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McCain’s vote might afford us some leftover ‘cake’ when it comes to our healthcare
Now what? This was the two word question that dominated the conversation yesterday after the procedural vote taken by the U.S. Senate allowing them to debate the elimination and…
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To serve and protect
The reasons why cops kill without justification and get away with it are complex: institutional, racial, economic and more. But the factor least considered and probably most important…
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Poll: Public evenly divided over impeachment of Donald Trump
Americans are torn on whether the Congress should impeach Donald Trump and remove him from the presidency – with 42% saying it should and an equal number saying it shouldn’t, a new…
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For Trump, the week the bottom fell out
The good news is that six months after Trump’s inauguration and the consolidation of a seamless Republican right-wing regime in Washington, the bottom seems to be finally falling out.…
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U.S. chargé leaves Cuba in ‘normal rotation,’ is replaced by his deputy
U.S. Chargé d'Affairs Jeffrey de Laurentis has left Cuba and been replaced by another career diplomat, Scott Hamilton, a spokesman for the U.S. Embassy in Havana confirmed this past…
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Guess who’s coming back to Iowa
Bernie Sanders is doing everything a potential candidate would be doing. Make no mistake about it: Bernie, as his supporters lovingly call him, is the front-runner for president in…
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Republican health care “reform” sinks like a stone
The latest poll, by USA Today and Suffolk University, found only 12 percent of Americans support the Republican health care bill. This confirms what other recent polls have shown: the…
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To understand Donald Trump
Donald Trump came to the presidency while opposed by the leaders of his own party, without the support of the main economic groups, under attack by the mainstream media, and despite the…
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Trumpster brainiacs deride Declaration of Independence as ‘biased’
Strangely, if it wasn't for the fact that the people I write about today are Trump voters, sentences from the Declaration of Independence were derided on the 4th of July as biased by…
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Political jujitsu: Now’s the time for Medicare for all
As Republicans in Congress move to repeal the Affordable Care Act, Democrats are moving toward Medicare for All – a single-payer plan that builds on Medicare and would cover everyone at…
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