Month February 2023

The Greatest Story Ever Told

Here’s an excerpt from George Carlin on religion. “Religion has actually convinced people that there’s an invisible man living in the sky who watches everything you do, every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a special list…

What Republicans Really Mean When They Say…

Above is a portion of a 2023 bill that South Carolina republicans are debating about the death penalty for women having an abortion. This is how you read bills that republican lawmakers are trying to pass. When they say Abortion…

What Can We Do To Stop Abortion Bans?

Here are some tips from Jessica Valenti who writes about abortion every day. Most Americans don’t actually know what republican legislatures are up to. We get numb to how horrible republican lawmakers are trying to pass abortion bills. Our job…

Advertising Jesus

“To our knowledge, this is the biggest faith-related campaign in history.” And that, is the misguided focus of the Jesus ad run during the 2023 Super Bowl. White evangelical Christian groups are behind the commercial. The same groups that are…

What We Focus On Grows

Here’s a partial reprint of Jessica Cravens’s incredible newsletter Chop Wood, Carry Water. Good news all around so I thought I’d reprint some of it here. Make sure you subscribe to her newsletter to get the rest, it’s way worth…

What Dr. King’s Dream Looks Like Economically

Here are excerpts from Martin Luther King Jr.’s speeches outlining what his dream would look like economically. It’s much easier to integrate a lunch counter than it is to guarantee a livable income and a good, solid job. It’s much…

Are We A Country That Fights FOR Racism?

Are we a country that fights FOR racism with more ferocity than we fight against racism? We’re a country that sends police officers to block black people from crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge. We’re a country where in 2022, police…

Have You Had To Have The Talk?

Excerpts from President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address on Tyre Nichols. Public safety depends on public trust, but too often that trust is violated. As many of you personally know, there are no words to describe the heartache…

WHY DO YOU KEEP VOTING FOR THESE PEOPLE?

This happened last week. The REPUBLICAN majority in the Mississippi State House killed every single Medicaid expansion bill without even debating it. These are bills that would’ve provided healthcare primarily to the working poor. 80% of Mississippians favor Medicaid expansion,…

What Politics Should Be And How To Fix It

Politics and Politicians They are not beholden to their constituents, they are beholden to the money that backs them. And that money is increasingly from small groups of right-wing billionaires supporting republican lawmakers. Politics has become a reality TV show.…