Editor’s Note: This is the third in a three part series on the death of the American Dream and the one last chance we have to save it. Part I: Death of an Empire – Did Trump’s Reality Show Presidency Finally Kill the American Dream? Part II: The Early Days of the Internet – What…
Editor’s Note: This is the second in a three part series on the death of the American Dream and the one last chance we have to save it. Part I: Death of an Empire – Did Trump’s Reality Show Presidency Finally Kill the American Dream? Part III: Government Regulations and Objective Journalism Redefined “We are…
Editor’s Note: This is the first in a three part series on the death of the American Dream and the one last chance we have to save it. Part II: The Early Days of the Internet – What Went Wrong Part III: Government Regulations and Objective Journalism Redefined Part I: Death of an Empire –…
Staff Report – Another member of the Proud Boys, a nationalistic, chauvinist domestic terrorist organization, was arrested Thursday and charged in federal court in the District of Columbia with obstructing or impeding an official proceeding, among other charges, according to a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice. Ethan Nordean, aka Rufio Panman, 30,…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – You know, there was a time in this country when being openly batshit crazy and totally full of shit was something you at least tried to hide, especially if you harbored ambitions of holding public office. Not anymore. American politics, at least on the Republican side, really…
“Anything that gets the adrenalin moving like a 440 volt blast in a copper bathtub is good for the reflexes and keeps the veins free of cholesterol… but too many adrenaline rushes in any given time span has the same effect on the nervous system as too many electro-shock treatments are said to have on…
By Glynn Wilson – The New York Times is now reporting that the first “conspiracy” to obstruct Capitol Police and Congress charges have been filed against two members of the far-right nationalist group the Proud Boys as of Friday night, according to federal prosecutors investigating the violent riot and insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on…
By Glynn Wilson – Three individuals associated with the Oath Keepers, a radical right-wing paramilitary group focused on recruitment of current and former military, law enforcement and first responders, were indicted Thursday in federal court in the District of Columbia for conspiring to obstruct Congress in a violent insurrection on Jan. 6. Jessica Marie Watkins,…
By Glynn Wilson – In a break from the Trump years and a bit of a shock that should have come as no surprise, the new acting Secretary of Homeland Security David Pekoske ordered a National Terrorism Advisory Bulletin to be issued on Wednesday, warning of a heightened threat of violence from right-wing, racist domestic…
By Glynn Wilson – It’s now been three weeks since the violent insurrection and attempted coup on the part of the Trump cabal to upend the peaceful transition of power in America and halt Congress on Jan. 6 from certifying the Electoral College votes for the clear winner of the election, President Joe Biden. This…
Public Opinion – By Analyst Glynn Wilson – As the nation faces a pandemic, a weakened economy and political unrest that spiraled out of control under the rein of Donald Trump, President Joe Biden appears to be enjoying a honeymoon with the American People and the press as the hellscape year of 2020 rolls into…
Staff Report – More charges and arrests are coming to light in the violent attack on the United States Capitol on Jan. 6 from the U.S. Department of Justice, according to press releases just out from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, in spite of a report out from The Washington Post over the weekend that…
Sunday Reader – By Glynn Wilson – It’s been two and a half weeks since the traumatic events in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 6 when a violent insurrection was staged at the United States Capitol building in an attempted coup to take over the government and overthrow democracy itself. While the insurrection was thwarted in…
By Glynn Wilson – Can we please just not sugar coat it? Donald Trump was the worst, most corrupt president ever, and this will hold true in the history books. No doubt about it. New public opinion polls just out show that a significant percentage of Americans know that already, if some are still living…
Staff Report – The FBI Jacksonville Field Office has taken Jesus Rivera of Pensacola, Florida, into custody for his role in the riot and assault on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia has charged Rivera with knowingly entering or remaining in a restricted building or…
What a difference a day makes Twenty-four little hours Brought the sun and the flowers Where there used to be rain My yesterday was blue, dear My lonely nights are through, dear Since Trump ran to Florida, dear And Biden was sworn in. By Glynn Wilson – KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Glory hallelujah. What a difference…
By Glynn Wilson – Editor and Publisher – KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — As the day broke, it was cold, grey and foreboding in Washington, D.C. on January, 20, 2021, as it was in Knoxville, Tennessee, when the cloud cloaked dawn came up over the Smoky Mountains. Somehow, someway, we survived one more final night with Rat…
Staff Report – More and more participants in the violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6 are being investigated and arrested every day, and law enforcement officers are focusing on right-wing militia groups and Republicans for leading the unprecedented acts of sedition and coup attempt in the nation’s capital. Kentucky Man Arrested and Charged…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – The news has been churning for a solid a week and a half since 8,000 marauding militiamen and bleary-eyed neo-Nazi thugs marched from the National Mall to the Capitol steps and somehow, with a little help from Republicans and their racist friends in the Capitol Police, actually…
Staff Report – Two off-duty Rocky Mount, Virginia police officers were charged this week in federal court in the District of Columbia in connection with the riots at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. Jacob Fracker and Thomas Robertson were charged with one count of knowingly entering or remaining in a restricted building…
