Winners include crackpot, techno-fascist and seditionist I often refer to Arizona as “Aryanzona“ or West Florida. And liberal talk show host Stephanie Miller says of Arizona, “it’s a dry hate.” The recent crop of wingnut candidates out of Arizona only makes me double down on those statements. I don’t know…

New damning information spurs demand for indictments — As someone who is ensconced in political news, I approached watching the Jan. 6 hearing, thinking, “What more can it tell us?” I also doubted the hearings would move the needle. Well, I was wrong on both counts. Thursday’s hearings, aired live on all the networks except for FOX News…

Right-wingers act like former president is above the law — I wasn’t totally surprised when I learned former President Donald Trump’s Florida home was raided by FBI agents executing a search warrant on Monday. After half a century of lawbreaking, Trump might be at the point where he will face accountability. Trump’s decades of criminality gave him a master class…

European neofascist dictator is the white right’s idol — It’s pretty obvious that white nationalism is a core part of the GOP’s message these days. Race is just one of many wedge issues, along with abortion, Republicans use to convince working-class Americans to vote against their interests. As I’ve stated before, the GOP’s core principle of tax cuts, supply-side…

Arizona House speaker only realized danger of Trump cult when it burned him — Filmmaker Michael Moore once wrote that he hoped Republicans were afflicted with serious diseases. He used this example because former first lady Nancy Reagan only started caring about Alzheimer’s research after her husband President Ronald Reagan was afflicted with the disease. Like Nancy Reagan, many Republicans only care about an…

Euro 2022 was all-round success — The best team won. That’s what happened on Sunday when the England women’s soccer (football) team beat Germany 2–1 in the final of the 2022 European Championship. Unfortunately, often in soccer, that can’t always be said. Soccer is such a complex game that frequently the team that plays the most…

Kremlin state media delights in American chaos — I can’t believe there are people who actually want former President Donald Trump, easily the worst commander-in-chief in living history, to return to the White House. Yes, they are some people who look fondly on the Trump’s administration, which was marked by almost 1,000,000 Americans dying of the coronavirus, massive…

2020 election loss was caused by political conditions, not fraud — Gaslighting has been a central part of Donald Trump’s presidency. Gaslighting is the practice of trying to convince someone to believe your lies. It’s a tactic often used by domestic abusers. I must admit that I was unfamiliar with the term until Trump’s reign of error. But I familiarized myself…

Conspiracy theorists trying to rehabilitate her image — I just got through listening to an interview with Ashley Babbitt’s mom, Micki Withoeft, who recently appeared on Rudy Giuliani’s podcast, “Uncovering the Truth.” And it seems stupidity and a penchant for conspiracy theories runs in the family. I’ve already written about Babbitt’s husband, Aaron, who also tried to reinvent…