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We could face the sunset of democracy — or the end of the world: Get off your butt and vote
In a season of venom, insanity and global peril, our imperfect democracy still offers a path forward. Let's take it
The midterms are nigh upon us, and the concerned crazies are riding their social media platforms far and wide, alerting the countryside.
The pundits are screeching like banshees, warning of gloom and doom.
Extremist voters are on high alert and spewing maximum venom, while casual observers are wondering why the NFL sucks so damn much.
Some might say we've all done gone plumb crazy from the heat and pandemic. How else do you explain all of these people trying to turn left from the far right lane?
Crowds are cheering Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama for spouting racist comments. Crowds are cheering Nancy Pelosi after video surfaced of her on Jan. 6 saying she wanted to punch out Donald Trump.
Crowds cheer misogyny, hatred, "wokeness," ignorance, climate change, asteroids crashing into the earth and nuclear hellfire, as well as the lifelong argument regarding ontogeny recapitulating phylogeny.
Meanwhile, the Democrats — who continuously scream that their representatives aren't framing the narrative well enough — seem to forget they outnumber the Republicans. There's your argument framed nicely.
Michael Cohen tells us about his new book "Revenge"
Michael Cohen tells us about and answers questions regarding his new book "Revenge: How Donald Trump weaponized the U.S. department of Justice against his critics"
Trump, Biden and America's destiny: We're about to face the consequences. How bad will they be?
For Republicans in D.C., endless division is fun and games. But that isn't what most Americans really want
The Biden administration learned the hard way last week that it can't trust Saudi Arabia.
Along with other OPEC nations, the desert monarchy cut oil production, virtually ensuring an increase in gas prices just before the November election.
"Puppets for Putin" never rang more true.
But there isn't much of a positive nature that you can expect from a country that was complicit (at the very least) in the murder and dismemberment of a Washington Post columnist and that had a hand in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. There will be "consequences," Biden warned in an exclusive interview on CNN. We just don't know yet what those will be.
Consequences are a leading theme as we cruise into the midterm elections.
Leading economic indicators show the world is slipping into recession. In the Atlantic this week, Norm Ornstein underscored the bottom line for American voters should the Republicans prevail this fall and take control of Congress. It's not just the move toward authoritarianism. Ornstein points to the fact that the Republicans would likely, and eagerly, crash the whole economic and political system…
Just Ask The Press - Will Donald Trump show up and answer the Jan. 6 subpoena?
Will Donald Trump show up and answer the Jan. 6 subpoena? Is Trump screwed because the DOJ has challenged the Special Master? This and much more on this week's episode of Just Ask the Press…
Joe Biden asks questions worthy of Thomas Paine: Who the hell are we, and what century is this?
For all the problems of the Biden White House, the president has no illusions: America faces a historic emergency
Thomas Paine is sorely missed. We've abandoned the Age of Reason, are lacking in common sense and live in times that truly try men's souls.
"Folks, what century are we in?" President Biden asked the press pool Tuesday afternoon.
His detractors will no doubt seize upon the question as further proof of the president's mental decline, but the facts — and the context — once again won't support it.
Biden was talking about the anachronistic stance of today's Republican Party, a synthesis of evangelicals, crackpots, conspiracy theorists, authoritarians, misogynists, sadists, racists, masochists, flat-earthers and science deniers whose greatest shared characteristics are fear and ignorance…