Secular Left - Progressive Religion Free View of the News
There is a well organized and well funded effort to gut the Bill of Rights in this country and in the age of Trump, secular people seem to taking it on the chin more often. Secular Left is meant to be the light in the fog of Christian Nationalism supporting the idea that toxic religious belief is the root of most social justice issues today.
Secular Left - Progressive Religion Free View of the News
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Inside the GOP's Honesty Crisis: DEI for Idiots
We start by debunking a PragerU video about why people believe lies and use it to examine how political media frames public health measures. The claim that pandemic masking and six-foot distancing were examples of manipulation is missing how sc...
Rand Paul And The GOP Still Blaming Fauci
Dr. Anthony Fauci appeared before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, where Rand Paul and other Republicans were trying to trap him into statements they could use against him. The hearing was a political witch hunt ...
'Told You So' Culture Ignores PTSD: The Platner Pile-On
While Graham Platner needed to end his campaign after being accused of rape some progressive commentators handled the story badly, especially the tendency to ignore Platner's PTSD and trauma as part of the context for his earlier behavior. We s...
Socialist Wins, GOP Spin, and the Fight Over Who Gets to Be Free
We look at Ohio politics, a federal religious-liberty commission, and the reaction to recent Democratic Socialist primary wins in New York City.Ohio Republicans repeat false claims about Dr. Amy Acton and COVID-era county fair restricti...
Ohio GOP's Last-Minute Manipulations to Save Ramaswamy's Campaign
Trump won Ohio three times with an 11 point win in 2024 so why is the GOP nominee for Governor Vivek Ramaswamy tied, in the polls, with the Democrat Dr. Amy Acton? The GOP super-majority in the Ohio legislature is worried too so they decided to...
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