Posts by Michael Jay Tucker
The Illicit Removal Of Andrew McCabe
The following video represents LiberalResistance.net’s response to the firing of former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe: Text follows Late Friday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, acting surely on Donald Trump’s instructions, fired former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe. It was done in the most degrading and insulting way possible,…
Read MoreBetsy DeVos: Educated Idiot
My father used to tell me a story about his youth. When he left the navy, he went back to work for a while at an aircraft factory in Wichita, Kansas. (Wichita is, btw, the nation’s capital when it comes to small and private plane manufacturing. Beechcraft, Cessna, and Learjet, all had their start there.)…
Read MoreA video to make you weep
Today I went to the site of the Parody Project on Youtube. I went hoping to get a quick laugh. The Project does amazingly funny videos which combine really great music with pointed social commentary. My favorite may be “Confounds The Science,” which sounds like “The Sound Of Silence,” while actually mocking Trump’s rejection of…
Read MoreA Father Risen, In His Fury
There is a fascinating article over on the Guardian site, Fred Guttenberg will not sit down: Florida father demands gun reform by Lois Beckett. Guttenberg was, alas, one of the parents who lost a child in the Parkland shooting. But, now, notes Ms. Beckett, he is after justice. He has thrown himself in the struggle…
Read MoreNotes From The Editor
Our editor, the crazed Michael Jay Tucker, offers some notes on stories that you might have missed, but will most certainly want to catch before they go. And, also, he gives us a glance at some great upcoming features on LR Net…including excerpts from a terrifically funny novel set in a post-Trumpian America.
Read MoreThe Madness of King Don
For the past several days, there have been stories coming out of DC about Trump’s descent into something like insanity following Jared Kushner’s problems and Hope Hicks’ departure from the White House. For example, the Washington Post wrote that “Trump’s friends are increasingly concerned about his well-being, worried that the president’s obsession with cable commentary…
Read MorePaul Moya: From Farm To Congress
Editor’s note: To quote the great Tip O’Neil, all politics is local. For this reason, LR Net frequently covers state and local races around the nation. This week, we’re looking a candidate in our very own state of New Mexico, Paul Moya, who is running to be the Democratic candidate for the 1st Congressional District…
Read MoreSciFi For The 1%
Once again, our editor, Michael Jay Tucker, offers us a short video. This time, it’s a science fiction story about the wonderful, wonderful future of the obscenely rich and the grossly powerful… And what happens to them afterwards. SciFi For the 1% from MJT1957 on Vimeo.
Read MoreBlack Panther, White Bigot
There was an intriguing article over on Splinter recently, Black Panther Is Making Conservatives Feel Profoundly Threatened by Isha Aran. She’s looked at a number of reviews of the film that were written by right-leaning reviewers. What’s she’s found, she says, is a certain class of white people is a bit concerned about Panther. It…
Read MoreTime And Trump
Once again our editor, Michael Jay Tucker, offers you a video experiment. Today, submitted for your approval, a message to the Lords and Ladies of the Dark Money Network who put Donald Trump into power. You thought that he would do your bidding and protect your interests. You, who thought that he would destroy the…
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