With no winnable platform of ideas, Ohio GOP stokes anti-immigrant hatred by claiming voter fraud — If there was one positive trait that could be attributed to fascists, it’s that they are resilient as hell. …

The New York Post and Wall Street Journal are on the record, the spell is now being cast on the Foxified — In case you missed it, Republican Representative Liz Cheney of Wyoming was interviewed on Fox News Sunday with Brett Baier. Ms. Cheney ran through a laundry list of the facts that have been assembled by the January 6th Select Committee of which she is the vice chair. It was a…

Only the “L” is appearing inside Russia and it symbolizes the overthrow of Putin — They first appeared in March, almost immediately after the war in Ukraine began. As if out of the mist of wet, Ukrainian snow, a hundred or so defectors from the Russian army surrendered to the Ukrainians. The Russian soldiers were not going to participate in a war with their Ukrainian…

To begin to understand ‘how did we get a Trump,” historians should start with the DeVos and Van Andel MLM brainchild — Historians will be pondering for years, how did the phenomenon of Donald Trump happen in the United States. Many will look to the end of the actual years of Trump, and at the most extreme elements of his following, and say it was all based on racism. …

Russian reservists will be returning home a lot sooner than anyone could have imagined — Knock-knock. Who’s there? It’s your husband. Don’t be silly, he just left three days ago to defend Russia against the big, bad fascists of Ukraine. As I said, it’s your husband. And with that speed, the men and boys of Russia will be returning back home to the big cities…

The rhetoric with Russia is getting too hot and we need to understand where this could take us — The hotline, allegedly a red phone that connects the White House with the Kremlin, should have a different name. “Hot” is too close to the actual state of mind that the callers probably have. We need to rename it the “love phone.” Imagine you are Putin and recklessly out there…

Is Ukraine (are we) willing to accept it? — As I stared out the window of the train this evening, I tried to imagine myself in Putin’s place. I asked myself, what does he really want? I asked myself, does he really want the end the world with nuclear war? I am going to answer for Vladimir Putin. No…

Battlefield deaths absolve sins as Russia inches toward a cult of death — Corrupt, liberated from empathy, and incapable of understanding the teachings of Jesus, the average clergyman in Russia is little more than a snake oil salesman — or a Kool-Aid peddler. Patriarch Kirill I, doing the bidding of the criminally insane Vladimir Putin, has officially declared that death in war “washes…

Joe Manchin is a surprisingly flexible chameleon — It has been discussed ad nauseam. Joe Manchin is a wealthy man because he was one of the most influential politicians in the most coaled-up state in the United States. Manchin long ago made his mark in the West Virginia coal industry and thanks to his sort of “keiretsu” of…