Published in GEN·PinnedLawmakers Have Been Quiet About the New Amazon UnionMy guess is, they’re not all that happy about it — As many of us have heard, on April 1st, 2022 an Amazon warehouse on Staten Island became the first in the United States to unionize, and with an independent union astutely dubbed Amazon Labor Union at that. David took on Goliath, and won. …Politics4 min read
6 hours agoDear Democrats, My Human Rights Aren’t Your Fundraising Opportunity.Will Democrats actually do something, or just send emails? — Nancy Pelosi’s response to the death of Roe vs. Wade has been weighing on my mind heavily lately. A poem. She actually read a poem. In response to the loss of our right to bodily autonomy, Nancy Pelosi, the most powerful person in the House of Representatives, just stood in…Politics3 min read
2 days agoTo the Men Celebrating the Death of Roe vs. Wade.An open letter to the cheerleading conservatives. — I just want to talk. Not to Republican lawmakers right now, who have spent fifty years crafting, waiting, and planning for the moment that Roe vs. Wade would be overturned. …Politics3 min read
Published in Dialogue & Discourse·2 days agoI’ve Been to a “March For Life” Rally. It Won’t End With Roe.They won’t stop with leaving it up to the states. — As I’ve mentioned before, I was baptized and “confirmed” Catholic. Looking back, it really has everything to do with my grandmother. Apparently, my grandmother on my Dad’s side had a really, really hard life before she met my grandpa. Her grandparents immigrated here around World War One shortly after they…Politics7 min read
Published in Dialogue & Discourse·4 days agoRoe is Dead, so Nancy Pelosi Read a Poem.I have never been more tired of the optics. — Roe vs. Wade is dead. In an instant, five men and one woman stripped us of our rights to bodily autonomy, privacy for healthcare decisions that should be between us an our doctors, and effectively declared that a uterus is the property of the state. …Politics4 min read
5 days agoAnd Just Like That, Roe vs. Wade is Dead.The Supreme Court just took away the right to bodily autonomy. — And just like that, on a warm June Friday morning as Americans look forward to a summer weekend, the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade. In an instant, five men and one woman made the most consequential decision that’s been handed down by a U.S. court in decades, and stripped…Politics3 min read
6 days agoThe Far Right’s Now Talking About ‘Hunting RINOs’.They cannot wait for violence. — At this point, as necessary as it is, it almost feels cliche to bring up the fact that the right wing loves violence. But, we’re inundated with reminders on such a frequent basis it’s impossible to ignore, isn’t it? …Politics3 min read
Jun 22Just Three Minutes in Uvalde, Texas.That’s how long it should have taken for the shooter to be stopped. — Since the slaughter of nineteen ten-year-olds and their two school teachers in Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, not a detail has emerged about the shooting that wasn’t worse than the last one. As often as the families of the victims and their stories of their unimaginable, horrific pain crosses…Politics5 min read
Jun 21Once Again, Hillary Clinton Has Emerged to Lecture the Left.What else is she good for? — There’s really not much that Hillary Clinton is good for, at least politically. It never ceases to amaze me that she’s not seen as a pariah in Democratic politics, considering the fact that she literally elevated the campaign of Donald Trump and then managed to lose to him. One of…Politics3 min read
Jun 20An Exiting GOP Lawmaker is Sounding the Alarm About What Comes Next.Violence is coming, and 2024 is going to be a nightmare. — The Republican Party is not a very friendly place to be for lawmakers who haven’t fallen in line behind former President Donald Trump. It’s been clear since he won the nomination in 2016 that the base would expect nothing but loyalty to the man they deemed their leader, and anyone…Politics3 min read