by Mark M. Bello During closing arguments in the recent Texas murder trial of Karmelo Anthony, the prosecutor asked jurors a question: “What kind of community do you want to live in? A simple but profound question, no? And a question worth asking beyond the walls of that courtroom. Anthony, a black teenager, was convicted […]
Josh Hokit grabbed a microphone at the UFC event staged on the grounds of the White House and shouted, “Michelle Obama is a man.” Editor’s Note: The following article is reprinted, with the author’s permission, from his Facebook post June 14. It is the best commentary I’ve seen about the travesty of the UFC goon insulting […]
by Bob Gatty 25,000 missing voter records? Investigative journalist Alison Greene says a Florida public records request revealed something she couldn’t explain: There were supposed to be approximately 250,000 registered voters in one county. But she says officials could only provide records for about 225,000. That’s 25,000 missing voter records — exactly one out of […]
Political Hypocrisy on Display in Maine by Mark M. Bello I have spent years listening to Democrats criticize Republicans for abandoning principle in the name of power. They weren’t wrong. Donald Trump is the best case in point in American history. For nearly a decade, Republicans have excused behavior from Trump that would have disqualified […]
Internal Documents Name Multiple Alternatives By Mark M. Bello WASHINGTON, D.C. — After a federal judge ordered President Donald Trump’s name removed from the Kennedy Center, White House officials announced the creation of a new commission charged with identifying federal properties “more consistent with the Trump brand.” The commission, packed with Trump loyalists, is formally […]
The “So-Called Settlement” May Be Even Worse by Mark M. Bello Donald Trump’s lawsuit against the IRS was always political malarkey. But the deeper Americans look into what happened afterward, the more troubling the story becomes. Donald Trump is not at all shy about telling the American taxpayer that he intends to rip them off. […]
There’s Only One Nation the World Believes Shouldn’t Exist by Mark M. Bello Politically, I am a Bill Clinton/Joe Biden/Al Gore Democrat—I do not support the ideological fringes of either party. I detest Donald Trump and most of what MAGA stands for. I oppose extreme right-wing ideology, particularly the anti-Semitism and bigotry of White Nationalists. […]
by Bob Gatty What really happened in the Jeffrey Epstein case — and why are so many questions still unanswered? This Thursday on the Lean to the Left podcast, investigative journalist Nick Bryant joins me for a powerful and disturbing conversation about: Epstein’s “Black Book” and flight logs Alleged institutional coverups Why victims still say […]
Time for Democrats to get off their fainting couch, says South Carolina podcaster Grace Cowan. The U.S. Supreme Court, with its right-wing majority, on April 29 gutted the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Now GOP-controlled state legislatures are gleefully doing Trump’s bidding, re-gerrymandering their election maps to steal the upcoming Congressional elections and preserve their political […]
