It’s raining on a lot of people. Give them a damn umbrella
When Democrats push back against GOP tax cuts that benefit the wealthy, Republicans always tell us, “It’s not the government’s money; it’s the people’s money” and they’re returning it to its rightful owners. Now that the state of North Carolina has put $5.5 billion...
#Stopthesteal refers to stealing their culture as much as the election
State Senator Bob Steinberg gives us insight into exactly how crazy the right has become. In an interview with WRAL, he told reporter Travis Fain that he believes in a broad, international conspiracy to steal the election from Donald Trump. He can offer no evidence of...
Prone to radicalization
The Electoral College declared Joe Biden the winner of this year’s presidential election. For rational people, it was no surprise. For too many Republicans, it was the continuation of a huge conspiracy to steal the election from the American people. They’ve never...
The new American exceptionalism
The Supreme Court delivered a stinging rebuke to Donald Trump and his lawyers. In a unanimous decision, the court declined to hear the case that Trump thought would overturn the election. It wasn’t just a rejection of Trump; it was a message to the Republican...
The Party of Reagan is dead! Long live the Party of Trump!
The party of Reagan is dead, killed by a would-be authoritarian and his anti-democratic cabal of Republican elected officials. The members of the GOP who oppose Donald Trump’s attempted coup are harassed, threatened, and mocked in clear violation of Reagan’s...
I don’t want to watch
Ever since the election, I’ve been building lawn chairs. Nothing fancy, just gluing and screwing together pieces of wood that I can cut with a circular saw and jigsaw. I knew within a day of the election that Joe Biden won and would be sworn-in on January 20. I also...
The COVID deniers
Watching conservatives in North Carolina go ballistic over COVID-19 restrictions and mask mandates is depressing. Australia, a country of 25 million people, has eradicated the virus by taking it seriously. They locked down, masked up, and tested and traced until they...
Republicans are becoming less democratic. Democrats should become more so.
If the past twenty years of elections has shown us anything, the United States, as a whole, has become a center-left nation. Democrats have won the popular vote in every presidential election but one since 2000 and they won a large majority of Congressional votes in...
Alternative facts lead to an alternative reality
Yesterday, conservative New York Times columnist Ross Douthat wrote a piece trying to explain why so many Republicans have bought into Trump’s conspiracy of a stolen election. In particular, Douthat is surprised by people who seem otherwise rational and who he would...
Lessons learned and lessons confirmed
I have worked on Congressional campaigns every election cycle since 1998. This year, I was part of the Pat Timmons-Goodson for Congress campaign, a race that ended up one of the top contests in the nation. Between my first Congressional race and this year, a lot has...
