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The Coming Year in Justice

The next two years will be a reckoning for the United States. Our justice system has been reinvented with the appointment of credible people that are not part of a criminal cover up but rather are seeking to reveal unlawful activity and punish it. This seems like a radical new position for the Justice Department after watching Bill Barr providing cover for a propaganda driven administration that reinvented a political party. Well, maybe reinvented is...

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Winning is the New Losing

A national census is a nuisance, right? Once every ten years you have to tell the government information about yourself and your family that doesn’t seem like it’s any of their business and is another inconvenience to look forward to, like paying taxes once a year. What a pain! But the census is codified in the United States Constitution, and it’s for very good reason. States have two Senate representatives each, but the number of...

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Fear Is A Political Party

There is nothing left of the Republican Party but fear. They peddle fear as their singular policy agenda, a regressive strategy to oppose any progress for the working people of this country while convincing those same working people that it is in their best interests to live in fear as well. They also live in fear of their fascist leader and his money machine and the working people who rose up and voted him out....

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The Purge of Truth From the GOP

Lindsey Graham has spoken the truth, though I’m quite sure he isn’t aware of how much truth he has told. In an interview with Sean Hannity on Fox News Thursday night, Senator Graham made it clear that without Donald Trump the Republican Party is literally nothing. “I would just say to my Republican colleagues, can we move forward without President Trump? The answer is no. I’ve always liked Liz Cheney, but she’s made a determination Read more…

By Bruce Eaton, ago

3 Reasons To Be Progressive

Why should anyone remain progressive as they get toward the later chapters of their story? I thought about that this week, and I came up with three that seem compelling to me. I’m going to lay out my case here. See how much of it you share, and let me know what you think. REASON 1: The Past The Age of Enlightenment began around 1715 and centered around the idea that the greatest achievements could Read more…

By Bruce Eaton, ago

Have Republicans Gone Too Far?

The Republican Party is kind of like the bully at school. He might have a few friends, but he is definitely in the minority and is completely dependent on threat and actual violence to get his way. The rules are always against him so they have to be bypassed and strong arm tactics employed. The difference is the GOP took over the the student council, and by doing so they got to change the rules. Read more…

By Bruce Eaton, ago

Can Our Democracy Die?

Where civil rights go, so goes our great experiment. Two stories are converging right now that will serve to either recover a democracy on the ropes or send it to the dust bin of history. “The Big Lie” of voter fraud being impactful in the 2020 Presidential election has led 40 state legislatures to introduce laws to restrict voting rights for their people. No evidence has been presented to suggest voter fraud was a legitimate Read more…

By Bruce Eaton, ago

A Very Slim Majority

The celebration is over. Don’t get me wrong. It was well deserved, the defeat of Donald J. Trump an important milestone in the rescue of democracy in the United States. The dream hung in the balance, ready to topple with just a few more votes cast for an autocrat. Just a few carefully placed votes would reveal the vulnerabilities in a system that was designed to thwart them. We were unprepared for not just an Read more…

By Bruce Eaton, ago