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...]
Concern trolling at BMG
One of our esteemed editors has rightfully asked that a particular (and familiar) thread in an excellent diary be relocated to its own post. The comment that began that thread is one of several that exemplify concern trolling (emphasis … [Read more...]
Hate speech and hypocrisy
Roseanne Barr Tonight's news feed is abuzz with the abrupt cancellation of the Roseanne Barr show. The cancellation was, of course, the necessary and correct response to her racist Twitter outburst. For me, it immediately leads to the … [Read more...]
We are pod-people, doing nothing while our children are murdered
Today it's a middle school in Indiana. How many more children have to be murdered? Why are our extremist "right to life" groups so silent? No more "thoughts and prayers" from me. No more sympathy for grieving parents who steadfastly … [Read more...]
Google joins the net neutrality war
I was invited to join Google's new "Youtube TV" — just in time for the announced 15-Jun-2018 termination of the current net neutrality regulations. In a post-Democracy Trumpist world, this strikes me as the best way yet to spank Comcast, … [Read more...]
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