Bits & Pieces
Articles with unfiltered opinions
Where is Larry Flynt When We Need Him?
America is on fire. Democracy is smoldering before our very eyes, and it’s not the “woke mob” or leftist agenda holding the match. No, it’s the reckless, power-hungry billionaires and political cronies who have hijacked our government and sacrificed our freedoms. I’m calling out the ringleaders—Donald Trump, Elon Musk and JD Vance—along with every...
Fight for Your Rights…or Lose Them
Freedom of speech is not free. It comes with a price. And Americans damn well better start paying that price: Stand up to despots like Donald Trump and fight for your rights, or you will lose them. Free speech is under serious attack. Students are scared to protest. History teachers are afraid to teach...
Project 2025: Democracy’s Demise
Trump repeatedly disavowed Project 2025 during his presidential campaign. Well, Donald Trump repeatedly lied! He was worried that association with the Heritage Foundation’s far-right manifesto would hurt his chances of winning in November. But once elected, he wasted no time in naming to key positions at least nine Project 2025 architects and contributors, notable...
Courts Are the Answer to Chaos
Trump is purposefully creating mayhem on a daily basis with a barrage of executive orders: directives halting federal grants and loans, firing inspectors general, stopping foreign aid and hobbling the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and National Labor Relations Board. He has sent emails to millions of federal employees offering resignations, challenged birthright citizenship, threatened...
Roll Up Your Sleeves & Get to Work, Dammit
The time for mourning is over. Donald Trump is America’s President. So let’s pull our heads out of the sand and focus on effective strategies to fight Trump and his extreme agenda. We must regroup, unify the Democratic Party and win back the House in 2026! First, we must hold Trump accountable. He made...
The Emperor Has No Clothes
In the Hans Christian Andersen folktale, a vain, egotistical emperor who cared about nothing but his own appearance was duped into wearing a new suit of clothes professed by swindlers to be “invisible to anyone who was either unfit for his situation or else was intolerably stupid.” Of course, the emperor could not admit...
I Am Woman: Hear Me Roar
Political pundits have been arguing and analyzing nonstop ad nauseam since Election Day. Theories on Vice President Harris’s dismal loss range from the candidate having insufficient time to campaign, her inability to differentiate herself from President Biden, Americans’ poor perception of the economy, etc., etc. And sure, all of those elements likely played a...
Climate Change: The Bottom Line
Recent polls conclude that a full three-quarters of Republicans prioritize the economy over addressing climate change. Up 13% since 2018! In fact, they say that climate change either would not affect their communities at all or the effect would be a minor one. Tell that to the families of 230 dead (and counting) across...
Keep Big Brother Out of the Bedroom
“Americans feel they have a right to read or view whatever they want to in the privacy of their own homes. They do not want the government in their bedroom.” —Larry Flynt My husband believed that Americans value their inalienable rights to privacy and freedom of speech. Now Project 2025, a blueprint for a...
Harris for President!
America celebrated its 248th birthday in July. In two and a half centuries, 45 men have served as President. And not one single woman. An appalling statistic, really, for a country that professes gender equality. Well, all of that is about to change, if we have anything to say about it. 2024 is the...
No Justice: Today’s Supreme Court
American democracy will be but a fond memory if Donald Trump is elected President this November. With its July ruling, the Supreme Court has handed the man permission to do whatever the fuck he wants with complete immunity! The ruling granted “presidents in general a definitive ‘absolute immunity’ from prosecution for core official acts...
Apathy Is Not an Option
Trump is now a convicted felon—34 times over! It is ironic that an individual who in many states would not be allowed to vote this November is now lobbying to become your next President. Further, this felon is an outright racist. From insisting that there were “some very fine people on both sides” following...
Let’s Take Back Our Flag, America!
Fellow Americans, let’s take back our flag and wave it proudly for our country’s hard-fought freedoms. We cannot allow the Far Right to wrap themselves in the stars and stripes and slash away at our fundamental rights under the guise of patriotism. We must recognize the basic truth emblazoned on this issue’s cover, that...
Reproductive Rights Are Human Rights
Republicans fully intend to strip women of their reproductive rights and return this country to the days of back-alley abortions. It’s not enough that 50 years of precedent were obliterated when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade two years ago and that 14 states now have extreme laws on their books almost completely...
The Truth About Misinformation
To not admit your mistake is always a far greater mistake! It speaks to a lack of moral character and a fundamental dishonesty. Case in point: the Republican Party’s impeachment inquiry into President Biden. On June 8, 2023, Fox News reported, “Joe Biden allegedly paid $5M by Burisma executive as part of a bribery...
