It’s now been a few days since a white nationalist gunman took the lives of 22 people in El Paso and there are any number of things that we could discuss. I’m inclined to focus on Mitch McConnell’s continued refusal to bring House Resolution 8 to a vote in the Senate, but I really don’t […]
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As some Republicans begin to stand up against Trump and McConnell on white nationalism and gun control, the fight shifts to Walmart and the corporations underwriting Trumpism
Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Amy McGrath, Andrew Ross Sorkin, assault rifles, assault weapons, Ben Sasse, domestic terrorism, Doug McMillon, fascism, Georgetown, gun control, gun laws, H.R. 8, Joaquin Castro, John McCollister, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, mass shootings, Michael R. Turner, Mitch McConnell, Mitt Romney, Nebraska, Nebraska Republican Party, NRA, Ohio, open carry, Parkland, Poway, racism, San Antonio, Tucker Carlson, universal background checks, Walmart, white nationalism, white supremacy 69 Comments
Is the charter school industry paying off Michigan politicians to avoid oversight?
There’s a coordinated attempt afoot to dismantle America’s system of public education, and Michigan Republicans, for the past several years, have been at the forefront, passing laws to weaken our traditional, neighborhood public schools, while, at the same time, clearing the way for unaccountable for-profit charter schools to move in. While I don’t hold out […]
Posted in Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged ALEC, Arne Duncan, Bill Moyers, Casandra Ulbrich, charter schools, corporate money, Detroit Public Schools, Diane Ravitch, Dick and Betsy DeVos Foundation, Dick DeVos, dismantling of public education, education reform, Florida, for-profit charter schools, GLEP, Great Lakes Education Project, hedge funds, John Engler, Michigan Board of Education, Michigan Campaign Finance Network, Netflix, no child left behind, oversight, privatization, public education, Reed Hastings, schools of choice, teachers union, threats to Democracy 58 Comments
Could this impending battle over the Supreme Court tear our nation apart?
I was thinking today about the little events that influence global politics, and all of our lives. Had Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s car not taken a wrong turn at the junction of Appel quay and Franzjosefstrasse in Serbia on that day in 1914, passing in front of a loitering 19-year-old Gavrila Principe, who just happened to […]
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged affirmative action, another famous person has died, Antonin Scalia, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Benjamin Studebaker, Bush v. Gore, Chuck Grassley, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, civil rights, Civil War, Elena Kagan, Gavrila Principe, get the money out of Washington, Judd Gregg, Lamar Alexander, Lindsey Graham, Mitch McConnell, Obama, Olympia Snowe, Presidential politics, racism, recess appointments, Richard Lugar, Senate, separation of church and state, Supreme Court, Susan Collins, Ted Cruz, Voting Rights Act 64 Comments