They Keep Trying. They Inch Closer. And Corporate Media Plays Its Role.
Good Luck, American Democracy
2023. A Song. A Truth
2023. Day 1 and Beyond (more…)
Can’t Laugh. Can’t Feel Sorry For The Guy. But, Damn!!!
Here we go again: Trump, The GOP, and Crazy Time So, as expected, Donald ‘Can I Be More Pathetic’ Trump made his announcement – he’s running again for President of The United…
Election Afterthoughts
Eisenhower. Einstein. Definitions. And Health Care Rights, Privacy Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of…
Democracy Can Be Messy and Ugly. Doesn’t Mean It Can’t Clean Up
America: Pass or Fail On Tuesday, 8 November, Americans will be tested: Does the Experiment continue – flawed as it might be – or will America fall in to the…
And Now A Few Words About Politics and Elections and…
... Leaders? Politics: the art of using euphemisms, lies, emotionalism and fear-mongering to dupe average people into accepting--or even demanding--their own enslavement. © Larken Rose. Voting rights are the most…
Indigenous Peoples Day. Reflection With Honour
The white man made us many promises, but he kept only one. He promised to take our land, and he took it. Red Cloud, Oglala Lakota, 1882. The underlying motivation…
49 Republicans and Their Un-American Activities
"There is nothing more important than ensuring our veterans and their families can enjoy a safe and healthy life after their service to our country". Rep. Mary Peltola (D-AK) ~ On Thursday,…
Flying Their True Colours
Last week 203 House Republicans voted against legislation preventing U.S. Presidents from using the Electoral Count Act to overturn the will of the People. The bill did pass 229-203: every House Democrat…
Asked and Answered
In a campaign-style speech Tuesday in Pennsylvania, President Joe Biden FINALLY got serious about calling out the dangerous rhetoric coming from officials in the highest levels of government who refuse to denounce…
America Votes: It’s The Culture, Stupid!
Illumination I think it's one of things we find unattractive about the [A]merican culture, a culture which I find mostly, extremely attractive, and I like [A]mericans and I love being in…
The Stranger My Dad Met
About six months before he died in early 2016, my father told me a story about The Stranger… A few months after I was born, my Dad met a stranger who was…
Sometimes, It’s True
No Man or Woman Is Above The Law With warrant in hand, the FBI on Monday evening 'raided' former president Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence. Nobody yet knows the details of the warrant…
Wait! What? WHAT?
Much screaming lately from pundits and politicians, from economists and egoists, and from influencers and idiots, about inflation, recession, spending, saving, buying and selling. It's scary, for sure. What to do? What…
To Heed Or Not To Heed: That Is The Question
Mr. President, The Answer? Media outlets of all sizes, journalists of courage and cowardice, politicians of dignity and dinginess, and pundits of all stripes have entered the debate questioning whether President Joe…
How Many Hearings Is It Going to Take
Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Department of Justice have to this point resisted calls to charge the former president for his role in the assault on the U.S. Capitol - which…
Hey Joe! You’re Being a Nero. Stop Fiddling!
'Fight for Us Goddamnit': Frustration Grows Over Biden Fecklessness Amid GOP Destruction via CommonDreams.org We simply cannot make promises, hector people to vote, and then refuse to use our full power…
Surprise Hearing Reveals The Makeup of an Armed Coup
On Monday, by news outlets big and small, it was called a surprise hearing. However, what was revealed Tuesday, 28 June, 2022, during the 6th hearing of the Select Committee to Investigate…
Hypocrites and Hucksters and History
In his opinion piece at The Washington Post, Dana Milbank lays bare the hypocrisy and dangerous 'new precedent' of the radical right-wing majority at the US Supreme Court. Yes, Americans should be…
Jan 6 Hearing Four
The Takeaway
Opening Night Tops The Hype
The prime-time January 6 Select Committee hearing on Thursday delivered the promised statements of accusation and painful recollections, with all the receipts. I and at least 20 million in the U.S., and…
Jan 6 Committee Hearing: 2022.06.09 19.00hrs
Look at the orators in our republics; as long as they are poor, both state and people can only praise their uprightness; but once they are fattened on the public funds, they…
Memorial Day 2022.05.30
Thank You, All
America At That Crossroad. Again. What’s Next?
