Mo Brooks Reimagines Military Recruiting As A Zero-Sum Game
It’s bad enough that Mo Brooks, my own representative in Congress, would stand against DREAMers who want to serve the United States military and become citizens under DACA. During my…
The Most Racist Movie Ever Made: From The Great War Blog
Here is another cross-post from my daily blog about the First World War and the birth of our modern world in blood and fire. 08 February 1915 – Birth Of A…
Nonviolence, Revolution, And The NYPD
Above is a video of political scientist Erica Chenowyth, author of Why Civil Resistance Works: the Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict, giving a TED talk on the empirical data that shows nonviolent action is…
Tulsa, Oklahoma Family Dollar’s Vending Machine Dispenses Nazi Rings
Leona Kelley and her son went to a Family Dollar in north Tulsa earlier this week to do some shopping, but she was in for a shock when she gave…
OCPAC Chair Charlie Meadows Doubles Down On Racism, Advises Blacks ‘Don’t Act Surly’
Charlie Meadows, lifetime member of the John Birch Society and chair of the Oklahoma Conservative Political Action Committee, was not prepared for the flurry of negative media attention he got…
FL GOP Official Who Suggested ‘Fire Hoses’ To Control Ferguson ‘Thugs’ Will Step Down
After over a week of intense media scrutiny and public outcry over her comments, Duval County GOP Secretary Kim Crenier has decided to not seek re-election to office this month,…
Oklahoma Conservative Charlie Meadows: ‘Why Blacks Hate Cops & How Blacks Can Be Winners, Not Losers!’
John Birch Society member and Oklahoma Conservative Political Action Committee (OCPAC) founder Charlie Meadows decided to weigh in on happenings in Ferguson to his newsletter subscribers, proving, of course that…
Florida GOP Offical Suggests Police Use ‘Fire Hoses’, Calls Ferguson Protestors Dirty
Leaders of two civil rights groups in Florida — the local Southern Christian Leadership Conference and the Jacksonville Progressive Coalition — are calling Duval GOP Secretary Kim Crenier to step…
Invisible Empire? Racist Police And The KKK’s 2014 Nationwide Recruiting Drive
The Missouri KKK has turned the shooting death of Michael Brown into a recruiting drive and threatened to use violence, but 2014 was already a story of extremists trying to enlarge…
No, The Mayor Of Minneapolis Wasn’t Flashing A Gang Sign
The mayor of Minneapolis has issued an official statement to combat a news report accusing her of flashing a gang sign in a photo. KSTP-TV aired a report Thursday night…