Perfectly Legal, But Wrong
When “perfectly legal” is a lame excuse for doing the wrong thing
Society and Politics
Vicious Rhetoric Leads to Political Violence, but . . .
On Friday night, June 13, two political assassinations took place in Minnesota by a man who violently angry about abortion and LGBTQ rights. https://minnesotareformer.com/2025/06/15/vance-boelter-accused-of-assassination-of-dfl-house-leader-melissa-hortman-apprehended...
Republican Budget Plans, the U.S. Social Safety Net, and Distributive Justice
This just in: despite Trump’s warnings to GOP legislators on cutting benefits to Medicare and Social Security recipients, GOP legislators are reportedly considering cuts on both. They have already discussed cuts to Medicare, which is why an anguished woman cried...
Profiles in Cowardice
In 1957, Senator John F. Kennedy won the Pulitzer Prize for his book,Profiles in Courage, about U.S. politicians who took courageous stands to do what was right, not just what was expedient. It was not a huge book; only eight US Senators were profiled for their...
Super-Charged Sycophancy Comes to D.C.
The Dow is down but super-charged sycophancy is UP! And it’s not just the stupid gold Trump pin Carr is wearing.
The Blatant Hypocrisy of our “Department of Justice”
Many people are upset that Elon Musk, who was not elected or even duly appointed as a public official, is on a “destructive rampage” through various government agencies, a rampage that appears to be both illegal and decidedly random and irrational....
A President to Protect the Polluters
Do you know anyone who voted for Trump in 2024 because they were hoping for more pollution? Probably not. Predictably, though, Drill-Baby-Drill-Donald’s EPA Administrator just cancelled all kinds of regulations meant to protect clean air, clean water, and...
Trump’s Bribery and Extortion: How Great Are We Now?
Recently, as POTUS 47 claims to be rooting out corruption in government, he has demonstrated his love for even greater corruption in America and abroad. He has (1) instructed our government’s Department of Justice (which should not be his to “own”) to no longer...
Suzy MAGA Keeps Drinking that Anti-Government Kool-Aid
From Pennsylvania Women Forward (and thanks to Catharyn Baird) Suzy gets up at 6 a.m. and fills her coffeepot with water to prepare her morning coffee. The water is clean and good because some tree-hugging liberal fought for minimum water-quality standards. With her...
A Petty & Petulant POTUS Punishes a Patriot
For the Godly Man who always knows what’s best for America, a petulance and pettiness well beyond the pale.
The Inauguration of the Oligarchs
In Mother Jones, David Corn writes, today the three wealthiest men in the U.S.—Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg—"are scheduled to be at the Capitol as honored guests for Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration, seated where four years ago Christian...