The Post-Partisan Emporium

GOP House Speaker Vote & Democratic Treachery Republicans’ deal-making was democracy in action, writes  Margaret Kimberly. By contrast so-called House progressives did nothing for Medicare for All during the 2021 speaker vote.   Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy, second from right, negotiates with Rep. Matt Gaetz, in gray suit, on House floor on Jan. 6 during a vote on McCarthy for speaker.  (C-Span) By  Margaret Kimberly Black Agenda Report I n 2021 Democratic Party progressives asked those members of Congress who claimed to share their political priorities to stand up to their leadership, which meant standing up for the people. Those progressives knew that President Joe Biden promised to veto any legislation providing free, universal healthcare, known as Medicare for All. But they did what any political activist should do. They made the demand anyway. The call to  #ForcetheVote  was a request for House members to withhold their votes for Nancy Pelosi as speaker of the House unless

The Masking of the Servant Class: Ugly COVID Images From the Met Gala Are Now Commonplace While AOC's revolutionary and subversive socialist gown generated buzz, the normalization of maskless elites attended to by faceless servants is grotesque. Glenn Greenwald Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), appears at the 2021 Met Gala maskless in her highly fashionable and subversive gown, as masked workers and servants surround her, ensuring her safety and a smoothly running party, on September 13, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Noam Galai/GC Images) From the start of the pandemic,  political elites have been repeatedly caught exempting themselves from the restrictive rules they impose on the lives of those over whom they rule.  Governors ,  mayors ,  ministers  and  Speakers of the House  have been filmed violating their own COVID protocols in order to dine with their closest lobbyist-friends, enjoy a coddled hair styling in chic salons, or unwind after signing new lockdown and quarant