Tag: Dobbs v Jackson

• The Corrupt SCOTUS Is Mitch McConnell’s Fault

  The problem with institutionalists is they all believe in magical thinking. Sorry, American journalism, but Mitch McConnell – the elected person most responsible for making the Dobbs decision happen – is not actually an institutionalist. Institutionalists care about institutions. McConnell cares about power – getting it, holding it, keeping it – the institution be damned.…

  A L Katz

  April 27, 2024

  Uncategorized

  Barack Obama, Dobbs v Jackson, Harlan Crow, Institutionalist, Koch Brothers, Leonard Leo, Mercers, Merrick Garland, Power, Trump

• Here’s Why Democracy Is Going To Win In America

  I’ll own it. I’m hopelessly optimistic; about some things; and America is one of them. Our outlook seems bleak right now. Hell, our outlook is bleak. That’s because the forces opposed to American democracy have put all their cards on the table. We are living through their Hail Mary, last ditch chuck toward the end…

  A L Katz

  December 29, 2023

  American Exceptionalism, Climate Change, Corruption, Culture, Cyber War, False Patriotism, Fascism, Magical Thinking, Mitch McConnell, Republicanism, Russia, SCOTUS, Slavery, Treason, Trump

  1491, Conservatives, Democracy, Dobbs v Jackson, Fascists, Guns Germs & Steel, Hail Mary, Koch Brothers, Leonard Leo, Mitch McConnell, Newt Gingrich, Roe v Wade, SCOTUS

• Rapists At Heart

  Rape is not a sexual act. It’s a power play. Almost exclusively male. The rapist thinks he can violate another person’s personal space – their most intimate personal space(s) – at will and with total impunity. That they derive sexual satisfaction from it – that’s icing. Power is always the cake. When rapists finish and…

  A L Katz

  April 27, 2023

  American News Media, Branding, Corruption, Culture, Republicanism, Trump

  Authoritarianism, Bi-partisan, Dobbs v Jackson, E Jean Carroll, Gerrymandering, Power play, Rape, Rape Culture, Samuel Alito, Sexual Assault, Voter Suppression

• When Politics Get Personal, People Show Up

  History won’t have a hard time pointing to the moment when American conservatism blew itself up. The exact moment won’t be important. That will be the day – whenever it is in June – when the Supreme Court formally announces its decision in Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization. Will it really matter if cooler…

  A L Katz

  May 5, 2022

  American News Media, Corruption, Culture, Election 2016, False Patriotism, Freedom, Magical Thinking, Religion, Republicanism, SCOTUS, Second Amendment, Treason, Trump

  Christian Fundamentalists, Dobbs v Jackson, Feelings v Facts, Originalism, Politico, Putin Pays Trump, Randall Balmer, Roe v Wade, Samuel Alito, SCOTUS, Slavery, Truth Will Set You Free, W A Criswell