Linky Friday: Sowing Seeds, Reaping Whirlwinds Edition
Linky Friday is the Ordinary Times tradition of ending the week with stories and viewpoints from around the world and across the web
Category: American Politics
Child Tax Credit Checks Start To Go Out
The monthly “Child Tax Credit” payments plan from the March stimulus package are going out to parents this week.
Trump Has A Kavanaugh Grievance and Wants You People To Hear About It
The Trump vendetta ride against anyone and everyone he perceives to have slighted him continues apace, now featuring Brett Kavanaugh
Us vs Them
In practice, “us vs them” makes everything you believe is good and true, while everything the opposition favors is scum of the earth evil
Trump Sues Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube: Read It For Yourself
President Trump sues Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube to restoration of his accounts and overturn Section 230
OT Contributor Network: Heard Tell Podcast American Culture & Politics From A UK POV
Get the UK POV on the latest in American culture and politics from our friend Ben Harris who works in politics and parliament in London
Hanlon’s Razor, Revisited
Politicians lie and do so purposefully. Lying is the coin of the realm. And the lies just snowball.
Trump Organization CFO , Surrenders to Manhatten DA
The long-awaited results of a Manhattan grand jury have come for the Trump Organization, with long-time CFO Allen Weisselberg indicted
It’s Infrastructure Week! This Time, Though, The Job Is Getting Done
Infrastructure Week! is back. No, no, I’m not talking about what’s going on in the U.S. Senate. That’s not Infrastructure Week!
Power to the People: Three Election Changes to Pull Us Together
None of these election ideas are new. You have likely heard of all three of them. The key is putting them together to make a cohesive whole.
The Vehicle Miles Traveled Tax Would be a Tax from Hell
The Vehicle Miles Traveled Tax concept seems designed to alienate virtually every side of the political spectrum. So how would it work?
What Andrew Breitbart Got Wrong
Andrew Breitbart had one super-duper famous quote a lot of people seem to misinterpret: Politics is downstream from culture.
Florida Critical Race Theory Amendment: Read It For Yourself
The State Board of Education has voted and the Florida Critical Race Theory amendment has became law, restricting it from public school instruction.
Conservatives, The Language of ‘Culture War,’ and the Lessons of Counterinsurgency Theory
Developing virtues should be a prerequisite to political engagement and are vastly more important than jumping into any ‘culture war’ battle
Andrew Yang and the Benefits of Running for President
In the digital age, it is easier than ever for a candidate like Andrew Yang to take the attention of a presidential race to further their own ends
OT Contributor Network: Spheres of Influence Podcast w/Dennis Sanders
On this episode of Spheres of Influence podcast our friend Dennis Sanders contests “Hope is something that is missing from American politics”.
Republicans Are Not Helpless Against Trump
Republicans current situation is too easy. Trump has cultivated a base that will remain competitive in every election he participates in.
OT Contributor Network: Heard Tell Podcast Elections IRL w/Genya Coulter
The first episode of Heard Tell with Andrew Donaldson features Ordinary Times contributor Genya Coulter discussing elections
Senate Republicans Successfully Block January 6th Commission
The Senate vote to adopt a House measure to create a bipartisan January 6th Commission has failed by a vote of 54-35.
Past is Prologue: January 6th Commission Edition
The House of Representatives passed a measure to create a January 6th Commission to investigate the capitol riot that invaded that very chamber
