There goes democracy … monarchy anyone? – The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – ANALYSIS – Donald Trump always said he wanted to “build a wall.” Instead he tore one down, the wall separating church and state. Just like his hero Putin, he pandered to the Christians, and almost became the dictator he always…
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Justice Jackson’s Confirmation to the Supreme Court is a Major Turn in the Arc of History
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — If the long arc of history bends towards justice, it just took a major turn this week. If Barack Obama was America’s political Jackie Robinson, the first African American president just as Robinson was the first Black player to make the major leagues in…
The Ideal of Justice on Trial: The Rise of Judge Jackson and the Fall of Clarence Thomas
Somehow We Made It to the First Day of Spring 2022: Get Outside
Senate Sherpa Doug Jones Says He’s Confident of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Confirmation – The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — At 11:33 a.m. Sunday, we cross the vernal equinox from winter into spring, and it feels like it’s about time, y’all. The Japanese cherry blossoms are blooming along the Tidal…
Voter Enthusiasm for Democrats Surges After Biden Appoints First Black Woman to Supreme Court
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — It’s been a busy couple of weeks in the news with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, dwindling Covid cases and the lifting of mask requirements, the trial of the first Trump supporter convicted for the Capitol insurrection, President Joe Biden’s first State of the Union speech and the appointment…
Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows Committed One of the Few Cases of Voter Fraud in the 2020 Election
Senate Judiciary Committee Sets Confirmation Hearing Date for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for President Joe Biden’s nominee to the Supreme Court, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, will begin on March 21, the chair of the committee announced Wednesday. Senator Richard Durbin, a Democrat from Illinois, revealed the timetable and was joined by Majority Leader Chuck…
The Big Picture: On Winners and Losers
“Winners and losers, which one will you be today?” — Social Distortion Winners and Losers Video The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — The California punk rock band Social Distortion summed it up in this song by Michael Ness. “We’re all good and evil … there’s cowards and heroes … lovers…
The Big Picture: Who Do You Trust for News?
Letters to Santa: The Number One Wish is to See Trump Behind Bars for Christmas
If Democrats Want to Win in 2022 and 2024, Stop Boring People and Go On the Offensive
It’s A Scary Season in Washington, and We Don’t Just Mean It’s Halloween
Select Committee on Capitol Attack Moves to Hold Trump Adviser Steve Bannon in Criminal Contempt
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol met Tuesday night and voted unanimously to hold Trump brain trust Steve Bannon in criminal contempt for blatantly defying a Congressional subpoena to produce documents and testify about his role in inciting the insurrection and attempted…
An Open Letter to Democrats: How to Avoid Losing in 2022 and 2024
People Paralyzed by Existential Threats: At Least We Can Say We Tried
Sierra Club’s Michael Brune Resigns Amid Accusations of Racism by John Muir – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Buried under the avalanche of disaster news of late — hurricanes, floods, wildfires, earthquakes, the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Covid surge — there are a few important developments in the headlines that most news…
Clickbait: Georgia’s Marjorie Taylor Greene Incites Gun Violence Against Health Workers as She Raises Money in Alabama
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — At the risk of giving Georgia’s nut job Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene more of the kind of press and attention she craves, and her followers more reason to double down and give her money like they do former White House con man Donald Trump, let’s just say Green…
Break Time is Over: Activists and Democrats Must Engage Now on Voting Rights
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. – Those of us who somehow survived the hellscape year of 2020 and the first half of 2021 and came away with a victory in the presidential election, made it through the Capitol insurrection, and beat COVID, deserved a break. We got one after receiving…
Take the Time to Think, Dream and be Happy
“It’s very difficult, in geography as in morality, to understand the world without leaving your own house.” – Voltaire Sunday Reader – A Think Piece – By Glynn Wilson – KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Do you ever just take some time off to simply think? To dream? Experts in psychology say this is critical not only to…
Dark Money Group Targets Mo Brooks in Run for Richard Shelby’s U.S. Senate Seat
By Glynn Wilson – Republican Congressman Mo Brooks of Huntsville, Alabama, was in on inciting the Capitol insurrection Jan. 6 and we’ve already written that he should be investigated for his role in that. Related: The American Public Deserves the Whole Truth: Will All Those Involved in the Capitol Insurrection Be Held Accountable? In the…