Blog 13 Feb 2017 John Oliver on Trump and the truth: ‘a pathological liar’ In his return to HBO, the host of Last Week Tonight dissected the troubling falsehoods in the president’s statements and… Editor No Comments
Blog 15 Feb 2023 Extensive Commentary On: What white Christian support for Trump reveals about systemic racism By Robert P. Jones | November 12, 2020 WN: Beyond tragic the pullquote to the right, this means four-fifths of American… Editor No Comments
Blog 03 Jan 2023 So Sad: The Final Campaign Inside Donald Trump’s sad, lonely, thirsty, broken, basically pretend run for reelection. (Which isn’t to say he can’t win.) The Power Trip Dec. 23, 2022 Olivia Nuzzi New York’s Washington correspondent WN: I once saw a cartoon about a… Editor No Comments
Blog 19 Dec 2022 ‘Conspiracy to defraud’ is the perfect charge against the grifter Trump December 19, 2022 By Eugene Robinson | Columnist WN: Trump The Ultimate Grifter. Trump The Ultimate Ugly American. Trump The… Editor No Comments
Blog 23 Sep 2022 Jan. 6 Twitter witness: Failure to curb Trump spurred ‘terrifying’ choice Drew Harwell September 22, 2022 image above: Former Twitter employee Anika Collier Navaroli. (Marlena Sloss for The Washington Post) WN:… Editor No Comments
Blog 11 Jul 2022 Trump proven unfit for power again by Washington Examiner June 29, 2022 WN: The article highlighted below is reporting by a conservative news outlet. The final… Editor No Comments
Blog 02 Jul 2022 How Trump World pressures witnesses to deny his possible wrongdoing By Rosalind S. Helderman, Josh Dawsey and Jacqueline Alemany June 30, 2022 image above: Cassidy Hutchinson, a former aide to… Editor No Comments
Blog 12 Jan 2022 Read NPR’s full interview with former President Donald Trump January 12, 2022 photo above: Former President Donald Trump spoke with NPR's Steve Inskeep in a brief phone interview. WN:… Editor No Comments
Blog 01 Oct 2021 Trump Extremists Brought Numerous Guns on January 6, Evidence Shows Mark Follman, Dan Friedman, Ryan Little, and Sam Van Pykeren September 30, 2021 photo above: Mother Jones illustration; John Minchillo/AP;… Editor No Comments
Blog 01 May 2021 Trump’s Secret Rules for Drone Strikes Outside War Zones Are Disclosed By Charlie Savage May 1, 2021 photo above: Targeted killings away from conventional war zones have been a central feature… Editor 2 Comments
Blog 23 Jan 2021 Killing Nora: The Real Reason Trump Should Have Been Impeached January 22, 2021 by Nicky Reid cartoon: too true! WN: What is true of the Criminal Justice System is also… Editor No Comments
Blog 31 May 2020 Cornel West Says ‘Neo-Fascist Gangster’ Trump and Neoliberal Democrats Expose America as ‘Failed Social Experiment’ WN: Please see in light of the title this outstanding article by Canadian Wade Davis: The Unraveling of America. 1.… Editor No Comments
Blog 28 Apr 2020 Editorial: Dolan delivers the church to Trump and the GOP Editorial: Dolan delivers the church to Trump and the GOP Apr 28, 2020 by NCR Editorial Staff photo above: New… Editor No Comments
Blog 24 Apr 2020 The Liar Tweets Tonight WN: Below is pure brilliance. It would be hilarious were The Supreme Lout not tragically so deadly to the health… Editor No Comments
Blog 12 Apr 2020 He Could Have Seen What Was Coming: Behind Trump’s Failure on the Virus He Could Have Seen What Was Coming: Behind Trump’s Failure on the Virus by Eric Lipton, David E. Sanger, Maggie… Editor No Comments
Blog 31 Mar 2020 John Oliver’s Last Week Tonight, Coronavirus & Trump WN: John Oliver calls it with great humour and insight! But this is already dated. Here is what the situation… Editor No Comments
Blog 01 Oct 2019 Donald Trump Is Finished Sep 30, 2019 TD originals Bill Blum photo above: President Donald Trump, with Vice President Mike Pence at left, takes… Editor No Comments
Blog 15 Mar 2019 Tribunal Declares Trump and Duterte Guilty of Crimes Against Humanity Tribunal Declares Trump and Duterte Guilty of Crimes Against Humanity By Marjorie Cohn, Truthout Published March 14, 2019 photo above:… Editor No Comments
Blog 15 Feb 2019 Catholic leaders resist Trump’s ‘national emergency’ plan to fund border wall Politics & Society Dispatches Catholic leaders resist Trump’s ‘national emergency’ plan to fund border wall Kevin Clarke February 15, 2019 … Editor No Comments
Blog 09 Jan 2019 Donald Trump Is the Damn Emergency Donald Trump Is the Damn Emergency By William Rivers Pitt, Truthout January 9, 2019 WN: I hate now mentioning the… Editor No Comments
