Monthly Archives: August 2026

https://hongkongfp.com/2026/08/28/in-full-tiananmen-vigil-activist-chow-hang-tungs-mitigation-after-guilty-verdict-in-national-security-trial/ This is a remarkably courageous statement by a Chinese democracy activist about one-party rule, tyranny, and democracy. Worth reading from beginning to end.

This is a deeply insightful and deeply scary assessment from Paul Krugman. He seems to have trump’s psyche exactly right here. A world of pain for our country and our democracy! https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/der-untergang?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=fzsj7

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/08/james-fishback-republican-young-voters-florida/688366/?gift=wJKU4MSSbaZAFRm84mZhDxhBxHCoeNcaWViKi1icpoo Deeply worrisome indication of the influence of extremist racism and anti-Semitism among conservative young people — consistent with the Young Republican chat streams discovered last fall. And the article comments that young Republican staffers in Congress appear to frequently … Continue reading →

This is so appalling, words fail me. It seems to be an open admission by the trump administration that the practices of the Jim Crow South are now completely acceptable and unaccountable. The white supremacy of the government approaches apartheid … Continue reading →

Here is a brilliant exposition of the power of patient lies and relabeling to mask ugly truths about our history. It retells the migration of language from "slaveholders rebellion" to "civil war". And it shows a direct parallel with Trump’s … Continue reading →