China Telecom's Internet Traffic Misdirection A potentially major cyberwarfare story broke yesterday in the midst of the usual din of Trumpist outrage (emphasis mine): China Telecom, the large international communications carrier with … [Read more...]
Election day open thread
The time has come, the day is here. An open thread for the 2018 midterm elections. … [Read more...]
“A Party Defined By Its Lies” — Paul Krugman nails it
In this morning's New York Times, Paul Krugman clearly says what needs to be said — the GOP is "A party defined by its lies. At this point, good people can't be good Republicans." The column is well worth the read, especially as it … [Read more...]
Actual attacks on actual Native Americans
Spirit Lake officials inspecting address rolls Today's New York Times reports a real, immediate, and actual attack on every Native American resident of North Dakota. This is yet another example of the GOP using the non-existent … [Read more...]
Scary time for men
A scary time A call to VOTE. Editors -- a video embed would be marvelous and greatly appreciated! ... I can’t walk to my car late at night while on the phone. I can’t open up my windows when I’m home alone I can’t go to a bar … [Read more...]
Understanding the extremist Evangelical threat
Updated — see below I feel compelled to write this piece because so much of the commentary here at BMG reflects a profound misunderstanding of the theology and resulting worldview of the Trumpist evangelical right wing. I refer … [Read more...]
Why people check out of politics
Today's decision by Susan Collins and Joe Manchin to vote in favor of the Brett Kavanaugh nomination demonstrates why people such as my adult children check out of politics. It is very hard to answer my youngest son, now 25, who argues that … [Read more...]
The Death Eaters attack
Delores Umbridge Rachel Mitchell I just finished watching the shamelessly and needlessly cruel attack on Christine Blasey Ford by the hired assassin of the GOP Collaborators. My immediate reaction was disbelief that these thugs … [Read more...]
More evidence of racism in polling?
I am struck by how badly recent polling missed the mark of this week's primary election in CD-7. I can't help but wonder if we are again seeing systemic bias against minorities in such polling. The outcome of the August 2, 2018 poll of … [Read more...]
What we need to know about the 25th Amendment
Updated to reflect Elizabeth Warren email, see below A timely piece has been published by NPR detailing the specifics of the 25th Amendment. There have already been exchanges here at BMG regarding the 25th Amendment, on at least two … [Read more...]
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