How witch hunts always end
The factor that made the Salem witch trials end is at work again in Florida. Ivonne Rovira explains.
Saying the quiet part out loud — Sedition Edition
Sometimes they inadvertently give away the lie by saying the quiet part out loud.
A Republican lexicon
Many people are confused by the Right’s vocabulary. They use the same words we do, but in ways that make no sense. How can that be? Because, like Humpty Dumpty in Alice in Wonderland, words mean whatever they want them to.
A brief history of ‘America First’ – then, and now
Trump and his minions keep using the phrase “America First.” Do they know where it came from? Do YOU? Ivonne Rovira shows that the movement hasn’t really changed.
An update from Plaintiff Rovira
These anti-CRT bills violate my religious freedom. So, I’m suing.
My 2021 Anti-Predictions: How did I do?
A year ago, Ivonne Rovira made a series of anti-predictions about 2021. How did she do? Read on to find out.
Are donors losing control of their GOP?
You know things are getting interesting when Trump can overrule the uber-wealthy donors of the GOP. Are the donors losing control of their puppets?
All about race
Aren’t you tired of hearing folks who say, “You make everything all about race”? Me, too! But you know what I’m even more tired of? People who make everything all about race. I am, of course, talking about White people.
2013 Republican Redux in 2021
What you’re seeing in Republican circles these days is a return to the strategies embodied in the 2013 Republican autopsy report: Fear. And redefining who is "White."
The Unbearable Whiteness of Being
Nothing makes a non-progressive White person bristle more than being told that they have White privilege. So perhaps a change of term might be in order. What about calling it the “Whiteness of being”?
The actuarial tables will take care of hyper-partisanship
Ruy Texeira and John Judis wrote a book in 2002 saying changing demographics and changing ideology among younger generations would create “the Emerging Democratic Majority.” But rampant stupidity may make it happen even sooner.
Dear people on the Left: Stop begging. Try this instead.
Dear lefties — Want to know how to deal with the MAGA anti-vax crowd? Just remember how you deal with a toddler. Ivonne Rovira has the directions.
Repubs making bets
Confused by what’s going on with Repubs these days? Let me explain: what you see right now in the Republican Party is two camps making bets. The larger collective is betting that in a year’s time Donald Trump will still have just as many voters as he had
Crafty Joe
Everywhere you go, the corporate media are telling you that President Biden made a grave error in tying passage of the bipartisan infrastructure bill to the reconciliation package. (You can see it in The Washington Post [https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/06/25/gop-spending-biden-infrastructure/] , The New York Times [https:
Texas yells the quiet parts out loud
Texas really is great about one thing: They yell the quiet parts out loud, making it much harder for the genteel insurrectionists to try to explain it all away. It’s kind of the way that former president but current crybaby Donald Trump says out loud that corporate donations are
