Archive for the ‘Racism’ Category
Why a Shutdown? Here is what it would be like if Trump got everything he wanted
During the 2016 campaign, Trump had a long list of promises he said that if passed would “Make American Great Again.” He’s learning now there are consequences to every decision.
January 22, 2018
Posted in: Civil Rights, Crime, Economy, fake scandals, Greed, Immigration Reform, Jobs, Money, myth busting, Partisanship, Politics, Racism, rewriting history, Right-Wing Insanity, Seems Obvious to Me
Trump & Race on MLK Day. Conservatives rush to defend Trump’s bigoted remarks
Most of America now yawns at the news that Trump has made yet another outrageous bigoted remark, but the REAL news is the number of Conservatives rushing to his defense.
January 15, 2018
Posted in: Civil Rights, Immigration Reform, Racism, Right-wing Facism, Scandals
Self-Proclaimed Protectors of America Hold Everything it Stands for in Contempt.
One of the great ironies in this nation is that the people who claim to love it the most are the same people with the most contempt for it.
October 16, 2017
Tags: big business, Fascism, Fascists, flag waving, greed, guns, hate the poor, immigrants, love the rich, money, patriotism, power, rednecks, religion, second amendment, the poor · Posted in: Civil Rights, General, Guns & Violence, Healthcare, Immigration Reform, Money, mystery, myth busting, Partisanship, Racism, Rants, Right-wing Facism, Right-Wing Hypocrisy, Right-Wing Insanity, Seems Obvious to Me
Puerto Rico Crisis the Result of Years of Conservatism. Coming soon to a state near you.
Conservative policies of the last 40+ years has utterly devastated Puerto Rico. So then, for Donald Trump to then attack them for their poverty in the middle of a humanitarian crisis only highlights the destructive incompetence of Republican policies.
October 2, 2017
Posted in: Environment, Greed, Money, myth busting, Partisanship, Racism, Rants, Taxes
With Arpaio Pardon, Trump drops pretense he’s not a racist
Trump is no longer making any pretense of not being a racist. With nothing left to lose except his racist base, Trump has now embraced the label with his pardoning of the most racist sheriff in America, Joe Arpaio.
August 28, 2017
Posted in: Civil Rights, Crime, Racism, Scandals, Unconstitutional
#TeleprompterTrump vs #UnscriptedTrump
It occurred to me yesterday listening to both Trump defenders and Trump critics that there are in fact two Donald Trump’s: #TeleprompterTrump & #UnscriptedTrump. Trump’s friends/defenders… like Jerry Falwell Jr on “Meet the Press” yesterday… only see “#TeleprompterTrump”… the Trump that has his comments carefully written out for him by a professional speech-writer that tends to say the […]
August 21, 2017
Posted in: General, myth busting, Partisanship, Politics, Racism, Right-Wing Hypocrisy, Seems Obvious to Me
The Subtle “Implied Racism” of Trump’s Presidency
Donald Trump’s entire rise to the presidency has been bore on the backs of racism. His remarks following the Charlottesville murders is but the latest example of a history of reluctance to condemn racism.
August 14, 2017
Posted in: Civil Rights, Crime, Guns & Violence, Racism, Right-wing Facism, Terrorism
Trump Has Been Great for Advancing Progressivism
Having a Conservative extremist in the White House has done more to mobilize Progressives than any Democrat could have.
January 30, 2017
Posted in: Abortion rights, Civil Rights, Economy, Environment, Global Warming, Greed, Healthcare, Immigration Reform, Infrastructure, myth busting, National Security, Partisanship, Racism, Religion, Right-wing Facism, Right-Wing Hypocrisy, Right-Wing Insanity, Seems Obvious to Me, Terrorism, Unconstitutional
Why No One is Buying Trump’s Renouncement of Birtherism
Why is it no one believes Trump’s 11th hour conversion to renounce Birtherism? What does a bigot have to do?
September 19, 2016
Posted in: Civil Rights, Election, myth busting, Racism, rewriting history, Right-Wing Hypocrisy
Tell me how More Guns would have prevented crossfire shooting death of Wade’s cousin?
Over the weekend, Donald Trump was rightly excoriated for politicizing the death of Nykea Aldridge, cousin of Chicago Bulls superstar Dwyane Wade, after tweeting (natch) that such incidents would win him the African-American vote. Now, Trump rightly deserves condemnation for politicizing Aldridge’s death (and no, I’m not doing the same. I’m attributing no benefit/harm from this […]
August 29, 2016
Posted in: Crime, Election, Guns & Violence, myth busting, Racism, Right-Wing Hypocrisy, Right-Wing Insanity
Dallas and The Slippery Slope of Allowing Police to Play Executioner
Last week was another tragic week following the deaths of two black men at the hands of police under dubious circumstances and five police officers in Dallas by a disturbed black man using a #BlackLivesMatter protest as cover. But just as disturbing was the method used to “stop” the Dallas shooter… not “capture”, “arrest” or “subdue”, […]
July 11, 2016
Posted in: Civil Rights, Crime, Guns & Violence, Racism, Unconstitutional
Trump’s Antics Only Helping Ted Cruz Look Reasonable By Comparison
Trump’s antics and violence at his rallies are only making Ted Cruz look like a reasonable alternative.
March 14, 2016
Posted in: Election, Politics, Racism, Religion, Right-wing Facism, Right-Wing Insanity