( Tomdispatch.com ) – Count on one thing: Donald Trump, who seems to gain Republican support with every new indictment, is not going away. He’s managed to capitalize on his 2020 election loss, using his failed insurrection, a stream of violent threats and verbal attacks against political opponents and journalists, and the disinformation machine of […]
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Our World-Historical Turning Point – Kairos – is Now, and Everything Depends on the Youths
( Tomdispatch.com) – “All Americans owe them a debt for — if nothing else — releasing the idealism locked so long inside a nation that has not recently tasted the drama of a social upheaval. And for making us look on the young people of the country with a new respect.” That’s how Howard Zinn […]
Why the 14th Amendment Really does Bar Trump from Office
By Mark A. Graber, University of Maryland | – (The Conversation) – In 2024, former President Donald Trump will face some of his greatest challenges: criminal court cases, primary opponents and constitutional challenges to his eligibility to hold the office of president again. The Colorado Supreme Court has pushed that latter piece to the forefront, […]
From Palestine to Slavery, Ron DeSantis’ Muzzling of Universities is dooming Florida Higher Education
Diane Roberts ( Florida Phoenix ) – The American Association of University Professors recently conducted a survey of faculty in Florida, North Carolina, Georgia, and Texas, finding the state of higher education in the South is not strong — in fact, it’s in crisis. One-third of those surveyed say they’re looking for a job in […]
Republican Contradictions: Are they Fascists or Nihilists — or Both?
( Tomdispatch.com ) – Sometimes the right wing in this country seems like a riddle wrapped in an enigma encased in a conundrum. Do they want to strengthen the government in line with the once-fringe doctrine of the “unitary executive,” concentrating most official power in the hands of a president who would then rule more […]
The Man Behind the Right’s Supreme Court Supermajority: How Leonard Leo built a machine that is Remaking the American legal system
By Andy Kroll, Andrea Bernstein and Ilya Marritz | – ( ProPublica ) – The party guests who arrived on the evening of June 23, 2022, at the Tudor-style mansion on the coast of Maine were a special group in a special place enjoying a special time. The attendees included some two dozen federal and […]
Attempt to bar Donald Trump from 2024 ballot lands in New Jersey
By: Sophie Nieto-Muñoz – The push to bar former President Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot has come to New Jersey, with a Mahwah man arguing the former president is constitutionally prohibited from running for office because of his role in the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. The man’s complaint is one of […]
The Republican Party has a White Nationalism Problem that Isn’t Going Away
Clarence Lusane ( Tomdispatch.com) – In 2020, The Daily Show ran a segment in which statements by Republican leaders, including Donald Trump, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), and various Fox News personalities were juxtaposed with those made by Ku Klux Klan leaders like former Grand Wizard David Duke and former Imperial […]
Activists File legal Challenges in Michigan, Florida, to Disqualifiy Trump as Seditionist under 14th Amendment
By: Steve Neavling – ( Florida Phoenix) – A Highland Park resident filing a legal challenge Monday aimed at disqualifying Donald Trump from the 2024 primary and general election ballots in Michigan, claiming the former president is ineligible to serve another term because he had engaged in an insurrection or rebellion against the U.S. […]
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