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Why does the media bothsides the antidemocratic threat when it is so clear that Republicans pose the entirety of the threat?

Social Psychology

Election 2024: The Asymmetrical Threat From the Republican Party and Leftist Activist Mavericks

27 January 2024 — 28 Comments

What explains the difference in polling on social issues and the way people vote?

Political Psychology

The Great Civics Lesson: The Reason Polls Show Agreement on Social Issues but Office Holders Don’t

20 January 2024 — 22 Comments

How do dehumanizing metaphors hack the brains of listeners and spread hate and divisiveness?

Social Psychology

The Dehumanizing Metaphor: The One Weird Trick that Autocrats Use to Hardwire Hate and Division into Their Followers

4 January 2024 — 29 Comments

How does status quo bias affect the election between Biden, Trump, a third party candidate, and not voting?

Cognitive Psychology

Election 2024: Understanding the Role of Status Quo Bias

26 December 2023 — 17 Comments

What are the likely outcomes of our electoral choices in 2024?

Meme: Save Democracy in 2024, Vote Democrat

25 December 2023 — 13 Comments

Can we punch Nazis with votes and truth to stop them from destroying our democracy?

Behavior Economics

Election 2024: The Always Punch a Nazi Election with Votes According to Behavioral Economics

7 December 2023 — 11 Comments

How does the Republican Party threaten our democracy in all branches and levels of government?

The Threat to Our Democracy isn’t Just Trump, it is the Republican Party

5 December 2023 — 6 Comments

Voting is a fundamental institution of democracy. Voting is your way to secure our democracy.

Get Out The Vote

Saving Democracy One Vote at a Time — Getting Out The Vote in 2024

7 October 2023 — 9 Comments

How does Tuberville's blocking of military appointments and Wisconsin's gerrymandering demonstrate the GOP's commitment to gaslight our democracy?

Emotional Abuse

Tuberville and the Wisconsin Gerrymander: GOP’s Gaslighting of Democracy

10 September 2023 — 35 Comments

How does the Price Equation and Cultural Multilevel Selection suggest that Republican disarray is good for our democracy?

Culture, Social Psychology

Why the Shambolic Mess of a McCarthy’s Speaker Debacle is Good News for our Democracy

7 January 2023 — 18 Comments

How can we overcome the authoritarian moment we are living through?

Behavior Economics

The Authoritarian Dynamic: We Ain’t Outta Da Woods, Yet

30 December 2022 — 17 Comments

How urgent is the threat to our democracy as outlined in the 6 January Committee report?

The 6 January Congressional Committee Report: Democracy Discarded

21 December 2022 — 14 Comments

Why did the majority of white voters reward fascism in election 2022?

Election 2022 Hot Take: White Voters REWARD Republicans for Fascism

11 November 2022 — 10 Comments

What psychological factors will influence the 2022 elections?

Behavior Economics, Biases and Heuristics

Election 2022: Fuck Around with the Status Quo and Find Out Election

25 September 2022 — 14 Comments

Why do conservative traits cluster around the fucked up end of the spectrum?

Cognitive Psychology

As the Pendulum Swings: Authoritarianism to Democracy

24 March 2022 — 26 Comments

How can I help Ukraine resist Putin's invasion?

Helping Ukraine

26 February 2022 — 12 Comments

What does the social media response to the MTG Gazpacho police malaprop say about the threat to our democracy?

What the #Resistance, Gazpacho Police, and Mad Dog Greene says about the Threat to Our Democracy

12 February 2022 — 27 Comments

How will the GOP steal Election 2022? Let me count the ways!

Cognitive Psychology

The GQP can haz all the Threats to Democracy, Please

4 February 2022 — 16 Comments

It is up to We the People to save our democracy, what can I do?

Being Prepared to Save Our Democracy: What Will YOU Do

22 January 2022 — 28 Comments

Is our democracy already dead?

The Point of Democracy is not Re-election or the First Nail in the Democracy Coffin

20 January 2022 — 17 Comments

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Thursday 28 August
Winnipeg, Canada

Howdy y'all!

The house and the move has finally settled into a lower level of effort. My time is finally freed from some very urgent difficult tasks like assembling furniture and organizing and tracking deliveries.

Good news, La Petite Fille has been officially admitted to university, and we will be getting her registered for classes. They begin next week! But, major milestone in her life, reached. I couldn't be prouder, happier, or, quite honestly, more relieved.

I just published a post concerning how Trump et al. aren't dealing with reality. I'm thinking that it will be an on-going frequent column. The problem is what to call it. The Cray-Cray Watch? Has It Bitten Us in the Ass, Yet? I'm open to suggestions, though.

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lobotero on Understanding the Effect of Trump’s NARCISSISM on the Country and the World: The Narcissistic Wound19 December 2025
Exactly.....few paid attention and look what their ignorance has given this country. chuq
lobotero on Off the Editor’s Floor: Trump’s Atrocities, the Trump Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, the Wiles Interview, the Speech, and the Growing Body Count19 December 2025
The US has been misusing the Monroe Doctrine for many years....it is an excuse to act in favor of profit......his…
ali redford on Understanding the Effect of Trump’s NARCISSISM on the Country and the World: The Narcissistic Wound19 December 2025
Trump AnD his cabinet/cabal/posse/gang. They even more than he, it seems. To me.
bobcabkings on Off the Editor’s Floor: Trump’s Atrocities, the Trump Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, the Wiles Interview, the Speech, and the Growing Body Count19 December 2025
There's a piece today on Kos to that effect: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/12/19/2359147/-It-s-looking-increasingly-like-no-Trump-Ballroom-will-ever-be-built?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web
bobcabkings on Understanding the Effect of Trump’s NARCISSISM on the Country and the World: The Narcissistic Wound19 December 2025
Yes. There may be some twisted kind of hope in the growing recognition among rank and file Republican incumbents that…