Posts by Matt Blanchfield
We’re Looking For A Few Good Reads
And the age of Trump continues to offer us no end of madness, sorrow, and entertainment. Among the stories we’re following on the web this week are: Just in case you missed it, CNN among others is reporting that Robert Mueller is seeking immunity for five witnesses in the upcoming prosecution of Paul Manafort. In…
Read MoreA Simple Message, A Powerful Truth
Here is a simple message. And a true one. Is anybody in the US intelligence community listening?
Read MoreThe GO-CCCP & Rep-ussians
We’re Looking For A Few Good Reads
As always, with Trump in the White House, and a corrupt GOP running Congress, there’s no shortage of interesting and/or chilling stories to read on the web. This week we’re watching: There’s a scary piece over on the BBC website, Why local US newspapers are sounding the alarm by Taylor Kate Brown. Local papers are…
Read MoreA Meme For The Hour
Just in case you were wondering, in 1956 this really was the GOP platform. How the mighty have fallen…
Read MoreWe’re Looking For A Few Good Reads
And, once more, we’ve no end of interesting articles on the web to consider. Alas, so many of them have to do with Trump, or idiots, or both… Really scary story over on Splinter, The Eugenicist Doctor and the Vast Fortune Behind Trump’s Immigration Regime, by Brendan O’Connor. Seems that Trump’s minions at ICE and…
Read MoreJune 30 Rally For Families
On June 30, there were rallies all over America for immigrant children and immigrant rights. Hundreds of thousands of people showed up in all 50 states and in city after city. We had one such rally here in Albuquerque and our own Matt Blanchfield was there. He sent us these amazing photos of good, honest,…
Read MoreWe’re Looking For A Few Good Reads
In Trump’s America, there’s never a shortage of fascinating news stories to read…unfortunately. This week is no exception. Here are some of the stories we’re following at the moment. Just when you thought we couldn’t get any closer to Orwell’s 1984, we learn from Business Insider’s Sinéad Baker that the NSA and AT&T are cooperating…
Read MoreThe Road To Hell…not paved with good intentions
They say the road to hell is paved with good intentions. We don’t think so. More often it’s paved with greed, stupidity, and sadism…
Read MoreSome Beauty In A Grim World
It is too easy to despair right now, with a would-be fascist government in Washington. But, even in these dark times, there are reasons to hope. All over America, there are rallies and protests in favor of immigrant rights, and in protest of Trump’s brutally inhuman policy of separating children from their parents—and all those…
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