Tue, Aug 1, 2017 at 9:52:39 pm
YouTube Seth takes a break from breaking news to check in on President Trump's evolving views on religion, faith and the separation of church and state.

Sun, May 7, 2017 at 6:10:05 pm
YouTube Bokanté - Nou Tout Sé Yonn From the album "Strange Circles," to be released June 2017 on GroundUP Music. ***Please set to HD (or at least 480p). Pre-order now! Digital: http://radi.al/BokanteApple Physical: https://store.groundupmusic.net/produc ts/strange-circles Recorded and filmed at Dreamland Studios in West Hurley, New York, in April of 2016. Written by Michael League & Malika Tirolien. Music arranged ...

Sun, Feb 12, 2017 at 11:59:36 am
YouTube Woke up this morning and got some very sad news. My friend and inspiration Al Jarreau has passed away in Los Angeles, at the age of 76. I played in quite a few incarnations of Al's bands with some of the best musicians in the world, and I'll always be ...

Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 7:43:02 pm
YouTube Felix Contreras | January 27, 2017 — Some say you have to have loved and lost to appreciate the beauty of the bolero. Since its inception in Cuba in the early 20th century, the music has been designed for thoughtful and emotional consideration of the joys and pains that ...

Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 12:00:49 pm
“Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon, which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals.”-Martin Luther King, Jr. As a student at UCLA, I had the extreme fortune to study Nonviolence and Social Movements under the iconic Reverend James Lawson. In this ...

Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 10:59:24 am
In the third Presidential debate, Donald Trump said that the Second Amendment is “under such trauma.” But what about the First Amendment? While much could be said about freedom of religion, here the focus is on freedom of speech and tolerance of dissenting voices – which is an ...

Tue, Dec 27, 2016 at 11:08:30 am
Reports from witnesses on the plane where Carrie Fisher had a heart attack didn't sound promising, and today the worst news was announced: Carrie Fisher Dies at 60. She'll be greatly missed, not just for the memory of her ground-breaking role in Star Wars, but for her courageous and uncompromising political ...

Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 11:21:00 am
We're coming down to the wire, folks; the Electoral College meets on Monday to decide whether this country will put its fate in the hands of a thin-skinned pathologically dishonest narcissist with fascist tendencies and ties to white supremacists, and his cabinet of billionaires, generals and creationists. A full-page ad ...

Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 11:42:18 am
Trump campaign CEO/Breitbart "News" owner Stephen Bannon At Breitbart "News," the website run by Donald Trump's campaign CEO Stephen Bannon, commenters instantly launched an orgy of hate speech and genocidal rhetoric targeting all Muslims following the arrest of Ahmad Khan Rahami. Here's a small selection of the huge number of hateful comments ...

Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 5:02:20 pm
Video We had video last night of a Trump supporter assaulting several protesters at his rally in Asheville, North Carolina, but today the full story of the violence at this rally is coming out, including a report that one of Trump's thuggish fans punched a 69-year old woman in the face. ...

Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 3:08:10 pm
Pastor Mark Burns delivers the benediction at the #GOPConvention #RNCinCLEhttps://t.co/pJ2gRD7i7X &mda sh; CSPAN (@cspan) July 18, 2016 Anyone still remember something known as "the separation of church and state?" Well, the Republican Party has been working non-stop for years to erode this wall of separation put in place by the founding fathers, ...

Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 8:46:47 pm
A few days ago, Donald Trump tweeted this attack on Hillary Clinton: If you want to know about Hillary Clinton's honesty & judgment, ask the family of Ambassador Stevens. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 21, 2016 OK, so let's do that; what does Ambassador Stevens' family really think about Hillary Clinton's ...

Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 11:00:11 am
Joseph Sohm / Shutterstock.com Yesterday lots of pundits were saying Donald Trump's firing of campaign manager Corey Lewandowski presaged a change in tone, a "pivot" if you will, to a more even-handed and less inflammatory, conspiratorial campaign style for the erstwhile billionaire. Yeah, right. Today in New York, Trump addressed a group ...

Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 2:22:43 pm
You just gotta look at this and marvel at how insane the Republican presidential race has become. The GOP Speaker of the House is now talking about suing their own presumptive nominee over his bizarre, openly bigoted plan to ban Muslim immigration. And yet, he still wants to see Trump ...

Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 11:05:30 am
YouTube I've been making the point frequently at LGF and on Twitter and Facebook that the insistence by many conservatives -- including Donald Trump, of course -- that President Obama has to say the magic words "radical Islam" or we'll never be able to defeat ISIS is a talking point so ...

Sun, Jun 12, 2016 at 10:43:47 am
Terrible news from Florida today: Orlando Nightclub Shooter Called 911 to Pledge Allegiance to ISIS. The gunman who opened fire at a gay Florida nightclub early Sunday, shooting over 100 people, had called 911 moments before to pledge allegiance to the leader of ISIS, law enforcement sources told NBC News. But ...

Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 6:21:37 pm
VERONA, N.Y. -- Tactical law enforcement officers from across the region will gather at the Turning Stone Resort and Casino next week to view the latest law enforcement equipment and receive training, but the expo's keynote speaker has drawn criticism from groups advocating against Islamophobia and bigotry. The keynote speaker ...

Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 11:20:36 am
Road sign via Shutterstock In Tennessee yesterday, the Republican-dominated state Senate passed a bill that would make the Bible the state's "official book." Republicans in Tennessee have been trying to do this for more than a year, and their efforts have finally been successful -- despite the fact that Tennessee's own state ...

Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 11:26:14 am
Donald Trump: "I think Islam hates us" https://t.co/TdB9HJJ3SV https://t.co/BPgogJs3aZ — CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) March 10, 2016 Yes, it's Donald Drumpf again, pandering to the most hate-filled elements of the right wing base, telling Anderson Cooper that the entire religion of Islam has "an unbelievable hatred of us." Then with his typical belligerent ...

Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 3:18:27 pm
You may have heard that Donald Trump is now feuding with Pope Francis, because of course he is. I thought it would help his "response to the Pope" to reimagine it in free verse format. It's much more interesting this way, I think. [large]RESPONSE TO THE POPE[/large] A Donald J. Trump Joint If ...

Sun, Feb 14, 2016 at 11:46:40 am
Credit: Josh Stephen / WFAA WFAA TV in Dallas reports that Justice Antonin Scalia's death was due to a heart attack; there are still conflicting reports about whether an autopsy will be performed, but the Washington Post says Scalia’s family declined an autopsy. Guevara said she asked the Marshals if there ...

Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 3:21:01 pm
YouTube In a race with religious fanatics like Mike Huckabee and Ben Carson, you really have to be an über-fanatic to stand out, and Ted Cruz definitely fits that bill. As the elder Cruz explained, Ted and his family "spent six months in prayer" trying to decide if he should seek ...

Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 12:46:41 pm
Josh Marshall makes some excellent points about the reasons why Donald Trump continues to dominate Republican politics, and why this is potentially disastrous for the US political system; he's basically exploiting a system of dominance through humiliation in a new and very disturbing way: The Trumph of the Will. Trump ...

Mon, Jan 4, 2016 at 11:16:31 am
What is brainwashing? Margaret Singer defined it as “providing members with information about the cult and showing them how their own decision-making power had been taken away from them.” Have you watched a friend or loved one go down the rabbit hole of right-wing delusion, paranoia and hatred? Likely, you ...

Sat, Dec 26, 2015 at 11:40:55 am
On Christmas Day, a fire broke out at a mosque in southwest Houston, and the ATF has now confirmed it's a probable case of arson. This is apparently the latest in a string of anti-Muslim hate crimes since the San Bernardino attack. HOUSTON - An ATF spokesperson has confirmed the ...