Tag Archives: MAGA

Marjorie Taylor Greene

Posted on November 16, 2025 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, November 16, 2025 In a wide-ranging interview on CNN, this morning, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, “humbly apologized” to the American people for her role in the divisive, hateful politics that’s been a hallmark of the MAGA … Continue reading →

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Fire Starters Sometimes Get Burned

Posted on November 14, 2025 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, November 14, 2025 The playbook written by disgraced lawyer and consigliere, Roy Cohn, who died in federal prison, was essentially about starting fires. Fires, among other things, are effective distractions. The more fires you start the more chaos … Continue reading →

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Two High School Kids and a Right-Wing Extremist

Posted on September 12, 2025 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, September 11, 2025 What do two high school students in Evergreen Colorado and right-wing extremist Charlie Kirk have in common? They were all shot on Wednesday, September 9, 2025. Kirk was killed, one of the students is still … Continue reading →

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Trump and Ukraine

Posted on February 19, 2025 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, February 19, 2025 Avoiding the temptation to respond to every salvo MAGA sends up, I will focus on Ukraine, today. It’s a problem Trump promised to fix “on day one” and one that poses the greatest existential risk … Continue reading →

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The World’s a Stage

Posted on February 12, 2025 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, February 12, 2025 Sometimes it feels like we’re living in someone else’s dream or that we’re puppets in a game being played by superior beings. Once computers were in general use, writers began drafting stories about loss of … Continue reading →

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Something Feels Off

Posted on January 8, 2025 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, January 8, 2024, This isn’t about politics. We’re way past the point where politics is the issue. It’s fair to say that Donald Trump has profoundly changed America’s norms and values, or at least shined a light on … Continue reading →

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Christian Nationalism – Be Careful What You Wish For

Posted on August 13, 2024 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, August 13, 2024 Donald Trump, his MAGA supporters, and the hundred and forty or so current or former Trump staffers who helped write Project 2025 are vocal supporters of Hungarian President Viktor Orban’s governing philosophy of White Christian … Continue reading →

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Dissonance

Posted on May 23, 2024 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, May 23, 2024 Dissonance can really mess up our heads. When everything sounds off, when every voice seems to contradict every other voice, even their own, when nothing seems to make sense, we’re all in trouble. Sometimes, this … Continue reading →

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Democracy and the Rule of Law vs Chaos and Autocracy

Posted on January 6, 2024 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, January 6, 2024 Both President Biden and his likely November opponent, Donald Trump, have clearly laid out their overall plans for governing if they win the 2024 election. There’s no need for input from talking media heads or … Continue reading →

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Will Mike Johnson Support America or Putin?

Posted on December 13, 2023 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, December 13, 2023 Most of us had never heard of Representative Mike Johnson (R-LA) until he was suddenly voted in to replace Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House. We quickly learned that he is an evangelistic Christian … Continue reading →

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