We all know that wearing masks became a partisan divide during the pandemic, with right-wingers refusing to wear masks, and QAnon folks swearing that the masks were part of a conspiracy. The more fiercely Trumpian a county, the less likely you would see masks in general use. And now, Kentuckians
It was only a matter of time. When it became obvious that the country was finally starting to face up to its racist past, it was only a matter of time before white, right-wing, elected officials — in other words, Republicans — decided that Something Has To Be Done To Stop This
How's your local party doing? Here's a checklist to see, and perhaps improve as well.
This is a guest post by Teri Kanefield, a lawyer and political analyst. It is cross-posted from her web site [https://terikanefield.com/drifting-toward-totalitarianism/] with her permission. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This week I want to talk about totalitarianism—which is something we don’t talk about enough. There is an aspect to
It’s true – there is actually a holiday called “Confederate Memorial Day.” It was started after the end of the Civil War by an organization in Georgia to “memorialize the Confederate war dead.” You can read more about it at this article [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_Memorial_Day]
As state legislators consider hundreds of bills [https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/state-voting-bills-tracker-2021] on election policies this spring, false claims of voter fraud are being repeated [https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/27/us/republican-voter-suppression.html] as justification for proposals to claw back recent advances that have made voting
Let’s scream from the rooftops — Not one Republican in the Senate voted for the American Rescue Plan. Not one Republican voted to help families in dire need. Not one Republican voted to help bring an end to this pandemic. Not one Republican voted to help open schools safely. Not
After the 2019 and 2020 elections, Republicans are dominant in state politics. They now control 75 of the 100 seats in the state House, 30 of the 38 of the seats in the State Senate, and all but 1 (governor) of the 6 elected statewide offices. This is an article
At this point, there are no words strong enough. Donald Trump attempted to overturn the election, and overthrow our democracy. His guilt is clear. And he is an ongoing threat to our democracy. And yet … and yet … forty-three Republican senators, led by our own Mitch McConnell and egged on by
The QAnon claim that Jan. 20 would be Joe Biden’s day of doom isn’t without historical precedent. Evangelist William Miller warned his followers that the world would end on Oct. 22, 1844. Jesus would reappear, escort true believers to Heaven, and leave the unsaved to the tender mercies
Let me say it again, without the space limitations of a headline: * The Republican Party does NOT want you to vote, because they know that if more people vote, more Republicans lose. * But, they are perfectly fine with making it as easy as possible for you to catch the coronavirus,
Steve Greenberg imagines a conversation between Marjorie Taylor Greene and the “Camp Auschwitz” guy. [https://www.forwardky.com/content/images/wordpress/2021/02/Jewish-Lasers-CL.jpg]Editorial cartoon by Steve Greenberg – © 2021 – All rights reserved
Read these statements: * There was massive fraud in the recent election. * The election was stolen from Donald Trump. * Voting machines from Dominion switched votes to Biden so he would win, just like that company did for Hugo Chavez. * Donald Trump is still actually president, and will be inaugurated on March
Over the next couple months, the 2021 Kentucky General Assembly will decide whether to enact House Bill 149, a private school voucher program that between now and 2040 would take $8.6 billion away from public schools and other critical investments and hand over control of those resources to unaccountable
Imagine this conversation: “Well, it was a tough and dangerous surgery, but we were able to remove the tumor.” “That’s great news!” “Yes, but there’s a problem. The cancer has metastasized.” “Oh no. What do we do now?” “It means that, even though we got rid of the
There’s a shaking-out happening across the country. It’s too soon to tell how it will turn out … but the Republican Party, and conservatives in general, are choosing sides. Usually, of course, it’s the Democrats who are fractured and splintered, and usually across various degrees of policy. The
