Carter Wrenn
Gary Pearce
The World They Lived In
She was nineteen. He was twenty-nine. Dark-haired she was pretty not beautiful. He was short, frumpy, had a farmer’s calloused hands. They both had simple names: Abigail Smith, John Adams. Married in 1764 they started down the road to happiness and by Christmas she was pregnant – before their child was born the first blow…
Abortion
When the Supreme Court made abortion legal – five decades ago – liberals thought, It’s a woman’s body – she has a right to decide whether to have an abortion. Conservatives, grimacing, saw abortion as taking an innocent life. To them, it was a choice between right and wrong. And protecting an innocent life was…
E. Jean Carroll
E. Jean Carroll sued Trump. Trump said she wasn’t his type, claimed he didn’t know her…the jury met, every juror believed Carroll not Trump. Trump lost, tweeted, It’s a witch hunt. Republicans cheered. Just like they cheered when Trump said, The election was stolen. It used to be honesty mattered more than politics. Republican voters…
Trump’s Iron Grip
Liz Cheney stood up to Trump. Trump beat her in her primary. So she’s out of office – in exile. But can she throw Trump one last curveball? A block of the Republican voters shake their heads when they hear Trump rant, don’t want him back in the White House. But they won’t vote for…
A Mess
In a hearing House Republicans pummeled Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas – Democrat Eric Swalwell ripped into Marjorie Taylor Greene – Greene shot back Swalwell ‘had sex with a Chinese spy,’ told Mayorkas, ‘You’re a liar.’ Democrat Bennie Thompson said Greene crossed the line, moved to strike her words from the record. Earlier in the…
“Republicans have made the greatest political mistake in our lifetimes”
That’s how political analyst Simon Rosenberg sees SB 20, the draconian abortion bill that was rammed though the state legislature by Republicans. Rosenberg spoke Tuesday night on a Zoom call with about 200 N.C. Democrats, organized by Carolina Forward. He cited a poll released this week by Carolina Forward and Change Research showing that voters…
A Democratic Republic
MAGA Republicans hate to use “Democratic” as an adjective. They won’t even say the United States is a “democracy.” Trump’s election-denier Cleta Mitchell calls the United States “a constitutional republic.” Other Republicans say, “We are a constitutional republic. We are not a democracy.” The Founding Fathers clearly said no: We are a democracy and a…
Biden’s Case in a Nutshell
Standing in the Stock Exchange on Wall Street Kevin McCarthy laid out his plan to raise the ‘debt ceiling.’ Wobbly, making a speech in a union hall, Joe Biden mocked McCarthy for wrapping arms around Wall Street, jabbed MAGA Republicans for telling him he had to agree with their “wacko notions” to avoid a debt…
Dem Blues
While the media obsesses over Anderson Clayton’s age, Democrats should focus on her message. The state Democratic party chair told The New York Times: “People with me all the time are like, ‘I wish you’d stop saying we’ve left Democrats behind.’ I’m like: ‘We have. We’ve left people behind’.” She’s right. Democrats have lost touch…