Grit of the Matter

Bathed in the soothing waters of the Blue Wave, such that it was, a new US Congress will be baptized on January 3rd. But what portends when “Mad Dog” Mattis, arch racist Jeff Sessions, and deep state spooks are canonized by self-identified liberals and leftists as bulwarks against fascism? When all mainstream “opposition” politics can be reduced to a single issue: Trump. And when the midterm elections ignored deepening impoverishment at home, endless wars abroad, and climate calamity – let alone the tax cut for the super-rich – and instead focused on the “threat” posed by (take your pick) immigrants or the Russians.--RH

I've talked to people who prattle on and on about the evil Trump, with seldom a word of truly enlightened historicity (hint--the U.S. has been bad-ass for a long time) to balance their rhetoric.  These people are usually self-defined liberal Democrats.

I'll tell you the truth, they make me sick, right along with Trump and the entire coterie of his enablers from both sides of the duopoly. 

This is a fine essay that gets to the grit of the matter.


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