Author Archives: Richard Barry

I suspect many of us are wondering how long it will take, and under what circumstances, for Trump to use the full force of the state and its monopoly of violence to crackdown on dissent. It is terrifying to imagine … Continue reading →

You may have noticed there is much hand-wringing among Democrats about the inability of the party to mount a credible opposition to Trump and the damage he is doing to the country and the world. Some are pointing to Rep. … Continue reading →

Trump takes aim at Biden, “Radical Left Lunatics” and the courts in Easter Sunday message – CBC News Democrats face growing calls for generational change – The Hill Senate Republicans rely on different type of candidate to hold majority in … Continue reading →

Lisa Murkowski, one of the few Republicans in Congress willing to criticize the Trump administration, made public comments at an event recently about her state of mind as she tries to do the work she was elected to do. As … Continue reading →

The Bible passage translated variously as “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me,’ is well known and frequently cited. And … Continue reading →

Joyce Vance recently wrote about the “unseemly” campaign by the Justice Department, with Attorney General Pam Bondi leading the charge, “to paint Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man they have acknowledged was illegally sent to a prison used to house terrorists in … Continue reading →

One can waste a lot of time thinking about the most recent stupid thing said by Trump loyalists. Every time Marjorie Taylor Greene or Lauren Boebert open their mouths the collective IQ of public discourse drops several points. But that … Continue reading →

In yet another head-shaking moment in the early days of Trump’s second term in office, the New York Times is reporting that those law firms that agreed to provide free legal services for the administration on what they believed to be “uncontroversial causes” … Continue reading →

Four journalists in Russia were sentenced on Tuesday to spend five years and six months in a penal colony. The crime is their association with the late Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny. More specifically, they were convicted of having worked with … Continue reading →

The latest Trump tirade is being directed at CBS’s “60 Minutes” after the show’s Sunday broadcast in which they ran stories on Ukraine and Greenland. In a Truth Social post the president wrote that “Almost every week, 60 Minutes…mentions the name “TRUMP” … Continue reading →