Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. – A Florida man was sentenced to eight months in prison this week with 24 months of supervised release and a fine of $100 for his role in the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, which disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress that was in the…
“A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.” — Mark Twain The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – Cool air in the wake of the wind and rain from Hurricane Sally has now cleared the smoke from wildfires out west mostly out of the Blue…
The Big Picture -Â By Glynn Wilson -Â WASHINGTON, D.C. – Not since Richard Nixon sat forlorn with a bottle of whiskey in the West Wing trying to stave off impeachment during the Watergate scandal has a president found himself so isolated, alone, hated and embattled in the White House. Will Donald Trump resort to…
By Robert Reich – What does a megalomaniacal president of the United States do when he’s cornered? We’ll soon find out. House Democrats are beginning a series of investigations and hearings into Donald Trump. Senate Republicans have begun to desert him: Twelve defected on the wall; seven refused to back Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen.…
Science can help us make sense of the president’s seeming political invincibility – Mind In The Machine – Bobby Azarian Ph.D. – Whether we want to or not, we must try to understand the Donald Trump phenomenon, as it has completely swept the nation and also fiercely divided it. What is most baffling about it…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – I don’t want to disparage any people with diagnosed mental illness here, especially those who actually take their meds and work hard to overcome. But I just cannot resist commenting on the latest zany episodes in the crazy Trump reality show presidency. Every news outlet in the…
By Robert Reich – Why did working class voters choose a selfish, thin-skinned, petulant, lying, narcissistic, boastful, megalomaniac for president? With the 2018 midterms around the corner, and prospective Democratic candidates already eyeing the 2020 race, the answer is important because it will influence how Democrats campaign. One explanation focuses on economic hardship. The working…
By Hank Sanders – Alabama Senator – I was asked, “Will you testify at the hearing on Jeff Sessions?” I said, “I will be glad to help in any way I can.” She said, “We don’t know how many witnesses the opposing side will have so that impacts who will testify.” It never occurred to…
By Glynn Wilson – MOBILE, Ala. – More than 100 protesters marched for justice and spoke against police brutality here Tuesday due to recent cases of African Americans being shot and killed across the country from Baton Rouge to St. Paul, seeking information on the death of Mike Moore, an African American teen killed by…
By Juan Cole – The revelation that the Central Intelligence Agency provided the tip to the Apartheid South African government that led to Nelson Mandela’s arrest should come as no great shock, though the public confirmation is perhaps surprising. Nor is it unconnected to the popularity of Donald Trump, who is proposing a new Apartheid…
By Glynn Wilson – MONTGOMERY. Ala. – Governor Robert Bentley issued a statement on Wednesday in response to the Obama administration’s announcement of an investigation by the U.S. Department of Transportation into the proposed closure of state driver license offices in mostly poor counties populated by minorities. Bentley claimed there were no offices closed and…
By David Underhill – MOBILE, Ala – The temptation was too great for New Yorker satirist Andy Borowitz. Photos of Donald Trump’s August 21 campaign rally at the football stadium here showed a throng so white it might have been a convention of albinos. Perhaps a spy agency’s scanning technology could pick out a few…
Eschew Obfuscation – By Michael Douglass – Over the last 25 years Republicans have gone from disingenuous jerks to complete assholes. From occasional forays into dirty politics and smear tactics to a no holds barred enterprise of fear, hate and racism. From a tacit deployment of bigotry, to a stentorian campaign of disenfranchising minorities and…
