A Note of Holiday Cheer (Amidst General Awfulness)

A Note of Holiday Cheer (Amidst General Awfulness)

The relentless pace of events continues. In just this past week: 1) Trump commented on the murders of Rob and Michele Singer Reiner, 2) the DOJ failed to comply with the congressional order to release all of the Epstein files, 3) the Department of Energy suspended all...
The Democratic Cave-In

The Democratic Cave-In

Yesterday we transitioned from last Tuesday night’s exhilaration in the wake of Democratic electoral victories to the dispiriting reality of the national Democratic party’s craven caving in the matter of the government shutdown. The shutdown was ended with a “deal”...
Afterglow

Afterglow

Did it matter that 7,000,000 people turned out for last month’s No Kings Day? If you ever wondered whether all of our recent protests, vigils, and rallies were having any effect, Tuesday’s election should remove all doubts. Tuesday was like a warm spring breeze in the...
What Gives Me Hope

What Gives Me Hope

The Democratic Party seems incapable of reading the moment. While individual Democrats like Chris Murphy, J.B. Pritzker, Gavin Newsom, Jasmine Crocket, Cory Booker, and AOC rise to the occasion, the national party leaders— Schumer, Jeffries, Biden, Obama, Clinton,...
This is the Week That Was

This is the Week That Was

The other day White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller declared the “Democrat party is not a political party. It is a domestic extremist organization.” Just a day earlier Donald Trump directed the pentagon to establish specialized National Guard units to quell...