DEMOCRACY AT STAKE-The invasion of the Capitol on January 6 now stands alongside 9/11 as an act of war against American democracy. Unsurprisingly, news coverage of the incursion has come to resemble war propaganda.
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Sen. Rand Paul Goes on an Anti-Transgender Tirade when Questioning Dr. Rachel Levine
RAND GETS HIS ANATOMY CONFUSED--The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee held a joint hearing to confirm Surgeon General Nominee Dr. Vivek Murphy and Dr. Levine, who is transgender and is the current surgeon general for Pennsylvania.
Limbaugh’s Legacy: Normalizing Hate for Profit
COUNTER PUNCH-Rush Limbaugh’s death represents a moment for reflection on the state of American politics.
The Good, the Bad, and the Profound
CLIMATE POLITICS-January 29 marked the day the United States of America rejoined the Paris Climate Accords and is back in the global fight against the climate chaos, which is inevitable if we follow business as usual, now termed RCP (representative concentration pathway) 8.5.
Judge Puts Brakes on Lobbyists, Supports California’s Gold Standard Net Neutrality Law
CALIFORNIA--Defenders of the open internet celebrated a major victory late Tuesday after a federal judge ruled that a California law establishing strong net neutrality protections can take effect, a severe blow to the telecom giants that spent big money trying to kill the measure through aggressive lobbying and litigation.
Biden Offers Moderate Solutions to Radical Problems
TEETERING ON THE EDGE-“Radical solutions require radical solutions,” I wrote in my 2010 book “The Anti-American Manifesto,” a polemic that calls upon us to save ourselves from imminent social, economic and political collapse by overthrowing the system and rebuilding society from the ground up.