By Daniel Trotta July 4 (Reuters) – DeShanna Neal’s 7-year-old son stopped standing for the Pledge of Allegiance to the U.S. flag in school, questioning whether the United States of America really stood for, as the pledge says, “liberty and justice for all.” “He said, ‘I will only stand when Black lives matter,’” said Delaware native Neal, 40, a Black, queer mother of two transgender girls and a son she describes as gender non-conforming. Neal is…
Analysis-Beyond Trump, Trumpism is the winner in midterm primaries
By Alexandra Ulmer ATLANTA (Reuters) -The crushing defeat of David Perdue in Tuesday’s Republican gubernatorial primary in Georgia likely delighted Donald Trump’s adversaries, who have been keeping scorecards to measure the performance of election candidates backed by the former president. Trump has weighed in on November’s midterm elections like no former president, announcing more than 190 endorsements and holding rallies with his proteges. The success of his endorsees is seen as a key sign of…
Poll: Sen. Mike Lee Takes Commanding Lead Over GOP Primary Opponents
By Jeffrey Rodack | Tuesday, 17 August 2021 Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, holds a 42-point lead over his closest Republican primary opponents, a new poll conducted by OH Predictive Insights reveals. Forty-five percent of Utah’s Republican primary voters backed Lee, according to the poll commissioned by the September Group. Here are how the rest of the poll results break down: 3% say they support former state Rep. Becky Edwards. 3% say they back Brendan Wright, an area planning manager for The…
Healing America’s political divide starts with civics
Many U.S. adults don’t understand the basics of our government. By Jonathan Johnson III, Contributor Apr 20, 2021, 10:00am MDT Imagine you are at a football game where you suddenly discover that nearly 50% of the partisan, screaming fans don’t know the rules of the game. They don’t know a touchback from a touchdown. To make matters worse, their ignorance is only exceeded by their fanatical, potentially violent support for their team. Further imagine (and this takes…
Facebook Suspension
I was informed tonight, that I have now joined the prestigious community of Facebook users “suspended” from posting or commenting on my Facebook page. Why you may ask? See the two notifications below and let me share the ridiculous story. First, this morning these enemies of free speech and frankly, just mental midgets, blocked a post because it went against Community Standards on misinformation about COVID-19 (see below) What was the post and misinformation? It…
No, the Cruz and Cuomo stories are not the same
Just a reminder dear friends: Ted Cruz did something that was clueless, callous and selfish beyond words. No excuses. He will never be re-elected to the US Senate or elected president.Gov. Cuomo lied, obfuscated, threatened opponents and hid facts — people died. He will continue to be protected by most major news outlets and CNN as he runs mafia operation in New York. Last night ABC World News Night devoted roughly four times more coverage…
Making It Easier to Vote Is Good for Republicans, Too
Democrats are pushing an important set of voting reforms, from expanding dropboxes to helping ex-felons vote. They’re convinced it will help them at the polls. That’s hardly certain. by Bill Scher February 8, 2021POLITICSBallot Dropbox, Baltimore County, Md. When Democrats and progressives talk about voter rights, usually they speak in moral terms of democracy and justice. But sometimes, the quiet part is said out loud. The Intercept’s Ryan Grim, in his “Bad News” newsletter, recently wrote: “Partly…