark Follman National Affairs Editor Bio | Follow Mother Jones Smart, Fearless Journalism Mother Jones illustration; Carol Guzy/Zuma . The ongoing series of hearings by the House committee investigating January … Continue reading We Dare Not Ever Risk Allowing Trump To Be Presidunce Again

And Again … It Was the Best of Times (for the millionaires); It Was the Worst of Times (for Ukrainians)

By Joseph Love, Truthout Published April 14, 2022 Dissent looks different in Russia. It has to. Protesters are arrested for criticizing Vladimir Putin’s government. Under certain conditions like mass protests and arrests, prisons may enact fortress protocols to isolate prisoners from the outside world. As a result, detainees are denied access to lawyers and police … Continue reading And Again … It Was the Best of Times (for the millionaires); It Was the Worst of Times (for Ukrainians)

Death May Be Coming for Us All, But Taxes Are for the Little People

By Rebecca Gordon, TomDispatch Published April 12, 2022 truthout.org Every April, as income-tax returns come due, I think about the day 30 years ago when I opened my rented mailbox and saw a business card resting inside. Its first line read, innocently enough, “United States Treasury.” It was the second line — “Internal Revenue Service” … Continue reading Death May Be Coming for Us All, But Taxes Are for the Little People

We Need More Supreme Court Judges Like Ketanji Brown Jackson & None Like Roberts, Thomas, Kavanaugh & Barrett

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson has had just about enough. Twitter image The Land That Never Has Been Yet: Don’t Worry, My Sister Abby Zimet March 24, 2022 Woefully predictably, the GOP turned Senate confirmation hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for the Supreme Court into a noxious maelstrom of frat boy “whiteness at work,” with relentless, … Continue reading We Need More Supreme Court Judges Like Ketanji Brown Jackson & None Like Roberts, Thomas, Kavanaugh & Barrett