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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'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...
Hold My Beer: Trump's Insurrectionist Slush Fund Makes Old-School Political Corruption Look Quaint
Of course there is corruption in US politics that some call campaign contributions but President Trump and family have said "hold our beer" with the just the latest being a slush fund to pay off people who attacked the capitol in 2021.T...
One Bigot Down, One Landmark Law Dead: Ohio's Primary and the Death of the Voting Rights Act
We highlight significant outcomes from the May primaries in Ohio, emphasizing how the ongoing struggles against Christian nationalism and extremist ideologies manifest in local politics. One standout event was the primary defeat of some vocal p...
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