Historical Analogue: Why we are reliving the nightmare of 20th century fascism, plus news headlines

By Robert A. Vella “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” – philosopher, essayist, poet, and novelist Continue reading →

Smoky, with a 10% chance of Ash: Our Electoral College map snapshot for September, plus today’s news

By Robert A. Vella This morning, I read a somewhat satirical weather forecast for southwest Washington state: Very smoky, with Continue reading →

Russian election meddling, Trump muzzles Fauci, Dems’ voter advantage, 2020 hottest year on record

By Robert A. Vella In today’s news, we’ll cover 3 Russians and 1 pro-Russian Ukrainian who have been either sanctioned Continue reading →

New whistleblower complaint, more Woodward book revelations, expose Trump’s threat to America

By Robert A. Vella A new whistleblower complaint from a senior Department of Homeland Security intelligence official, plus more revelations Continue reading →

Sunday Focus: Historically steady polling indicates that voters have already made their election choice

By Robert A. Vella In my lifetime, 16 presidential elections have occurred.  I have no memory of Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Continue reading →

DHS report: White Supremacy is greatest terror threat. Ex-FBI agent: Trump is a National Security threat.

By Robert A. Vella Reports drafted by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) cite White supremacy as the nation’s greatest Continue reading →

Donald Trump’s reelection strategy just isn’t working

By Robert A. Vella As I’ve detailed several times on this blog, Donald Trump‘s reelection strategy  – which the GOP Continue reading →

Rosenstein kneecapped Mueller in 2017, Fascism rising in U.S. and Europe, Trump pushes herd immunity

By Robert A. Vella Well, well, well.  Now we know why former Special Counsel Robert Mueller failed to completely investigate Continue reading →