Monday evening an unknown individual inside the United States Supreme Court leaked a draft decision written by Justice Samuel Alito which would explicitly overturn the landmark decisions Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey.
Category: Trump
Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Confirmation Should’ve Been a Celebration
When Senator Booker told Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson that he couldn’t help but look at her and see his own mother, I knew exactly what he meant. I saw my own mother, a Black woman, and I thought about her and what it might’ve meant to her as a little girl to have seen this moment.
How Loose Lips from Obama Hurt America and the World
Barack Obama was clearly one of the most cerebral and well-spoken presidents that the United States has ever had. But as odd as it may seem, two slips of his tongue may have led to the rise of the two worst dictators so far in the 21st Century.
Who loves America most?
Oh boy, were we ready for a change. Biden and Harris came in with stratospherically high expectations. Lady Gaga sang the national anthem at the inauguration, and a new day was about to begin.
Why A “Civil War” Would Be So Hard for Progressives to “Win”
In the wake of the January 6, 2021 insurrection and other rebellious acts from the right, there is increasing talk of a new American civil war. What shape it might take is open to all kinds of interpretation.
An Honest Preview of the 2022 Midterm Elections
The Senate is probably bad news but there are a couple of ways Democrats can thread the needle here assuming nothing else changes. As was mentioned earlier, candidate quality really does matter although it isn’t everything.
Time for Dems to Take a Step Back in order to Move Forward
Earlier this month, Heather Cox Richardson reported that both the New York Times and the Washington Post ran op-eds penned by Republicans or former
Republicans Have A Very Strange Perspective on the Here and Now
In recent years, when America has been in crisis such as the Great Recession of 2008-09, or the recent and current COVID pandemic, Republicans become extremely miserly. They resist providing necessary financial aid to those who are suffering the most.
Ann Wagner: a hypocrite in her own words
I recently took a look at Rep. Ann Wagner’s website to see what she thought of President Trump’s incendiary words at his rally Jan.
Time to Act: But what are the crucial goals?
A reader asked me to analyze the statutory and constitutional tools that could and should be used to fight Trumpism now that Trumpism has