Even though it’s unconstitutional, Donald Trump is mulling over the possibility of issuing an executive order to eliminate birthright citizenship, effectively overturning the 14th Amendment. It would be negated by a court, but that takes time. In the meantime, countless families would be affected.
We’re being told that the 2018 midterm elections are important for stopping Trump. But why?
Democrats say the key to stopping Trump’s conservative agenda is to vote Democratic in the midterm elections. But Democrats admit they have no plans to impeach Trump. With the Senate certain to remain in Republican hands, there isn’t much Democrats could do if they wanted. So what exactly is the point of voting Democratic?
Voter turnout is low. So people are constantly saying we need to make it easier to vote with same-day voter registration, better access to the polls and so on. Could it be that the real problem is that the two political parties on offer are both so unappealing that people would rather not choose between them?
When the Trump Administration announced that it was considering defining “transgender” out of existence in Title IX of the Education portion of the federal Civil Rights Act, I decided to dig deeper into the practical effect of the proposed change. What was the problem exactly, that the Trumpies wanted to solve? The possibility that male-to-female transgender people could claim gender discrimination? Apparently so. Hard to imagine anyone would seriously think people would change their gender on some sort of lark.
Once again, Trump denies the reality of global warming and climate change. This time it was an interview on “60 Minutes” in which the president claimed that what goes up will come down. Not necessarily.
Figures like Clinton and Obama are attacked by progressives and conservatives alike, but for entirely different reasons.
They equate freedom and democracy with capitalism. But in practice it’s really a form of totalitarianism: a form of government that demands all of your free time.
The Trump Administration is bullying its way into big wins. Pundits warn about the cost to civic society, but why should the Trumpies care about that? They’re getting what they want and that’s what really matters.
Reports that Saudi Arabia murdered a US-based journalist in its consulate in Istanbul led to an obvious conclusion: the US should sever diplomatic ties with the kingdom. But they can’t. The Saudis are too influential. So how is it that we are still considered a superpower?
