Timeline: Trump, Jan 6 Afternoon
Donald Trump's clearest misbehavior came on the afternoon of January 6, 2023, when he watched his followers attack the United States Capitol for nearly three hours before he told them to go home. An infographic ....
Category: US Elections
Make Contempt for Democracy Uncool Again
For as in absolute governments the King is law, so in free countries the law ought to be King; and there ought to be no other. -Thomas Paine, Common Sense Trump is marching towards the ....
On the Brink of National Suicide?
Photo: flag amidst flames, from USA Today. Are you alarmed? You should be. NPR keeps interviewing Republicans debating about the presidential primary. Objections to Trump run along the lines of “he has an obnoxious personality” ....
Another Judgement Against Lies of Team Trump
Another chapter of Team Trump's election lies was in the news with the start of jury deliberations in a defamation trial against Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani. That means Mr. Giuliani sat through the entire case ....
Five Years of Recent History
So much has been going on lately in the news that I created a chart to keep track of all (that is: some) of it. Right before the election seemed like a good time to ....
Virginia Voters Face Clear Climate Choices in Congressional Races
The US is on the cusp of cleaning up our economy in order to avert dangerous levels of climate change, but the hour is late and what our political leaders do now is critical. As ....
Covid Deaths 2x Higher in Red Counties
In November, I showed that Covid deaths were lower in states that had higher vaccination rates, and that vaccination rates go up strongly with percentage of Democratic vote (State Covid Rates Decrease With Vaccination – ....
Dangerous & Crazy at 570 kHz
Did you know that Biden was a corrupt traitor selling out the country for his pedophile son? That's what I heard when I tuned into AM radio yesterday afternoon on the way home from campus. ....
Mommy, Where Do Democracies Come From?
Why Think About the Question? In school we learned about the Growth of Democracy. The ancient Greek city-states invented it, but most societies were too primitive to be governed in this way. It was not ....
Trump’s Next Coup Has Already Begun
The Jan/Feb edition of The Atlantic has a good summary by Barton Gellman of how democracy in the United States is in mortal danger. Since the article is rather long, I summarize it here. [If ....