Donald Trump has crossed every line a democracy can tolerate. Not bent, not strained. Obliterated. Now he’s again dragging Ilhan Omar through the sewer with the oldest trick in the fascist manual: invent a salacious lie, racialize it, sexualize it, weaponize it, and repeat it until the weakest minds mistake it for truth. Incest, immigration […]
Month: November 2025
Even a civilian like me knows this: following illegal orders is not required in any public service. It’s one of the foundational principles separating a republic from a tyranny. And somehow, that idea has become controversial. A Quick Recap of How We Got Here It began with a simple, sober video: six Democratic lawmakers calmly […]
I am not nor have I ever been in the military. But even a civilian like me knows that following illegal orders is not required in any form of public service. Not in the military. Not in law enforcement. Not in the intelligence community. Nowhere. This is basic civic literacy. It is embedded in the […]
Dementia is not a punchline. It is a long goodbye. I know this not from headlines or campaign ads, but from my own life: from loved ones whose memories frayed like old cloth, from early slips and stumbles that turned into blank looks and lost names, from the slow, cruel unspooling of a person you […]
Marjorie Taylor Greene is once again making the rounds with her “I have regrets” routine, a performance of reflection, gentleness, and Christian humility that materializes only when she’s politically cornered. She thinks we’ve forgotten. She thinks we don’t keep receipts. She thinks we’ll believe her simply because she whispers Jesus like it’s a magic word […]
The Unmatched Transparency of the Trump Administration: A Guided Tour Through Bright, Shimmering Deceit
Karoline Leavitt reminds us so often it practically counts as a devotional ritual: The Trump administration is the most transparent administration in American history. And who are we to question this gospel? Let us instead examine the brilliant examples of this legendary transparency, many examples drawn from just the past few weeks, where Trump’s openness […]
Forty days. Forty days of shutdown, fear, and uncertainty. Forty days of workers without pay, travelers stranded, and families wondering if their next doctor’s visit would be covered. And for what? For nothing. Absolutely nothing. The longest government shutdown in American history has ended not with victory, not with progress, but with surrender. A surrender […]
There is a particular kind of contempt in America that makes my blood boil. It isn’t the kind that comes from hate. Hate is at least honest. It’s the kind that comes from smugness, that quiet moral sneer reserved for those who rely on government assistance to eat, to live, to keep the lights on. […]
“All we want is voter ID. You go to a grocery store, you have to give ID. You go to a gas station, you give ID” — President Donald J. Trump It sounds simple — obvious, even. That’s the trick. Authoritarians have always loved the obvious answer because it disguises the malicious one. The United […]
Congratulations to President Donald J. Trump on the greatest nine months in the history of the presidency. Truly, what a time to be alive — assuming, of course, you can still afford to be. Congratulations, Mr. President, even though inflation is at its highest since February. Prices are soaring like your poll numbers in your […]