“This Is What Democracy Looks Like”
The heading of this post is in quotation marks, because it’s what the Occupy Wall Street participants chanted as they took over public parks beginning on 17 September, 2011. 17 September is also the anniversary of the U.S. Constitution being … Continued
Actually, Political Violence Does Work
In the wake of the assassination of reactionary influencer Charlie Kirk, politicians from both parties have decried political violence, with nearly all of them, along with the op-ed pages of the mainstream newspapers, stating that political violence doesn’t work, and … Continued
“Are you better off now than you were four years ago?”
We’re hearing that question rather frequently from Republican candidates and operatives, and as a political and history junkie, I know where that question is coming from, and more importantly, what Republicans are hoping for when they ask that question. The … Continued
Using the 14th Amendment to Bar Trump from running: A bad idea, unless….
On 6 January 2021, when Congress was convened to certify the Electoral College vote that would make Joe Biden president on 20 January, President Donald Trump held a rally in Washington, D.C. Thousands of his most ardent supporters attended this … Continued