“How did your parents react when you came out?” is the first question I’ve been asked by members of the audience in my 50 years of public speaking.

It’s painfully clear that the failed January 6 insurrection was only the beginning of MAGA’s efforts to overthrow our government. They are engaged in a multi-front war to disfigure our democracy, destabilize our institutions, and remake America in their diseased image.

I'm in a bit of a tough spot and could really use some advice.

Over the past 50 years, before the GOP went all in on fascism and isolationism, the most dramatic difference between Democrats and Republicans lurked in the driest of places: their tax policies. Democrats essentially wanted to tax the rich to help the middle class and working poor, while Republicans argued that helping the rich would eventually help everyone.