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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


Are the Trump Conspiracy Plea Deals Worth Their Price?
By Jessie Seigel/October 29, 2023 The dominoes appear to be falling. In the space of six days, attorneys Sidney Powell, Kenneth Chesebro,...
Oct 29, 2023


U.S. UNIVERSITIES FAIL FIGHT AGAINST HATE
By Jessie Seigel/October 15, 2023 On October 12, MSNBC finally—very briefly—presented this photo of Israeli babies murdered by Hamas...
Oct 15, 2023


SHORT TAKE: Biden on Strike!
By Jessie Seigel/September 27, 2023 President Biden supports the United Auto Workers strike. Yesterday, President Biden joined a United...
Sep 27, 2023


FIGHTING THE FASCIST PUTSCH
By Jessie Seigel If former President Donald Trump is kept from winning the presidency in 2024, “it is going to be the last American...
Sep 25, 2023


Coming in September-Washington Whispers
By Jessie Seigel
Aug 16, 2023
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