If Republican voters would pay attention to what their party really does when they have power, they would never vote the way they do. The Republican Legislative agenda has actively worked against the interests of American working families since the 1930s. The modern American right was born to defend the anti-majoritarian preferences of reactionary business … Read more
Early in the morning of January 7th, 2023, Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) had finally made enough concessions to the fringe members of his conference to buy their votes. They finally allowed him to become the Speaker of the House (at least for a few months). Part of the ceremonial transfer of power in the House required … Read more
It’s not easy to change one’s mind. It is not easy to admit a mistake. It is not easy to abandon familiar people and places — even when you know they are evil and corrupt. It is not easy even when you know leaving them will lead you to a new world of clarity and … Read more
On Monday, December 19, 2022 the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol referred former president Donald J. Trump to the Justice Department for potential prosecution on four Federal crimes. These crimes are: 1. Obstruction of an official proceeding, 2. Conspiracy to defraud the United States, 3. Conspiracy … Read more
While shopping three days before Christmas, I saw a group of 3 or 4 young men walk by a large display of Christmas wrapping paper that was on sale. One of them said, gleefully, “I’d like to take all the Democrats and wrap them all up in a ball and throw them away!” I was … Read more
It appears that democracy in the United States may have survived the 2022 election. Perhaps even more important than the Democrats keeping control of the Senate is the fact that all 13 election-denying Republican candidates, in 6 battleground states, for governor, secretaries of state, and attorneys general, lost their races. (The Arizona Attorney General race, … Read more
It is well-known that politics can be divisive. This is especially true in our current climate of distrust, class division, and demonization of political opponents. In LDS Church meetings the general understanding is “We shouldn’t discuss politics in Church.” This frequently heard statement is based on a vague sense of an actual Church policy (which, … Read more
Before your LDS family and friends in Utah, Idaho, and Arizona blindly vote straight “Republican” once again, I strongly encourage you to call them and point out that the Republican Party they think they are supporting no longer exists. Sarah Longwell, publisher of The Bulwark, recently published a piece in which she documented the removal … Read more