Category: Politics
What If He Wins Again?
For many Americans, envisioning a second Trump term is terrifying. But it’s not wrong to imagine the worst.
The Authoritarians at the Gate
When we go to the polls, by mail or by booth between now and November, we are casting a ballot to save our Democracy.
QAnon’s growing threat to LGBTQ rights
“Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.” – Voltaire
The Chaos to Come
Regardless of whether Donald Trump wins or loses in November, we face a dangerous period after the election that will test an electoral process wholly unprepared for a President intent on breaking the systems of Democracy.
Why the GOP Won’t (and Can’t) Change
For the first time in almost four years, many have been allowing themselves to ponder “what ifs” that don’t involve the horrifying, near certainty that Donald Trump wins a second term. Indeed, the numbers are such that politicos, pundits, and ordinary citizens have been asking what happens if he loses by a large margin in…
JK Rowling is an Unwitting Tool of the Religious Right
When JK Rowling tweeted that transition-related care for transgender teens is a form of gay conversion therapy, most LGB people who don’t follow the fights inspired by Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminists (TERFs) were mystified. It made zero sense to them, because they actually know transgender people. They know that conversion therapy for gays attempts to change…
We Can’t Let Trump Go Out Like Nixon
2020 has been a disaster for the Trump administration, mostly due to its poor handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, tone-deaf response to the murder of George Floyd by police, and excessive use of force against peaceful protesters in Lafayette Park to provide the President with a photo opportunity. Their poll numbers against former VP Biden have been falling, and his first…
‘Law and Order’ Ends Nothing But Democracy
With Trump pulling all the strings from controlling the military and police force, to stacking the courts and effectively censoring the media, he’s setting up an autocracy.
Trump and the Right-Wing Media Made the Epidemic Inevitable
“As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.” H.L. Mencken, The Evening Sun, July…
Our Future Looks More Like Modern Russia Than Nazi Germany
When surfing the social media feeds of progressives, finding comparisons of Trump to Hitler, or of our government to Germany in the 1930’s seems inevitable. On the surface, these comparisons might seem apt. There is a highly authoritarian streak to this administration, and the movement behind it is undoubtedly fascist in its outlook. They’re doing…