Category Archives: Resistance Rebellion And Death

He Really Was That Bad

Posted on June 25, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

For anyone still suffering from ‘anti- anti-Trump’ syndrome, this does not mean Joe Biden (or Democrats) is A Good Man. But we should acknowledge just how horrible Trump was, especially his response to the COVID-19 pandemic (boldface mine): In the … Continue reading →

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D.C. Statehood Matters for D.C. Residents Too

Posted on June 24, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

Most of the discussion about D.C. statehood revolves around the likely gain of two Democratic Senate and one House seat, which isn’t surprising, since that’s how statehood would affect most people. But for D.C. residents, there is a far more … Continue reading →

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The Mayoral Retirement Non-Crisis

Posted on June 21, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

Over at Politico, there’s an article about how many mayors are deciding to leave office, in part, due to trials and travails of the COVID-19 crisis. This is presented as a bad thing. That is wrong. Some asshole with a … Continue reading →

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Where This All Ends

Posted on June 8, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

Thanks to Senator Joe Manchin (D-Quisling) and several of his quieter Democratic colleagues, this seems to be a likely result (boldface mine): …it is so obvious where all of this is heading. President Trump tells a big lie that elections … Continue reading →

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Welcome to the Era of ‘Joe Crow’

Posted on June 6, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

This morning, West Virginia putatively Democratic Senator Joe Manchin announced that he would not support Senate Bill S1, and that he is seeking to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act through “regular order”–which would require ten Republican Senate votes. … Continue reading →

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Listen to David Faris

Posted on May 28, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

To follow on yesterday’s post, here’s political scientist David Faris on the absolute need for voting rights and electoral reform (boldface mine): So 2020 felt like a test run. The plot to overturn the 2020 election never had a real … Continue reading →

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Too Many Professional Democrats Don’t Appear to Understand What America Is Facing

Posted on May 7, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

A discordant note in Biden’s first 100 days–and it’s not fair to lay this on Biden–is how some professional Democrats, including narcissistic ideologue Sen. Joe Manchin and Manic Pixie Dream Senator Kyrsten Sinema, but not only those two, fail to … Continue reading →

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Legalizing Undemocracy

Posted on March 30, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

With hundreds of thousands needlessly dead from COVID-19, it’s hard to say we got lucky with Trump. But when it comes to authoritarianism, we were fortunate in that he is lazy, impulsive, and ignorant. But this is the 2024 scenario … Continue reading →

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500,000 Dead: Rage Is the Appropriate Emotion

Posted on February 23, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

Yesterday, President Biden led a moment of silence for the 500,000 dead from COVID-19. Throughout this godawful shitty mess, I keep hearing about pandemic fatigue. But I haven’t experienced fatigue. Yes, the restrictions are not enjoyable, to say the least, … Continue reading →

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Maybe Eighty Percent of State and Local Officials Should Not Be Reelected?

Posted on February 18, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

I don’t know if it’s exactly eighty percent–I’m willing to be talked up or down from that particular number. But the failure of our COVID-19 response demands something like this–and, yes, Trump et alia were murderous, but many state and … Continue reading →

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