All presidents bring their own characteristics and governing styles to the White House.  Lyndon Johnson, who assumed the presidency in the most awful of circumstances, was infatuated with himself, taking a LBJ bust to the Vatican to present to the Pope.  Ronald Reagan arrived at the White House so grossly ill informed that a Washington Post reporter remarked that the “task of watering the arid desert between Reagan’s ears is a challenging one for his aides.”  Reagan’s principal biographer, Lou Cannon, wrote that Reagan “may have been the one president in history of the republic who saw his election as a chance to get some rest.”   George H.W. Bush was particularly nasty during the 1987-1988 campaign, so he had to prove he was really a good guy.  Bush was only the third president in two centuries to be inaugurated  with both houses of Congress in the control of the opposition, so he had to reach out to Democrats.   More

How many graduates of Buena Vista Elementary and Lowell High School in San Francisco have become labor book authors? Probably not many–other than Eric Blanc, whose mother taught in that city’s public school system (and served as union president) and whose father was long active in its central labor council. Blanc became a teacher himself More

Right now, Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, is attempting to dismantle major agencies of the federal government which are designed to protect the needs of working families and the disadvantaged. These agencies were created by the U.S. Congress and it is Congress’ responsibility to maintain them, reform them or end them. It is not Mr. Musk’s responsibility. What Mr. Musk is doing is patently illegal and unconstitutional – and must be stopped. More

Rise up people and fast. Tyrant Trump and his Musk-driven gangsters are launching a fascistic coup d’état. Much of everything you like about federal/civil service for your health, safety, and economic well-being and protections is being targeted.

To feed Trump’s insatiable vengeance over being prosecuted, being defeated in the 2020 election, or now just being challenged, this megalomaniacal, self-described dictator is harming the lives of tens of millions of Americans in need and millions of Americans who are assisting them. More