Blog 16 Dec 2018 Trump routinely says things that aren’t true. Few Americans believe him. Trump routinely says things that aren’t true. Few Americans believe him. Polling A new Washington Post Fact Checker poll Take… Editor No Comments
Blog 07 Sep 2018 Thousands of Mental Health Professionals Agree With Woodward and the New York Times Op-ed Author: Trump Is Dangerous My current concern is that we are already witnessing a further unraveling of the president’s mental state, especially as the… Editor No Comments
Blog 22 Aug 2018 Donald Trump’s Fixer Says the President Engaged in a Criminal Conspiracy to Sway the 2016 Election That’s impeachable. By John Nichols Twitter August 22, 2018 10:40 am photo above: Michael Cohen leaves his federal court hearing in… Editor No Comments
Blog 06 Aug 2018 The Fix Analysis ‘Facts develop’: The Trump team’s new ‘alternative facts’-esque ways to explain its falsehoods ‘Facts develop’: The Trump team’s new ‘alternative facts’-esque ways to explain its falsehoods by Aaron Blake August 6 at 10:58… Editor No Comments
Blog 15 Apr 2017 Video: “Trump Won’t Be Cancelling World War 3 After All”. #StandDownMrTrump Mr Trump is a liar, a hypocrite and a fool By StormCloudsGathering Global Research, April 15, 2017 stormcloudsgathering.com WN: It is… Editor No Comments
Blog 14 Feb 2017 After Mega-Lies by Trump Adviser Stephen Miller, It’s Time to Rev Up the Reality-Based Community Posted on Feb 13, 2017 By Juan Cole / Informed Comment WN: I confess to sitting back in sheer wonderment at the… Editor No Comments
Blog 26 Jan 2017 Donald Trump Intentionally Lies to Us He has no mandate. That fact has so unhinged Trump that he is shaming himself and his office by promulgating… Editor No Comments
Blog Attendees came from 18 different nations. 08 Apr 2024 Rwanda Dispatches May 18 to July 12, 2018 At 30 years on to this day, April 7, 2024, the Rwanda Genocide broke out, that saw more than 1… Editor No Comments
Blog 29 Mar 2024 Easter Song and Reflections on the Resurrection ***NOTE: Please check out the footnotes for additional, more detailed commentary. Also, there are poetry and songs in the final… Editor No Comments
Blog 31 Jan 2024 The ‘Profound Influence’ of Christian Extremists on Mike Johnson Roger Sollenberger Jan. 31, 2024 image above: WN: Dominionism is at root a fundamental disavowal of Jesus' life and ministry… Editor No Comments
Blog 15 Feb 2023 Book Review of: Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation Book Review of: Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation Kristin Kobes Du… Editor No Comments
15 Feb 2023 Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation Book Review of: Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation Kristin Kobes Du… Editor No Comments
Blog Rep.-elect George Santos (R-N.Y.) seen during the first day of the 118th session of Congress on Tuesday, January 3, 2023. 04 Jan 2023 Focus On: All of the Many, Many Lies George Santos Has Told Decca Muldowney | Reporter-Researcher Jan. 04, 2023 image above: kget.com WN: This is Trump (weighing in at 30,000 mistruths - that's… Editor No Comments
Blog 06 Dec 2022 Herschel Walker Is the New Normal By Tom Nichols December 6, 2022 image above: meetthematts.com WN: The title is tragically true. As the article says: If… Editor No Comments
Blog 02 Nov 2022 Highlighting: Never underestimate how much people hate Nancy Pelosi Monica Hesse November 1, 2022 image above: Nancy Pelosi gets a kiss from her husband, Paul Pelosi, at a 2007… Editor No Comments
Blog 01 Nov 2022 Thoughts On: If today’s GOP baffles you, consider what motivates its base By Jennifer Rubin November 1, 2022 image above: Illustration above by Brian Reedy. Think of the illustration in conjunction with… Editor No Comments
Blog 03 Oct 2022 Thoughts On: Why Do So Many Americans Believe the Lies Pushed by the GOP? thomhartmann Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.) Thursday September 29, 2022… Editor No Comments
Blog 14 Sep 2022 Long Live Imperialism?!–Thoughts On: Queen Elizabeth II and The End of Britain’s Imperial age By Ishaan Tharoor, with Sammy Westfall Email photo above: akdenizpazar.com WN: While true that Queen Elizabeth "was perhaps not privy… Editor 2 Comments
Blog 03 Sep 2022 Commentary On: The seeds of Biden’s democracy speech sprouted long before the Mar-a-Lago search By Sam Stein, Eugene Daniels and Jonathan Lemire 09/03/2022 WN: Of The Prison of Democracy: Race, Leavenworth, and the Culture… Editor No Comments
Blog 17 Jul 2022 Interaction with: US Democracy’s Survival Requires a More Powerful Response to January 6th by Douglas London July 15, 2022 image above: demdigest.org WN: “You can fool all the people some of the time… Editor No Comments
