Hi, Everyone, Normally I don’t directly address anyone in my little pieces here on Liberal Resistance. But, today, I’m going to make an exception. In fact, I’m going ask you to do me a huge favor. I’m also going to ask you to do your nation a huge favor. And the world! I’m going to…

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By Elaine Burgess Deb Haaland’s campaign headquarters are located in a small, modest stucco house adjacent to Nob Hill and the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. I arrived a bit early for our appointment. She was coming out the front door as I ascended the steps, headed out for a short walk around the…

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It is no news, now, that Washington Post journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, was lured to a Saudi Consulate in Istanbul early this month, and that he never came out again. He was a Saudi national but a US resident (he lived in Virginia), and he was a known critic of his government, and …while this is…

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…whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends [including Liberty], it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government…        ~The Declaration of Independence We cannot accept a government that is fundamentally undemocratic. Half the Senate is elected by states with 16% of the…

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If you’ve never been fired, good for you. But if like many of us you have, you know it usually isn’t a great feeling. It’s not as bad as some things in life, but it’s better to hear “you’re hired” than, “you’re fired.” Speaking of “you’re fired,” it’s been a catch-phrase of Trump since the…

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Summary: The Devil’s Triangle is a mysterious phrase that appears in Brett Kavanaugh’s high school yearbook. The question is what does it mean. Kavanaugh himself claims that it is a reference to a drinking game. However, there is disturbing evidence that it is actually a reference to three-way sex, with the woman an unwilling partner.…

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I am going to confess to you today. I am going to confess that I went to bed last night quite depressed. Indeed, desolate. I woke up this morning the same way. I was, and am, despairing because of Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh. Last night, I knew that the GOP would attempt to…

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So who won? Right now, it is impossible to say. As a liberal, and a Trump opponent, I think Ford did. I think she presented her case extraordinarily well, and controlled the narrative from beginning to end. But, come, let us confess. Others will see the affair quite differently. Many, and not just men, and…

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Ask a Trump supporter where their “deal- maker” president made his mark and they’ll probably cite Manhattan real estate. But the truth is Donald Trump’s past has more to do with Atlantic City New Jersey than anywhere else. Donald Trump started making a name for himself back in 1982 when construction began on Trump plaza…

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Recently I took Uber from San Jose to San Francisco.  The driver was a 31 year old black guy who had endured a rocky home life in Arizona and California.  I usually don’t talk politics with someone I don’t know, but made an exception in his case. When I asked him what he thought of…

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