A Year from Hell: The rest of 2020 looks very bad for America, but even worse for Trump and the GOP

By Robert A. Vella Previously on this blog, I published dire statistical projections about the number of potential deaths in Continue reading →

Russia’s $100K bounty, GOP to sidestep Trump veto, SCOTUS delays Mueller info, and much more news

By Robert A. Vella Eight big stories top today’s news coverage.  New reporting details the $100,000 bounty offered by Russia Continue reading →

Russian bounties and raging pandemic further damage Trump/GOP hopes, plus election and court news

By Robert A. Vella After last week’s revelations about Russia paying bounties to Taliban militants to kill U.S. troops in Continue reading →

Second day of peak COVID-19 infections strike as Trump once again tries to rob Americans of healthcare

By Robert A. Vella The U.S. has suffered its second day in a row of record new COVID-19 infections with Continue reading →

Forced to choose sides, Republicans recoil from Trump’s image as a Confederate, a Fascist, and a Racist

By Robert A. Vella During his seizure of the GOP, Donald Trump employed typical authoritarian tactics to compel obedience and Continue reading →

Sunday Focus: The Numbers tell the Story

By Robert A. Vella One month ago, a small number of right-wing demonstrators often wearing MAGA hats and openly carrying Continue reading →

Darkness descends on Fortress Trump

By Robert A. Vella During the Siege of Yorktown in 1781, the British army under Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis became Continue reading →

Collapse or Redemption: America at the crossroads between Dictatorship and Freedom

By Robert A. Vella The United States, despite all its obvious flaws and transgressions, has always promoted democracy and freedom Continue reading →