Article History
About "Election Integrity"
Via: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 2 Comments • 1 Like • 5 years ago
“The anti-anti-coup Trumpers have a new talking point. Don't let them get away with it.”
Give them credit: Our NT fascists are tireless. They can lie 24/7! "Nothing important happened!" ... "It's just like BLM!" Bullshit! Our NT fascists, and everyone else who continues to support traitors, are traitors themselves.
Paris approves plan to turn Champs-Elysees into 'extraordinary garden'
By: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 9 Comments • 1 Like • 5 years ago
“Mayor Anne Hidalgo gives green light to £225m-scheme to transform French capital's most famous avenue”
I don't like Paris. It's big and dirty. Parisians are often snobs. Nor les Champs-Elysées. Beautiful, but taken over by cars. It's good that Paris is going to change that!
The Trump Mob's Nooses, Gallows, Crosses, and Costumes Are Deadly Fascist Symbols
Via: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 9 Comments • 4 Likes • 5 years ago
“Trumpist insurrectionists deployed viral symbols in their dangerous mobs and riots, from Spokane to Topeka to the National Mall”
We're fools. They've been telling us for years that they are opposed to democracy. We haven't listened. They have lied over and over... but we continue to hope they'll someday be honest.
Wake Up, America. This Is Who We Are
Via: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 3 Comments • 2 Likes • 5 years ago
“For most of U.S. history, a white minority has refused to share power with people of color — democracy be damned.”
We like to see ourselves in a good light. Too often, that means covering up the ugly bits. But the ugly bits are perhaps the more important for charting our course.
Profiles in Courage and Cowardice
Via: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 9 Comments • 2 Likes • 5 years ago
“Mitt Romney and Mike Lee are both Republicans, Utahns, and LDS. But Romney has shown moral clarity that Lee lacks.”
Same state. Same religion - supposedly important for both. Very different behavior.
Trump's Capitol Offense
Via: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 3 Comments • 5 years ago
“The presidency melts down, as Trump becomes too vile even for Twitter”
Dowd is an astute political observer... ... whose Dad was the top cop on Capitol Hill. Wednesday's assault on Congress was particularly personal for her.
Renee Montgomery: The basketball star partially responsible for Raphael Warnock's Senate success
Via: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 4 Comments • 1 Like • 5 years ago
“In basketball, nothing is more important than the championship series. But for Renee Montgomery, some things are bigger than basketball.”
Let's take a short break from hard-core politics... Let's do some SPORTS! YAY! Black Lives Matter
Trump and Republicans own the Capitol mob
Via: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 10 Comments • 1 Like • 5 years ago
“The Capitol Hill mob was the logical culmination of years of mainstream Republican politics”
When partisans for a failed candidate try to overthrow the electors' decision, it's time to examine of the state of our nation. This is a lucid examination of both our parties... but... Our parties are not symmetrical. One is democratic. The other is totalitarian.
