Tag Archives: transgender

Democrats make significant gains, as voters indicate an abandonment of Trumpism

By Mark | November 7, 2017

Had former Enron lobbyist Ed Gillespie won Virginia’s gubernatorial race today, you can be certain that prospective Republican candidates everywhere would have taken notice and done their best to follow the same script… recreating themselves, as Gillespie did, in the image of Trump, talking nonsensically about hispanic gangs, confederate monuments, kneeling football players and sanctuary […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Archie Parnell, Christ Hurst, Danica Roem, Donald Trump, Ed Gillespie, ENRON, fear mongering, Georgia, Greg Gianforte, gun control, Jon Ossoff, Kim Guadagno, lobbying, Montana, New Jersey, Phil Murphy, prayer, Ralph Northam, Rob Quist, South Carolina, tax reform, Virginia | 62 Comments

Our word of the day is “leverage”

By Mark | August 28, 2017

A few days ago, I suggested on this site that Donald Trump, by pardoning Joe Arpaio, was signaling that he wouldn’t leave office willingly, like Nixon, but instead intended to fight, even if it meant fracturing the GOP, and perhaps the entire country, beyond repair. By rewarding Arpaio for his blatant contempt for civil rights […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Civil War, Dan Pfeiffer, Donald Trump, identity politics, Illinois, Illinois Nazis, impeachment, Iowa, Joe Arpaio, Jon Favreau, leverage, Mitch McConnell, Nazis, Paul Ryan, Pod Save America, propaganda, racism, Richard Nixon, Russia, sanctions, tax cuts, trade, Wall Street, white nationalism, white supremacist, white victimization | 6 Comments

If you really care about people who are transgender, or just people in general, please stay focused on health care for the next 24 hours

By Mark | July 26, 2017

It's a distraction. They've been holding this up their sleeve for a while. They don't want people talking about Trumpcare. — Mark Maynard (@MarkAMaynard) July 26, 2017 As much as it pains me to look the other way, and not go off on a long, angry rant about the counterproductive, offensive, and very likely illegal […]

Posted in Health, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged distraction, military, Obamacare, protests, skinny repeal, Trumpcare | 20 Comments

Ypsi School Superintendent Benjamin Edmondson, vacation memories and complaints with my daughter Clementine, and all kinds of other awesome stuff …on tomorrow’s Saturday Six Pack

By Mark | July 17, 2015

After a few weeks off the air, The Saturday Six Pack will return tomorrow evening with an all new episode. Our first guest will be the new Superintendent of Ypsilanti Public Schools, Dr. Benjamin Edmondson, with whom we’ll be discussing the current state of K-12 education in Ypsilanti, the initiatives he’s already set in motion, […]