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…
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Biden Leads Trump, Set to Take the Presidency
Arizona, Nevada and Pennsylvania Expected to Flip Biden’s Way – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American people are waiting on pins and needles and in many cases with strong drink to find out who won the presidential election of 2020, as most states have reported results that show Joe Biden leading Donald…
Yellowhammer News in Alabama Lies Again, Slams Senator Doug Jones for Votes
By Glynn Wilson – Editor and Publisher – WASHINGTON, D.C. — The biased, right-wing conservative Republican fake news site Yellowhammer, considered the Breitbart News of Alabama, is lying about what’s going on in Washington again, slamming U.S. Senator Doug Jones with two weeks to go before the election simply for standing up for “the people”…
America’s Long National Nightmare May Soon Be Over: Trump Hints of Leaving the Country When He Loses
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — It won’t be so long now. The excruciating wait will be over in a few days. Exacerbated by the stress, anxiety and existential dread of the coronavirus pandemic and economic uncertainty, it will all be over soon one way or another. We should know…
The Pollsters and Pundits Say Joe Biden Holds a Comfortable Lead Over Donald Trump in the Presidential Race: Could They Be Wrong Again?
By Glynn Wilson – Could it be that the national public opinion pundits are at it again, over estimating the support for Democrat Joe Biden and underestimating the stealth support for reelecting President Donald Trump? Before I could grab the results from the latest Morning Consult poll and write a story about it, New York…
An Easter Message: Yes, Virginia, You Can Be a Democrat and a Christian
Alabama’s Jeff Sessions Lights Up Political World With Announcement to Run for Senate
Reportedly He Will Not Have Trump’s Support – By Glynn Wilson – MOBILE, Ala. — Apparently it’s no longer a trial balloon, and Alabama is now back in the national spotlight. Word began to leak out Wednesday on Twitter, then on CNN and other news outlets on television and the web, that President Donald Trump’s…
An Open Letter to U.S. Senator Richard Shelby, Republican of Alabama
Editor’s Note: This is an open letter to U.S. Senator Richard Shelby, the Republican from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, published here as an editorial opinion column. WASHINGTON, D.C. — Dear Senator Shelby: You and I go way back, when I covered your earliest political campaigns for Alabama newspapers and the wire service UPI. You’ve been around awhile…
Another Hospital Will Close in Alabama Thanks to Lack of State Support
Staff Report – Another rural hospital in Alabama will close its doors on March 31 thanks to a lack of state support of federal funding for health care. Georgiana Medical Center in rural Butler County will become the 14th hospital to shut down in the state on March 31, according to an announcement from the…
Congressional Leaders Announce Short-Term Deal to Reopen Federal Government, Averting Disaster
By Glynn Wilson – Congressional leaders reached a tentative agreement to temporarily reopen the federal government on Friday, and President Donald J. Trump caved into Congressional demands and agreed, averting a growing disaster at the nation’s airports and national security threats. The deal would lift the federal shutdown for three weeks and does not include…
U.S. Senate Votes Fail to End Trump Government Shutdown
A Complete Psychological Analysis of Trump’s Popular Support
Science can help us make sense of the president’s seeming political invincibility – Mind In The Machine – Bobby Azarian Ph.D. – Whether we want to or not, we must try to understand the Donald Trump phenomenon, as it has completely swept the nation and also fiercely divided it. What is most baffling about it…
Alabama Governor Blasted on Social Media for Comments on School Walkouts
By Glynn Wilson – Students across the country walked out in a symbolic protest on Wednesday to focus the nation’s attention on gun violence one month after a gunman killed 17 people inside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Students in a number of schools across Alabama participated in the protest. When asked…
Poll: If the election for governor of Alabama were held today, who would you vote for?
Two Weeks to Go: New Poll Shows Roy Moore Regaining Lead in U.S. Senate Campaign
Democrat Doug Jones Has Advantage in Money and Organization – By Glynn Wilson – MOBILE, Ala. — A new survey of likely voters in Alabama’s special senate election seems to indicate that sexual misconduct allegations against Roy Moore revealed by the press in Washington have not driven voters away but in fact energized his conservative…
The Political Divide Originates on the Right
By Ken Levy – Many commentators are suggesting that both right and left are equally to blame for all the polarization between them. They’re wrong. The reason for all the bitterness between left and right is entirely the right’s fault. Right-wingers who suggest otherwise are self-deluded – and usually projecting. Exhibit A: Newt Gingrich. On…
Oops, They Did It Again: Crowd Bowls Over Gaetz in Beery Alley
Freshman Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz Faces Protesters
Republican Defends Bill to Abolish the EPA By Glynn Wilson – MILTON, Fla. — Freshman Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz faced protesters and supporters at his first day of town hall events since the election, defending a bill he put forward with three cosigners in the House to abolish the EPA. The Florida Panhandle Progressives, local…
The Watchdog Press Must Expose the Liar-in-Chief
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – Since television celebrity businessman Donald J. Trump shocked the world and became president of the United States, the news has become so dissonant it’s hard to find a place to enter the conversation with facts that matter. This is especially true since it doesn’t seem to matter…
Trump’s Plan to Neuter the White House Press Corps, and Neuter Our Democracy
By Robert Reich – Tyrants donât allow open questioning, and they hate the free press. They want total control. Thatâs why, according to three senior officials on the transition team, the incoming Trump administration is considering evicting the White House press corps from the press room inside the White House and moving them â and…