Conservative extremists have overtaken our political system, from local school boards to Congress. Their influence is increasingly being felt with: the banning of books, restrictions on curriculum, zero tolerance abortion laws, calls of violence against federal law enforcement, the…
A new week brings more of the same ‘dilemmas’ we’ve been facing: extreme weather, increasing inflation, rising global tensions, extreme politicians, tightening economy, rising poverty, food insecurity, drought and downright cruel vitriol spewing from those who worship Trump, the…
At this time, our country is wracked with hate. We have a small, vitriolic vocal group of people who want everyone to believe as they do. They’ve been successful in getting schools to pull book titles that show readers…
People surveyed, along with conservative politicians, are blaming the Biden administration for inflation. Yet, new studies show a direct correlation between climate change and the severity of inflation, and these same people either (still) don’t believe in climate change…
As the Ukrainian war enters its sixth month, new reports are surfacing when US officials first learned about Russia’s invasion plans and how it proved to be an uphill battle to convince Ukraine officials that war was coming; For…
World leaders are nervously watching the unraveling relationship between the US and Russia, as well as with China. Worries are mounting over the threat of a nuclear war, with a new study that shows exactly the global ramifications. One…
At the beginning of a week seeing some of the strongest ‘political heat’ being directed at the FBI over the removal of classified information Trump stored at his Mar-a-Lago home, attention should be riveted to another kind of ‘heat’…
Traditionalists in Washington are increasingly learning how to respond to Trump and his allies’ abrasive, and misleading, outspokenness. It’s understood that silence is perceived as much as an admission of guilt as taking the fifth during a deposition. So,…
Indications that the GOP was turning more towards authoritarianism and away from democracy used to be but whispers in the halls of Congress. No more. House Republicans voted in unison against a probe that would have been a no-brainer…
If ever there was a partisan response to anything, it’s been to the revelation that the FBI (finally) subjected Trump to a property search and seizure. The news stunning conservatives, and delighting everyone else, has GOP politicians now promising…
The FBI’s raid on Trump’s Mar-a-Lago surprised everyone and signals that the federal government is coalescing its case against the former president, but what were they looking for; Finally, a bipartisan bill that brought out the ‘warm and fuzzy’…
The problem with taking an extremist view on any issue is that when trying to justify said view you can’t help but say something stupid. Case in point: Indiana just passed a near-total abortion ban and one GOP lawmaker…
Zero tolerance is a common flaw that on the surface seems like a great idea to enforce order and safety, but in reality, if the inevitable nuances aren’t taken into consideration, it devolves good-intentioned ideas into weapons of death…
If Republicans thought their archaic and restrictive view of abortion would be a shoo-in for turning more voters to their side, boy, were they wrong! Kansas, one of the most historically conservative states, sent a loud and clear message…
For some reason, GOP politicians feel that their narrow and restrictive interpretation of the issues and the concept of freedom of choice in our democracy, gives them a mandate to impose on the whole nation their archaic religious views….
Free speech. Democracy. 2020 election deniers. Republicans. Those four words sum up the gist of our politics today — and the future of our country tomorrow. The Pope just finished an apology tour to Canada’s indigeous peoples. In the…
A Republican congressman, who happens to be a medical doctor, replied in an interview that we’re all just going to have to regard COVID as we do the flu. Something we’ll have to be vaccinated against on a yearly…
You’d have to be living in an underground bunker to not know how much the economy is tightening. It’s straining everyone’s budgets and economists say any upcoming recession will likely impact one demographic who always escaped prior recessions with…
We don’t need news reporters to tell us that the relationship between some GOP politicians and extremist groups has turned to in-your-face campaigning. Their deplorable ads show it all. What’s extremely sad is that most people aren’t batting an…
Horror stories of ordinary women suddenly faced with extraordinary decisions on what to do about fetuses found to be so fatally flawed that continuing pregnancy means death for either mother or child or both are emerging and highlighting the…
Each of the Jan. 6 committee members have revealed they’re receiving threats from Republican/conservative extremists. Probably none more so than Liz Cheney. Anyone visiting her home state of Wyoming can see how her (former) constituents have turned against her….
Regular readers of The Daily Habit know that every morning we provide a micro summary of overnight headlines. Today is different. One headline caught our attention, and in light of what was revealed at Thursday’s (July 21, 2022) primetime…
Today’s Jan. 6 committee hearings will show Trump’s greatest failure, and perhaps crime; House Dems proposing undocumented immigrants be put on a ‘rolling registry’; We all knew when the Trump admin pushed for the citizenship question to be on…
‘Tipping point’ is a buzzword gaining momentum these days. We constantly hear: climate change is at a tipping point; inflation is at a tipping point; the Russian invasion is at a tipping point, etc. And now, we learn of…
It may be hurricane season but the ‘perfect storm’ that’s on the horizon has less to do with weather and more how each of us ‘weathers’ shrinking finances; Former friends and followers of Trump warn that any indictment of…
