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Divided States, Fractured America
Time for some real talk: The United States of America is over. These states have not been united for many years, sharply divided between red and blue, between two political parties with irreconcilable differences. The Republican Party, already far to the right, has lately experienced a hostile takeover by MAGA forces with deep allegiance to… Read more
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This is not normal
One of the challenges of navigating our present moment is maintaining perspective on the tsunami of law-breaking and norm-breaking actions flooding our public zone. For many of us paying attention, current events violate all our sensibilities about How Things Are Supposed to Work. Yet around us (most of us), life seems to go on as… Read more
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The Sociopathy of Elon Musk
Imagine being the richest man on the planet, with more wealth than any other human has ever had before. What would you do with that much wealth? Read more
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The war on accountability
One of the biggest throughlines of the new administration is to destroy all mechanisms of accountability. The felon-in-chief is famous for avoiding accountability himself. In a just world, he would now be in prison for inciting insurrection, stealing US classified documents, and trying to overturn a national election by various devious means. Instead, because he… Read more
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Legalized bigotry
And so it begins. Just because gut-punches are expected doesn’t make them less painful. Withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement. “Drill, baby, drill” will be the new national energy policy. Asylum seekers in desperate need will be turned away. People doing nothing wrong will be deported. Ending birthright citizenship (this won’t likely hold up legally,… Read more
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