Americans Have A Decision To Make. Choose Love and Respect, Succeed. Continue Choosing Hate, Devolve. (more…)
White Supremacists and Murder: America’s Shame
An 18-year-old white supremacist went to a grocery market in an African American neighborhood in Buffalo, New York, on Saturday with an assault rifle and full body armor and – in less…
Emergency Call
Journalists in Ukraine Need Help
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Those who cover the frontlines need first aid kits, medical supplies, flak jackets, helmets. Those trapped in towns and cities under fire need safe passage, relocation and humanitarian assistance.
More at International Federation of Journalists.
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At least 236 journalists and media workers killed in Gaza
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Journalists in Gaza need your help. Here’s how:
International Media Support (IMS), the Danish-based media development organisation, is collecting donations for:
- Food, clothes, blankets and other utilities for journalists and their families
- Safety equipment and gear for journalists, such as press vests, helmets, cell phones and cameras.
- Psychosocial support for journalists
- Ongoing support to keep as many media outlets as possible operating.
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THE TRACKER
Freedom of the Press Foundation
NYC journalist shoved, pepper-sprayed while covering NBA watch party
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Trump administration, allies move to punish outlets during his second term
From the first weeks of President Donald Trump’s second term, his appointees and allies in Congress joined him in taking steps to punish and intimidate news outlets that have covered him and his administration unfavorably. We’re documenting those efforts to chill reporting, revoke funding, censor critical coverage and more in this regularly updated report:
March 14, 2025 | Trump says negative press coverage “illegal” during speech at DOJ
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Color Of Change, in partnership with the National Education Association, invites you to watch “Educating for Equity: Brown v Board of Education 70 Years Later,” a short video featuring a range of young and older thought leaders talking about the groundbreaking case and the challenges facing our public education system today. Participants discuss what we need to do to protect education moving forward.
Issues
The Reading List
Intent to Destroy
Russia’s Two-Hundred-Year Quest to Dominate Ukraine
By Eugene Finkel
“Finkel’s Intent to Destroy spans several centuries, delving into some of the most heinous atrocities perpetrated by the Kremlin on Ukrainian lands. Despite the extensive scope, the text is rich in nuanced analysis, being equally valuable for scholars and accessible to readers unfamiliar with the region. What stands out most is Finkel’s approach: Rather than striving for unattainable objectivity, he bravely acknowledges his deep investment in producing responsible scholarship that is guided by honesty.”–Olesya Khromeychuk, director, Ukrainian Institute London
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The ReMindEr
Speakables
The New Normal? ~ The first tool of authoritarian regimes is always informational control—both in the gathering of information on the public through surveillance and the filtration of information to the public through owned media. In its early days, the Internet seemed to pose a challenge to authoritarian regimes, but with the advent of social media, we are watching the construction of architectures that fulfill the needs of every authoritarian regime: surveillance and information control. Authoritarian movements are possible only when the general public becomes habituated to—and numbed by—a new normal. Christopher Wylie.
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What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July? I answer: a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim. To him, your celebration is a sham; your boasted liberty, an unholy license; your national greatness, swelling vanity; your sounds of rejoicing are empty and heartless; your denunciations of tyrants, brass fronted impudence; your shouts of liberty and equality, hollow mockery; your prayers and hymns, your sermons and thanksgivings, with all your religious parade, and solemnity, are, to him, mere bombast, fraud, deception, impiety, and hypocrisy — a thin veil to cover up crimes which would disgrace a nation of savages. ‘What to a slave is the 4th of July’. 1852. Frederick Douglass.
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The First ~ Jessie Tarbox Beals (1870 – 1942)
The first published female photo-journalist in the United States and the first female night photographer. She is best known for her freelance news photographs, particularly of the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair, and portraits of places such as Bohemian Greenwich Village. Her trademarks were her self-described “ability to hustle” and her tenacity in overcoming gender barriers in her profession.
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Repeat After Me
And it gets you elected
