JUXTA

29/06/2021

We’ve wound down JUXTA. There have been changes in the lives of team members, and changes in Medium’s model and direction...

JUXTA launched in the pandemic, over one year ago. It was an experiment crafted by good friends with several aims: to offer new voices; to…

14/05/2021

🔥Marjorie Taylor Greene just got sparky with NBC's Leanne Caldwell, during a stakeout on the Capitol steps. Caldwell was repeatedly asking if Biden won the election:

13/05/2021

05/05/2021

🔴 Facebook has decided: Trump suspension UPHELD
https://www.oversightboard.com/decision/FB-691QAMHJ/

03/05/2021

"They believe that all they need in order to prove massive election fraud is to construct a narrative that matches their prior conclusions."

A comforting narrative is not evidence

03/05/2021

Liz Cheney is doubling down, as she faces increasing attacks from fellow Republicans:

28/04/2021

Both of the Republicans had made high-profile appeals earlier this year for unity.

They’d pleaded for unity earlier this year

19/04/2021

"Here we see the clash between the aspirational ‘This is not who we are’ and the observational ‘Here is more evidence that this is exactly who we are.’”

Subhead: For public safety, punish trigger-happy cops

13/04/2021

"The focus on Florida Man obscures serious American decay."

The focus on Florida Man obscures serious American decay

05/04/2021

"In the absence of a shared commitment to verifiable reality across party lines, we are left with an endless, high-stakes battle." - Richard Rosendall puts recent events into context:

Democracy must be built on reality, not conspiracy theories

02/04/2021

🔴 Gaetz spokesman quits in the wake of unanswered questions re: the Congressman’s schedule:

29/03/2021

📈US is outperforming among the largest developed economies, IHS Markit finds, citing vaccine roll-out progress and stimulus as key factors:
https://bit.ly/3foIG60

23/03/2021

"The question is not whether America will prevail, but whether one part of America can erase the rest."

Surge in hate crime proves voting rights vital

14/03/2021

He makes a buck off Dr. Seuss
With facts that are unduly loose...

By Richard J. Rosendall

09/03/2021

An excellent reflection on recent events, and the barriers to humanity:

We cannot help everyone, but we can help someone

02/03/2021

As Trump supporters spread allegations that Brian Sicknick did not die as a result of the attack on the Capitol, FBI Director notably declares: "The attack on Jan 6 not only resulted in the injuries of over 100 law enforcement officers, but also the tragic death of US Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, in the line of duty." Wray was testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee on "The January 6 Insurrection, Domestic Terrorism, and Other Threats":

24/02/2021

"Kennedy bafflingly pressed on with a question indicating he’d absorbed Powell’s thrice-repeated explanation about as well as, say, a sheet of cling wrap might mop up kitchen spills."

Awkward hearing moment with Fed Chair Powell

22/02/2021

"We have to counter Republicans’ blood-soaked ignorance. We will never defeat them from a defensive crouch. We are building our country while our opponents want to tear it down. Let’s be like Malcolm and go for it."

To win, we have to do things that scare us

15/02/2021

"The fact that Trump is hinting at another political run in 2024 just makes political messaging for the Democrats in 2022 and 2024 that much easier."

From 1995 to 2021, the GOP controlled the House for 18 out of 24 years and the Senate for a bit less. In January 2017, there were 4…

13/02/2021

Ken Jones was a longtime leader in the LGBTQ community and a champion for equal rights and dignity for all. He shared this piece with JUXTA last year, before he was hospitalized for cancer. Unfortunately, we lost Ken last month. He died on January 13 at the age of 70. His words are as timely as ever, and we’re honored to share them with our readers:

African Americans are still on a lonely island of poverty in a vast ocean of material prosperity

11/02/2021

The videos of the Capitol siege were searing. But also vital was this evisceration of Trump’s free speech defense:

10/02/2021

Foreign policy grandée Richard N. Haass drops his longtime Republican affiliation:

09/02/2021

NEWSMAX interrupts Trump's attorney to pan his performance, joined by Alan Dershowitz. "Where is he heading with this?" "I have no idea why he's saying what he's saying." "Is he forgetting this is on TV?"

09/02/2021

Trump proposed impeaching former President Obama over three years AFTER Obama had exited the White House. But wait, there's more...

We regret to inform you of several inconsistencies

08/02/2021

"How to explain those he has so badly used refusing to let him go? It is simple: people believe what they want. They cling to that which has robbed them, as William Faulkner wrote."

Unleashing the truth against GOP nihilism

04/02/2021

For the GOP, it's déjà vu all over again:

01/02/2021

Smell the unity!

“Pushing his agenda” was a bit of a catch-all, wasn’t it? Smell the unity.

27/01/2021

"Democratic organizing and 81 million voters are helping reality make a comeback."

Unity does not mean Democratic surrender

19/01/2021

“If we do not meet the challenge ahead with honesty, faithfulness, and courage, sabotage and autocracy can win.” - Richard Rosendall’s latest dispatch from Washington, DC:

After the barricades and checkpoints, the work begins

19/01/2021

It’s a blame shift almost too brazen to contemplate, yet their biggest gaslighting operation of all time is underway.

Here’s how their biggest gaslighting yet is being prepared

14/01/2021

Read Richard Rosendall’s powerful essay: https://link.medium.com/HrPuoazh3cb

10/01/2021

"The main difference between today’s GOP and the mass su***de at Jonestown, Guyana in November 1978 is that the latter was quicker." - Rick Rosendall, for JUXTA

Trump becomes a cautionary tale as we rebuild

10/01/2021

Read Dan’s essay here: https://link.medium.com/chi1E2neWcb

09/01/2021

A call for preparation, accountability, investigations and mayoral control over the National Guard:

A call for preparation, accountability, investigations and mayoral control over the National Guard

07/01/2021

The world’s newspapers were splashed with front-page coverage of chaos in America’s halls of Congress. We’ve gathered the boldest, saddest covers:

The world’s newspapers were filled with front-page coverage of chaos in America’s halls of Congress. There are too many to list. We’ve…

07/01/2021

Congress actually has the power to bar Trump from from holding “any office of honor, trust or profit under the United States.” And they've used it before, for impeached judges:

Congress has the power to impeach and remove the president. But it also has a more powerful option: barring Trump from ever being…