Blog 12 Jul 2022 Commentary on: John Bolton Casually Admits to CNN That He’s Planned Coups by Justin Baragona WN: Ah, the noble United States of America: ultimate bastion of democracy; exceptionally godly and self-sacrificing; a… Editor No Comments
Blog 08 Jun 2022 Thoughts on: With the Buffalo massacre, white Christian nationalism strikes again Perspective by Samuel L. Perry Philip S. Gorski May 20, 2022 image above: Hundreds of white nationalists marched on the… Editor No Comments
Blog 01 May 2022 Reflections on: How Tucker Carlson Stoked White Fear to Conquer Cable By Nicholas Confessore April 30, 2022 WN: "Mr. Carlson asked a guest in 2017. 'Is that bigoted?' " Yes, Mr.… Editor No Comments
Blog 28 Mar 2022 Capitalism and Racism WN: We have been studying an excellent book in this discussion group: How to Have an Enemy: Righteous Anger and… Editor No Comments
23 Mar 2022 Apocalypse Now!: A Revaluation of the Thought of Ivan Illich Brother John, Taizé In his masterful and comprehensive study recently published by Penn State University Press, Ivan Illich: An Intellectual… Editor No Comments
Blog 15 Mar 2022 What Goes Around . . .: Big Oil and Gas Kept a Dirty Secret for Decades. Now They May Pay the Price. Chris McGreal Wed 30 Jun 2021 photo above: Loïc Manegarium Communities are now demanding the oil conglomerates pay damages and… Editor No Comments
Blog Anti-riot police give signal to be ready. Government power concept. Police in action. Smoke on a dark background with lights. Blue red flashing sirens. Dictatorship power. Selective focus 06 Mar 2022 Is Violence Master of Us All?: Fight, Flight or Just Peacemaking WN: The host was the affable lawyer Gerry Palmer, quite well-known in Abbotsford for his work with numerous non-profit organizations,… Editor No Comments
Blog Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump clash with police officers in front of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis 23 Jan 2022 Reflections on: The American polity is cracked, and might collapse. Canada must prepare Thomas Homer-Dixon Special to The Globe and Mail Published December 31, 2021; Updated January 2, 2022 photo above: cbsnews.com WN:… Editor No Comments
Blog 31 Oct 2021 Spotlight on “Why MAGA Social Media Is a Hacker’s Wet Dream” Adam Rawnsley, Senior Researcher; Shannon Vavra, National Security Reporter Oct. 31, 2021 image above: Optimized Hate WN: Fools rush in… Editor No Comments
Blog 01 Oct 2021 They Went to Bible College to Deepen Their Faith. Becca Andrews September 30, 2021 photo above: yelp.com WN: The article highlighted below begins with Megan Wohlers telling her story… Editor No Comments
Blog 28 Sep 2021 Engelhardt, A Hellfire World By Tom Engelhardt photo above: 'THEY ARE ALL DEAD': Harrowing leaked footage shows US drone strikes in Afghanistan as pilot… Editor No Comments
Blog 20 Jul 2021 How to worry about the Delta variant By MYAH WARD 07/20/2021 image above: wrex.com WN: I have a close relative who "won't let anybody shoot that stuff… Editor No Comments
Blog 05 Jul 2021 Opinion: Texas Republicans rush to guard the Alamo from the facts Opinion by Jason Stanford July 5, 2021 photo above: The Alamo in San Antonio, seen in 2013. (Eric Gay/AP) WN:… Editor No Comments
Blog 28 Apr 2021 Opinion: The American right is becoming completely untethered from reality Opinion by Max Boot April 28, 2021 photo above: President Biden in the Rose Garden at the White House on… Editor No Comments
Blog 27 Apr 2021 Almost Everything Biden Said About Ending the Afghanistan War Was a Lie April 27, 2021 by Sonali Kolhatkar image above: Drawing by Nathaniel St. Clair chart below: The Washington Post, Fatal Force… Editor No Comments
Blog 28 Feb 2021 The Useful Idiot: 02/28/2021 By S.V. Dáte, HuffPost US illustration above: Rebecca Zisser/HuffPost; Photo: Getty WN: I can only add: I have two… Editor No Comments
Blog 09 Jan 2021 The American Abyss A historian of fascism and political atrocity on Trump, the mob and what comes next. By Timothy Snyder Jan. 9,… Editor No Comments
Blog GRAND RAPIDS, MI - OCTOBER 31: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump addresses a campaign rally at the Deltaplex Arena October 31, 2016 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. With just eight days until the election, polls show a slight tightening in the race. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) 27 Oct 2020 Study: Breitbart-led right-wing media ecosystem altered broader media agenda Study: Breitbart-led right-wing media ecosystem altered broader media agenda By Yochai Benkler, Robert Faris, Hal Roberts, and Ethan Zuckerman March… Editor No Comments
