By D’Anne Witkowski The other day I heard a self-proclaimed democrat who voted for Trump say he didn’t like Hillary. “Bernie would have won. We told them we wanted Bernie,†he said, referring to Sanders winning the primary election in Michigan. “But they didn’t listen to us.†He didn’t exactly admit that voting for Trump

By D’Anne Witkowski There’s been a lot of talk about “civility†lately which was triggered by the owner of a restaurant asking a woman who is known worldwide for lying on the behalf of a white supremacist administration headed by a man who is trying to, and succeeding in, turning America into a dictatorship. So,

By D’Anne Witkowski |  I was in a coffee shop and the song “Safe and Sound†by Capital Cities started playing. I’ve heard it many times and while it’s good, I’ve never paid much attention to it. But I just finished reading Sarah McBride’s memoir “Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for

By D’Anne Witkowski I don’t listen to a lot of country music. In fact, since Trump’s “election†I haven’t listened to anything other than heavy metal (it’s honestly the only music that makes sense right now). Still, I do love me some Johnny Cash and Dolly Parton. So, when I heard that former Arkansas governor

By D’Anne Witkowski When I was a kid I knew of Bermuda only from songs, specifically “Kokomo†by the Beach Boys (“Bermuda, Bahama, come on pretty mamaâ€) and “Bermuda Triangle†by Barry Manilow, a mysterious love story of sorts that includes the lyric, “Lying with my woman on the island sand.†Ha ha ha. It’s

By D’Anne Witkowski I’d say, “Well, we survived the first year of the Trump Administration,†but the truth is not everyone did or will. Take this tax scam bill that the Republicans passed and Trump signed. By removing the individual mandate in the Affordable Care Act, they’ve essentially removed a fundamental structure of the program.

By D’Anne Witkowski I debated whether I should make Donald Trump or Roy Moore my Creep this week. Both are super creepy in so many ways. But ultimately Moore may or may not be elected by the people of Alabama to the god damn Senate by the time you read this, but Trump will, sadly, most definitely still be the president. And

By D’Anne Witkowski When the Trump era is written about in history books, assuming we survive that long, if there are any heroes in this sordid story those heroes will be federal judges. You may recall that in July Trump Tweeted out that “the United States Government will not accept or allow transgender individuals to