Actions taken by Republican administrations over the last 20 years have consistently undermined schools and defunded education. Republicans give their education proposals and programs clever labels that are the opposite of what they actually do, from the Bush era “No Child Left Behind Act” to the Trump era “Every Student Succeeds Act.” Betsy DeVos, the Read More
We learned today that Trump knew in early February that the coronavirus was deadlier than the flu, that it was airborne, and that it posed a danger to young people. Weeks after making these taped comments, he repeatedly assured the general public that the exact opposite was true. On February 28 at one of his Read More
Trump claimed today that he was the “number one environmental president since Teddy Roosevelt” in a press conference where he signed a proclamation that put a moratorium on drilling off the coast of Florida. This one was a real head spinner. For context, Obama banned drilling off the coast of Florida in 2016 and Trump Read More
Here’s a personal reason I’m choosing to cast my ballot this fall for Biden: actions taken by the Trump administration have placed the future of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in danger. Chilean-owned mining company Antofagasta PLC (under their subsidiary Twin Metals Minnesota) is trying to gain approval from the U.S. government to open sulfide-ore Read More
Conservative television host Laura Ingraham interviewed the President on FOX yesterday, or in other words, the President was on his home turf with a home crowd cheering him on, and he, let’s see, what’s an apt way to finish my sports metaphor…missed a three-foot putt. In an interview that wasn’t much more than a grab Read More
I write with a heavy heart, and I start by condemning last night’s shooting in Portland as equally as I condemn the shootings last week in Kenosha. When Trump was asked today if he would condemn the Kenosha shooter, he failed to do so and said: “We’re looking at all of it. That was an Read More
I’m voting for Joe Biden this fall because he won’t retweet conspiracy theorists and white nationalists. I’m setting a low bar here, but it’s an important one. And I’m not being glib. The President of the United States should not foment hatred or division, should not promote lies and half-truths, and should never promote violence Read More
Sadly, many on the right have decided that the coronavirus crisis is exaggerated at best or a hoax at worst. I understand where this perspective comes from –– it’s hard to comprehend things we haven’t personally seen. And if we don’t know someone who has died or been seriously ill or been in an ICU, Read More
I’m voting for Joe Biden this fall because the Democrats have a platform. I admit that’s a pretty low bar –– just having a platform. But it’s a bar the Republicans didn’t meet this year. Instead, the RNC created a single page of resolutions that reads as part excuse for not doing their homework, part Read More
I’m voting for Joe Biden this fall because Black lives matter, and I believe that Joe Biden will help us be better and do better as a nation as we try to become more just. This morning, I watched the video of a 17-year-old Trump supporter with an assault rifle shoot and kill innocent protesters Read More