Author: Mike

Sometimes I feel like the Stephen King or Chicken Little of political blogs.  That said, I believe there are a number of possible horror stories potentially happening that will have grave consequences, and, in some respects, I do believe the sky is falling! Given that prelude, think about the following scenario and if it doesn’t… Continue reading March 12, 2024

Most people have forgotten the name, Jack Teixeira. Teixeira is the Massachusetts Air National Guardsman who was charged with leaking highly classified military documents online. He is currently serving 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to six counts of “willful retention and transmission of national defense information under the Espionage Act”. His name is… Continue reading March 11, 2025

Now, more than ever, I sometimes need a day or two to detox from writing about the news and what is going on in America and the world. I lived through the Cold War and the Cuban missile crisis. I lived through the Vietnam protest era. I lived through all the Civil Rights protests, marches,… Continue reading March 10, 2025

Make America Great Again!!  Well, let’s see. Prices are rising and will continue to do so as more tariffs kick in. The stock market is tanking because Wall Street hates uncertainty and chaos, which is what we have now. The jobless rate is increasing because of the slash and burn tactics being employed by Musk… Continue reading March 7, 2025

Luigi Mangione became something of a folk hero when he shot and killed Brian Thompson, CEO of United Healthcare last year. United Healthcare is one of the country’s largest health insurance providers in America. They have been under increased criticism due to accusations of delaying and denying treatment to those they insure under Medicare Advantage… Continue reading March 6, 2025

My apologies to anyone of the few people who might have read yesterday’s initial post. It was a repeat of the previous day until I corrected it. Of course, if I were Donald Trump, I would simply claim that I did not make a mistake, and the two columns were completely different. That is exactly… Continue reading March 5, 2025

As the Trump conflagration continues to broaden and swallow up American democracy and institutions that most of us have known our entire lives, it is still amazing to me where most of the Democrats have disappeared to. One would think, given that every single day brings a new outrageous attack on the U.S. Constitution, more… Continue reading March 4, 2025

Watching Trump in America today is like watching a spoiled, poorly disciplined child playing with matches and cans of lighter fluid in a forest of tinder dry trees. The matches are supplied by the likes of Musk and all of Trump’s sycophants and the lighter fluid is supplied by Putin, Orban and their ilk. There… Continue reading March 3, 2025

I have never been so embarrassed to call myself an American as I am now after the, what can be called nothing less than a shit show, at the White House yesterday during the meeting between President Trump, Vice President Vance, and President Zelensky of Ukraine. It was, however, not a meeting. It was a… Continue reading March 1, 2025

There have been stories in the news recently about town hall meetings conducted by various Republicans which have been met with much vocal backlash against the policies being implemented by the Trump/Musk regime. The apparent solution to this ‘problem’ was for the Republican Party to suggest their members stop having town hall meetings and/or seed… Continue reading February 28, 2025