Tag Archives: Republican strategy

A message from the Alt State Department: yesterday’s press conference was not random chaos, but careful strategy.

By Mark | February 17, 2017

[This is absolutely, 100% true. Yesterday’s performance wasn’t intended to demonstrate competence, but to rally the base for the battle ahead. This administration will not be easy to remove from power… Follow the Alt State Department.]

Posted in Marketing, Politics | Also tagged Donald Trump, Florida, strategy | 2 Comments

The North Carolina Coup: This is what happens when voter suppression stops working

By Mark | December 16, 2016

I don’t know how well it’s being covered by the television news, but, at this very moment, there’s a coup underway in North Carolina, as the Republican legislature, which was ostensibly called back to the capitol for a special legislative session to deal with the aftermath of hurricane Matthew, started passing bill after bill intended […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged asshole Republicans, coup, demographics, Donald Trump, gerrymandering, Moral Monday, North Carolina, racism, reconstruction, redistricting, Roy Cooper, standing up to the Republicans, Supreme Court, tea party, the south, threats to Democracy, voter suppression, Voting Rights Act, William Barber | 15 Comments

Obama to the People of Flint: “I think there is a larger issue that we have to acknowledge, because I do think that part of what contributed to this crisis was a broader mindset, a bigger attitude, a corrosive attitude that exists in our politics and exists in too many levels of our government. And it’s a mindset that believes that less government is the highest good no matter what.”

By Mark | May 7, 2016

Sorry I’m just now getting around to it, but, in case you missed it, here’s footage of Obama’s speech to the people of Flint a few days ago, followed by a bit of the transcript. [I don’t have anything to add. It’s just really good stuff on the role of government, and what happens when […]

Posted in Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged anti-government, big government, Emergency Manager, Flint, Flint water crisis, government, lead, lead poisoning, public health, Rick Snyder | 9 Comments

The biggest post-election losers… Or, six old white men that need to be set adrift on ice floes

By Mark | November 14, 2012

Bobby Jindal, the Republican Governor of Louisiana, when asked a few days ago to reflect on the election, said, “We cannot be, we must not be, the party that simply protects the rich so they get to keep their toys.” Sure, he’s probably lying, but I still think it’s safe to say that this comment, […]

Posted in Observations, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Albert Mohler, ALEC, American Crossroads, Americans for Tax Reform, anti-government, Ashley Judd, Bill Kristol, billionaires, Birthers, Bobby Jindal, bribery, Bush tax cuts, casinos, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, Crossroads GPS, CrossroadsGPS, dark money, Dean Heller, Department of Justice, evangelical, fiscal cliff, Frank Wolf, Grover Norquist, immigration reform, Libertarianism, Macau, Megyn Kelly, Miriam Ochsorn, Mitch McConnell, Move to Amend, Nevada, Obama, organized crime, racketeering, revolution, Romney, Romney. obstructionism, Saxby Chambliss, SEC, Securities Exchange Commission, Senate, Shaun Casey, Sheldon Adelson, starve the beast, Super PAC, tax the rich, Taxpayer Protection Pledge, tea party, The Apprentice, The Simpsons | 35 Comments

Glen Ford discusses the origins of the corporate assault on public education, and the role of black political leaders

By Mark | May 23, 2012

A few weeks ago, in post about the complete dismantling of public education as we know it in Philadelphia, I quoted a publication called the Black Agenda Report. The article that I’d excerpted, as you may recall, dealt primarily with the curious silence of black civil rights leaders. Here, for those of you who might […]