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Short Take: An Additional (Guest) View on the Presidential Debate
By Ron Seigel / July 1, 2024 Early, last Friday morning, I, like many other Americans, received an email message requesting my reaction...
Jul 1, 2024


The Debate, A Critique
By Jessie Seigel / June 30, 2024 The biggest problem with last Thursday night’s presidential debate hosted by CNN is that the public has...
Jun 30, 2024


Fascism Road: Time to Fight Back
By Jessie Seigel / June 18, 2024 It is time for all those who claim to care about democracy—whether mainstream media, politician, or...
Jun 18, 2024


Trump Convicted! Act One is Done. What's Next?
By Jessie Seigel / June 2, 2024 Anti-Trump protesters Finally, some small modicum of justice has been rendered. Last Thursday, former...
Jun 2, 2024


Hypocrisy and Spin--Republican Style
By Jessie Seigel / May 20, 2024 House Speaker Mike Johnson at the Trump trial--with other members of the Red Tie Brigade There are some...
May 20, 2024


Fascism Road: The Supreme Court's Latest Outrage
By Jessie Seigel / April 29, 2024 Besieged by a multitude of federal and state criminal indictments—and now, by his first criminal trial,...
Apr 30, 2024


The First Trump Circus Begins Today!
By Jessie Seigel / April 15, 2024 Eric Fischel's poster given out at his London show on U.S. underbelly. Come one, come all. The show is...
Apr 15, 2024


MSNBC Hosts Speak Up for Democracy Loud and Clear!
By Jessie Seigel / March 31, 2024 It is rare and a beautiful thing to see a body of journalists stand up en masse against their bosses...
Mar 31, 2024


Short Take Addendum to: "Democrats-Time to Get Tough!"
By Jessie Seigel /March 19, 2024 Yesterday's My Washiington Whispers issue discussed the strategies political scientist Rachel Bitecofer...
Mar 19, 2024


Democrats: Time to Get Tough!
By Jessie Seigel / March 18, 2024 The time for “nice” is over. Bi-partisanship—if it ever really existed—is long-dead; only the fiction...
Mar 18, 2024


Short Take: For Mitch McConnell -- It's Still About the Power
By Jessie Seigel / March 7, 2024 The two-faced Mitch McConnell yet again shows himself a man of no principle. Some commentators on...
Mar 7, 2024


Will "Uncommitted" Voters Be Democracy's Undoing?
By Jessie Seigel / March 3, 2024 President Biden won last week’s Democratic primary in Michigan with 81 percent of the vote. He received...
Mar 3, 2024


Putin's American Puppets
By Jessie Seigel / February 18, 2024 America’s strength is its democracy. Admittedly, the country does not always completely live up to...
Feb 19, 2024


Will the Supreme Court Sanction Violent Overthrow of Our Government?
By Jessie Seigel /February 4, 2024 The current Supreme Court Justices The Supreme Court is in a pickle now. In December, Colorado and...
Feb 5, 2024


Do Trump Followers Need an Intervention? --Or Do We?
By Jessie Seigel/ January 21, 2024 "I can believe a MILLION impossible things before breakfast--And I'm proud of it!" ("Hmm. Must be hot...
Jan 21, 2024


Beware "Just Energy"
By Jessie Seigel/January 7, 2024 Consider this article to be a public service announcement. About a month ago, my brother, who lives in...
Jan 7, 2024


An End-of-Year Gift to My Washington Whispers Readers
From Jessie Seigel/December 24, 2023 "Decisions, decisions. So many choices! What shall I wear today?" The following piece of fiction,...
Dec 24, 2023


Faithful America: Christians Fighting Fascism
By Jessie Seigel/December 10, 2023 A mobile billboard decries the right-wing ReAwaken America Tour Fascism is pounding on the nation's...
Dec 10, 2023


Beware the No Labels Party--A New Right-Wing Front?
By Jessie Seigel/November 26, 2023 What is the No Labels Party? It's an organization that promotes itself as a "...national movement of...
Nov 26, 2023


Fascism Road: Project 2025 & the Real Deep State
By Jessie Seigel/November 12, 2023 Project 2025 is the far-right Heritage Foundation's fascist wet-dream come to life. And in former...
Nov 12, 2023
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