By Mark | November 12, 2019
I’d like to think that there’s still a place for non-veteran Democrats to serve in the age of Trump, but this ad for Elaine Luria, who is running for reelection in Virginia’s second congressional district, really demonstrates just how powerful of an argument candidates can make when they’re coming from a place of deep national […]
By Mark | September 23, 2019
I know this makes three posts in a row, which is unprecedented for me, but I’m not ready to move on from Trump’s admission yesterday that he sought to coerce the President of Ukraine into lending credibility to a roundly debunked right wing conspiracy theory involving former Vice President Joe Biden. This, assuming we can […]
Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged collusion, Debbie Dingell, Department of Justice, Donald Trump, extortion, foreign aid, House Intelligence Committee, impeachment, Mick Mulvaney, Nancy Pelosi, national security, rule of law, Ukraine, whistle blower, William Barr |
By Mark | November 6, 2018
9:00 AM I’m home with a sick kid, so thing may not go as planned, but I’m hoping to vote soon, and then head back home to do some remote phone banking through Swing Left for Amy McGrath, the Democratic candidate for Kentucky’s 6th district, which covers Frankfort, where I lived as a baby, Georgetown, […]
Posted in Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged ACA, Adam Schiff, Amy McGrath, Andy LaBarre, Arlo, Atlanta, Bill Schuette, Black Panther Party, bowling, Brian Kemp, Clementine, Congress, Dave Trott, Debbie Stabenow, Devin Nunes, Donald Trump, Election Day, election interference, election reform, election results, elections, fake news, Georgia, get out the vote, Gretchen Driskell, Haley Stevens, health care, House Intelligence Committee, Jeff Irwin, Kansas, Kentucky, Kris Kobach, Landline, Lena Epstein, Michigan's 11th congressional district, Michigan's 7th Congressional District, Michigan's 8th Congressional District, midterm elections, Mike Bishop, Pennsylvania, Peter Larson, phone banking, Piss Alley Rollers, Pita Pita, play structure, Pod Save America, political violence, racism, Riverside Park, Rust Belt, Sidetrack, Snellville, Stacey Abrams, Swing Left, Ted Cruz, Tim Walberg, voter fraud, voter suppression, voting, Wisconsin |
By Mark | August 16, 2018
If we weren’t in crisis as a nation, I’d be mourning the passing of Aretha Franklin by listening to her albums, and trying to put into words what her music has meant to me. As the nation is in crisis, though, I’m just listening to every song of hers that I can find, while reading […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2018, Aretha Franklin, Dave Trott, Donald Trump, Gretchen Driskell, Haley Stevens, Lena Epstein, Michigan's 11th congressional district, Michigan's 7th Congressional District, Michigan's 8th Congressional District, Mike Bishop, Tim Walberg |