One day before the impeachment of Donald Trump in the U.S. House of Representatives, it became apparent that this decidedly strange time in America’s
Category: Republicans
Trump is Grover Norquist’s fantasy president: an idiot with a pen
In 2012, Republican strategist Grover Norquist described his ideal president. In 2017, he got his wish: a president with enough “working digits to be
Resolution condemning Trump’s hate speech: Full text
The resolution passed today in the U.S. House of Representatives, condemning Trump’s racist comments directed at Members of Congress is an amazing piece of
Liberals Put Too Many Eggs in the Mueller Basket
The Mueller report is out: No further indictments have been recommended. The full contents of the report aren’t yet known, but we know at
McConnell As Much at Blame as Trump
Somehow, I was led to believe that voting was a fundamental part of democracy. And when a majority exists, and not vote can take place – well, that more than just a shame; it’s not democracy.
Reverse the vote: Undoing the will of the people is now official Republican policy
Republican governors, state legislators and secretaries of state have become shameless in their attempts to reverse the results of legitimately passed ballot initiatives. What
MO GOP’s overt / covert plots to undermine new anti-gerrymandering law
After the November 2018 midterm election, Missouri voters could congratulate themselves on being ahead of the curve in the nationwide drive for anti-gerrymandering laws.
The Superstructure Triumphant
One of the crucial trends in the 2016 election was the 80-plus percent of white evangelicals who voted for Trump.
We Need Help – Understanding the Republican Brain
How did it happen? Susan Collins, a seemingly sensitive person who is pro-choice on abortion rights, disses Christine Blasey-Ford’s a contention that she was sexually abused by Brett Kavanaugh. Is Collins (a) insensitive to the history of women not being believed when men say something contrary, (b) simply a poor judge of character (who could not see Kavanaugh as a bully), or (c) just a Republican who has a very different way of looking at life from the way others do?
Ann Wagner: Missouri Congresswoman in absentia
Missouri has produced great people who are a credit to our state and are known for their legacy of public service. Towering figures like