Lügenpresse: The Bridge Too Far in Trusting Trump
Scranton, PA. Thousands of people in a hall hear Trump’s call: “The lying media…” and then it begins. The chant rises: “Lügenpresse! Lügenpresse! Lügenpresse!” My 16 year old said: … Continue reading
America, The Delusional
Last night, millions of Americans came at the American political system with a sledgehammer, from the Right and Left. Through their circular firing squad of outrage emerged President Donald J. … Continue reading
FBI Letter Could Taint Bureau’s Clinton Email Server Investigation
Brian Ross Did the FBI fail in its allegedly exhaustive investigation of the Hillary Clinton email server? Apparently. Director James Comey’s “bombshell” leaked memo to Congress that the Federal … Continue reading
Trump & The Death Throes of White Power
Donald Trump is a threat to American democracy. He’s also a symptom. The 10.7M Americans who voted for him in the fractional, factional primaries, are part of the death throes … Continue reading
Talking NATO, Trump Finds Black Lives Don’t Matter
Brian Ross (Appeared originally at The Huffington Post) The “bombshell” headline of the New York Times’ David E. Sanger and Maggie Haberman interview with Donald Trump was supposed to be … Continue reading
Send John Boehner Back to Ohio and Free America from Far Right Tyranny
A miscalculation in Speaker Boehner’s “invulnerable” OH-8 district: The majority of registered voters are independents. If 30 million Americans who want to end gridlock gave $1 to his Democratic … Continue reading
How Does John Boehner Get Re-Elected?
How does the most ineffective (unless you’re a Koch Brother) Speaker of the House cruise to easy re-election? Ask his friend, Gerry. Gerry Mander:
Win the White House… Why? Gridlock is Power to Libertarians
(First published at The Huffington Post) by Brian Ross Conventional wisdom has been that the party who holds the White House holds real power. No longer. Serve up whatever clown … Continue reading
The Water’s Fine in a Single Health Care Insurance Pool
Yet another delay in the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA): Medium-sized businesses, those with 50 to 99 workers, will get another year’s grace period before they must offer … Continue reading