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For sake of argument let's assume no more surprises & Trump leaves Jan 20. He'll be weaker, & much of political press that still thinks in terms of "who's up,

First the black, white & blue anti-Black Lives Matter flag flew outside of Trump rallies, then on stage, next to the US flag; in Wisconsin last week it replaced the

When I ask why the media is going along w/ this notion of Barrett as brilliant legal scholar I'm not naively asking why she's in this position. We all understand

Thinking about the Michigan plotters & how rooted in fundamentalism they were, even absent overt religion. They believe the constitution requires no context, that they can read it themselves and

Wondering about white supremacy? Proud Boys define themselves as “men who refuse to apologize for creating the modern world. (They’re weak on chronology.) Per their “about us,” they denounce “racial

I saw this painting in a Charlottesville, VA coffee shop, last stop of tour for This Brilliant Darkness before pandemic ended it early. I wrote artist’s name but lost it.

"Patriotic education" is Stephen Miller's fascism + Mike Pence's fundamentalism. Some years ago, I took a course in "patriotic education" for my book THE FAMILY. I spent a season reading

Picture a deep blue town in a deep blue state. Where, exactly? Doesn't matter. A town of genuinely kind, thoughtful, generous people, affluent--that is, w/ resources--well-educated, concerned about the world.

I hear defenders of the confederate flag insist we don’t make assumptions about what it means to those who fly it so I stopped to ask the owner of this

Eric Trump making a bid for Daddy's love with some rank racism: "Animals taking over cities. Burning down churches." Tuning into Tulsa now. Has anyone commented on Eric Trump's new

I had to see this to believe it: Yes, Sean Hannity, one of the president's closest advisors, is wearing the Punisher logo beloved by militia members: The Punisher, who first