White House Press Secretary, Jen Psaki, calls the Covid-19 Relief bill “The most progressive piece of legislation in history.” I don’t know about that. But, the legislation is certainly a good compendium of progressive measures offering significant help to regular common folks. Meanwhile, Republicans are not supporting the bill under the excuse that it […]
The Big Lie keeps reverberating through right wing media. Believers are doing crazy things like what happened in January 6th. Talking out loud about the second coming of Trump. Threatening people with mayhem on the Donald’s name. Is this a way to run a civilized nation? Why are these people getting away with creating havoc? […]
A USA TODAY/ IPSOS poll released Friday indicates that only 28 percent of white Americans believe that what happened to George Floyd was murder. If that’s not an indictment of the moral level of white Americans, I don’t know what it is. Discussing the trial of Derek Chauvin, Philonise Floyd, George Floyd’s brother, said that […]
Dear Colleagues, The time to strike is now. Three weeks have passed since the shootings at El Paso and Dayton. And nothing, absolutely nothing, has been done. Compare this to the response of New Zealand’s Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, to the mass shootings that killed 50 Muslims in New Zealand. Right after the shootings Prime […]