Blog BAYONNE, NJ - MAY 3: A wind blown American flag at the Tear Drop 9/11 Memorial flies over the skyline of New York City as the sun sets on May 3, 2020 in Bayonne, New Jersey. (Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images) 16 Aug 2020 The Unraveling of America by Wade Davis August 6, 2020 Wade Davis holds the Leadership Chair in Cultures and Ecosystems at Risk at the… Editor No Comments
Blog 14 Jun 2020 Doctors Are Covid’s First Historians Since March, 40 physicians have created a record of a pandemic in which “grief was the overwhelming theme.” By Ron… Editor No Comments
Blog 22 Mar 2020 Can the Coronavirus and the Stock Market Meltdown Break America’s Addiction to Fantasy? image above: Fantasy Landscape HD Wallpapers, Pictures, Images hdwallpaper.nu Jon Schwarz March 18 2020, 9:14 a.m. WN: Such a telling article! Added… Editor No Comments
Blog 08 Jan 2020 Itching for a brawl To interpret the latest round of US-Iran tension, here is some history you need to know by Ken Sehested WN:… Editor No Comments
Blog 17 Oct 2019 Our Mad Dog President—and His Bible-Thumping Kennel Pals Published on Wednesday, October 16, 2019 Common Dreams by Michael Winship The White House theocrats may be the biggest danger… Editor No Comments
Blog 28 Feb 2019 On the Record: Jody Wilson-Raybould’s Devastating Testimony on the SNC-Lavalin Scandal On the Record: Jody Wilson-Raybould’s Devastating Testimony on the SNC-Lavalin Scandal Trudeau tried to pressure justice minister to cut deal… Editor No Comments
Blog Michael Cohen, left, President Donald Trump's former lawyer, arrives to testify before the House Oversight and Reform Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) 27 Feb 2019 TESTIMONY OF MICHAEL D. COHEN COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND REFORM U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 27, 2019 photo above: CNN Politics WN: I've spent a 40-year career working with prisoners and ex-prisoners. Many were clearly cons.… Editor No Comments
Blog 20 Feb 2019 A Centuries-Old Idea Could Revolutionize Climate Policy [irp]A Centuries-Old Idea Could Revolutionize Climate Policy The Green New Deal’s mastermind is a precocious New Yorker with big ambitions.… Editor No Comments
Blog 06 Feb 2019 Venezuela: The U.S.’s 68th Regime Change Disaster Venezuela: The U.S.’s 68th Regime Change Disaster February 6, 2019 by Medea Benjamin - Nicolas J. S. Davies WN: An… Editor No Comments
Blog 15 Sep 2018 Obama’s Imperial Presidency September 14, 2018 by Carl Boggs photo above: The U.S. Army | CC BY 2.0 WN: It is astounding that… Editor No Comments
Blog 02 Aug 2018 Pope revises catechism to say death penalty is ‘inadmissible’ Commits the church to working toward its abolition worldwide((There is clearly moral ambiguity on this issue. I greatly appreciate this… Editor No Comments
Blog 15 Jun 2017 White Supremacy Is Anti-Gospel. I’m Glad the Southern Baptist Convention Agrees WN: I copied the entire article below. It is about an historic decision by the Southern Baptist Convention. Russell Moore… Editor No Comments
Blog 14 Apr 2017 VOW – Statement on Syria Justin Trudeau has shown his true colours in his complete flip-flop on what The Canadian Voice of Women for Peace… Editor No Comments
Blog 19 Feb 2017 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them – Jesus WN: Across the United States, there has been massive support by conservative Evangelical Christians for Donald Trump. For instance, before… Editor No Comments
Blog 19 Feb 2017 Why Do So Many Americans Fear Muslims? Decades of Denial About America’s Role in the World. Jon Schwarz February 18 2017, 6:11 a.m. photo above: During a memorial service in Baghdad, Iraqis gather around a bomb hole… Editor No Comments
Blog 13 Oct 2016 An Open Letter to Michelle Obama, October 13, 2016 WN: A friend reminded me, in response to that below, that none of us in the first world is… Editor No Comments
Blog 30 Aug 2016 Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism September 26, 2014 by CHARLES R. LARSON WN: There is someone of my acquaintance who rails against the US Black… Editor No Comments
Blog 02 Jul 2016 In Transparent Act, Obama Administration Erases Civilian Deaths From Drone Strikes photo above: President Barack Obama convenes a meeting in the Situation Room to discuss the latest on the San Bernardino,… Editor No Comments