Contemporary fascism is usually described with words, but numbers will also work. Trump’s proposed budget is remarkable for quantifying cruelty, shifting the tax burden from the rich to everyone else and offering hopes and prayers rather than food and shelter for the neediest among us. Of the $1.6T total budget fully $1.2B goes to the […]
Posting on social media sites may make you feel better. These are dark times for American democracy so it is best not internalize all of the rage, anger, hurt, embarrassment and shame. Trump’s virulent attacks on the venerable U.S. Constitution and the rule of law gravely weakens our Republic. It is cathartic to mock and […]
The number of mass shootings has diminished since Trump took office because the vanguards of racist violence are thrilled with him. It is not mere chance that right wing murderers are cultivated in online fascist hothouses. They seek the approval of their peers for their heinous acts, where they rightly expect to be praised for […]
