NBC News, Sept. 18, 2022 – The GOP’s American psychosis didn’t start with Trump. It won’t end with him, either. A line runs from the 1964 Republican National Convention to Trump’s Jan. 6 riot. It has zigged and zagged over the years. But there is a path. By David Corn, Washington, D.C., bureau chief for … Continue reading David Corn on the Origins of the Trump Disorder
Power close at hand for hard-right populist party as Italy’s snap election draws near Gwynne Dyer – Sept. 20, 2022 There’s an election in Italy next Sunday, almost exactly 100 years after Benito Mussolini’s ‘blackshirts’ marched on Rome and brought the first fascist dictator to power. Giorgia Meloni, the hard-right populist politician who is likely … Continue reading Gwynne Dyer: Putin’s Fans May be Italy’s Next Rulers
On September 15, California governor Gavin Newsom announced that billboards with the assertive pro-choice messages below were going up in several states. Very striking. How many more to follow? South Carolina? Way too close for my comfort. North Carolina could join his target list if the midterm elections go badly. … Continue reading Gavin Newsom takes Pro-Choice fight to Anti-Abortion States
Joe Biden, 09/15/2022, United We Stand Summit, at the White House: “Too much hate that’s fueled extremist violence [has] been allowed to fester and grow. You know, as a result, our very own intelligence agencies — our own intelligence agencies in the United States of America, have determined that domestic terrorism rooted in white … Continue reading On the Brink of Autumn: Quote of the Season
[NOTE: two hundred and fifty million pop records, 500+ songs, in a dozen or more languages, over a 50-year career and I never heard one of them. A reminder that I’ve led a very sheltered western life. Now, it sounds like she may be the loudest public voice in Russia against Putin’s war. Will it … Continue reading Russia’s top Pop Singer Denounces Ukraine War