While there are some good news each week in the continuing struggle between fans of democracy and Maga (here), I believe we are still heading toward authoritarianism. Perhaps I am being pessimistic, but if indeed we are heading there, we are doing so quickly and we should understand how to resist this trend now instead […]

There can be a lot of angst among the opposition party about how to treat those who voted for Trump and are now seeing the light as he goes about smashing things. Essentially, do we still “go high”? Or do we welcome those people into the resistance in the hopes that eventually we will have […]

The People’s Union is spearheading a effort to let corporate America know that a large portion of the population is not happy with the way they are bending the knee to the Trump administration while exploiting those of us who aren’t in the 1%. They are proposing a 24 hour Economic Blackout on February 28th […]

There is a lot of bad news right now and it is hard to keep from sinking into the morass and mentally suffering from it. One way that can help is to simply do something that helps others. Even small gestures can give you a sense that all is not lost and that you are […]

Well, as expected private companies are starting to obey the tyrant in advance. Alison Gill of The Daily Beans and Mueller She Wrote posted a list of these companies which I have summarized below. As she said, we should name these companies and try to shame them for giving up on a whole sector of […]

In the old (good) scientific skepticism movement it was called the Gish Gallop. Others just call it the fire hose or deluge. Whatever you call it, what 45/47 is doing is to overload the entire democratic system with as much crap as he can throw at it. Combating this approach is extremely difficult, especially if […]

Here are some videos and other media that you may find informative and/or entertaining. Sure wish all politicians were like this:

Does boycotting a company work? Maybe yes, maybe no, in some viral cases sure. But I contend that that is the wrong perspective for deciding whether or not to give them your money. I think the right perspective is to ignore the effectiveness of a boycott and concentrate on knowing that you are doing one […]

We are all well aware that it is business as usual to suck up to the incoming president by contributing to their inaugural funds. But that doesn’t mean that we, the people, have to accept these bribes, uh, I mean, gestures. Of course there is little we can do about it except, perhaps, try not […]

One thing that has become distressingly apparent is that our traditional, somewhat reliable news sources have decided to obey in advance and are currying the favor of the incoming administration by rejecting their principles and their duty to the people. Fortunately there are some new, non-traditional outlets that seem to be trying to uphold journalistic […]