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Richard Nixon was corrupt and all, but didn't have anything on Donald J.
Trump. Traci and Abe take your calls, and dig in to the latest
shocking-but-not-shocking scandal from the Trump years.
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The right-wing assault on representative democracy goes on. Jan. 6 was flashy
and all, but the campaign continues at the state and local levels all over
the country. Right here in Oregon, the Multnomah Co. GOP has been splintered
from within, with one faction openly alignin...
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To the disgust of many, and the surprise of no one, Congressional Republicans
refused last week to approve the creation of a commission to investigate the
Jan. 6 coup attempt. Meanwhile, voter suppression legislation and
post-election "audits" are popping up all over the co...
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After a pandemic hiatus, the City of Portland has resumed a "more assertive
approach" with regard to homeless encampments around the city. The tactics
and outcomes are, predictably, bad. Traci and Abe take your calls -- and your
Big Ideas on how our society can find homes f...
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Once again, the Israeli government has mistreated the residents of the lands
they occupy. And once again, the retaliation has been bloody. But only one
partner in this macabre dance receives military aid from the United
States. It's time for the U.S. to turn the page on thi...
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The Trumpification of the Republican Party is complete -- a majority of
Congressional Republicans and the GOP electorate are all in for the guy who
lost the election by 8 million votes, and then launched a bloody insurrection
in an attempt to install himself as dictator. Do...
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Reaching "herd immunity" from the coronavirus, according to the New York
Times, might not be attainable this year -- or ever. The race to vaccinate a
critical mass of people before new viral variants arise appears to be lost.
This is true for a range of reasons, of course, ...
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COVID cases are up, and so is vaccine hesitancy. Who tends to be
vaccine-hesitant? It breaks out along all-too familiar tribal lines.
Also: don't wear black in Portland -- the mayor is after you. Abe and Traci
take your calls.
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