Where the Delusional Cult Goes From Here, And How We All Depend on Truths We Can Source
If the Trump Cult fails according to the template we can expect a transition of power—Biden will be President on January 20th and the insanity will have “lost,” for now. It’s not going to be that simple because in this case the cult is no small faction or isolate. It is now a major political…
Disbelief as Asset and Vulnerability, Knowledge as Trust and Accountability
Rajanaka taught me to follow the evidence, be prepared to change my mind (not that anyone likes to do that), and look with askance upon certainty. Certainty is, after all, more dangerous than ignorance. Misinformation helps form the shadow of doubt when we are eager (for any number of reasons) or have reason to be…
Politics at the Altar of White Nationalism
The former Republican Party has made explicit that it’s path to white nationalism is now complete. Strangely enough, the coup won’t be Trump maintaining power over a duly elected President Biden. It will be that the only major political opposition to those who seek governance based on sane institutions and values of democracy has forsaken…
America’s Fraud
I think it’s time to get honest about what is most likely going to unfold as a “nation.” As whole-heartedly as I endorse and deeply admire President-Elect Biden’s efforts to unite and reconcile and compromise, I think there is almost no chance that anything meaningful will be accomplished in Congress. We will have an executive…
Biden’s Steady Ship and Trump’s Incitements to Violence
We know we can expect even worse from Trump and his minions for weeks to come. We know that his media enablers, particularly Fox, Breitbart, Rush, InfoWars, and the rest, will do their part to further the lies and disinformation. They form a threat to the republic in ways our 18th century founding documents did…