Category: Current events
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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…
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Manufactured fascism
I’ve been reading too many post-election analyses that point fingers in all the wrong directions and completely miss the elephant in the room. The problem is not what Harris did or didn’t do in her campaign or whether some different choices could have moved the vote a point or two…
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Pacific states are not like the others
A lot of us are struggling with the reality that a voting majority just voted for a fascist to run the country. This time everyone knew exactly what and who they were voting for and did it anyway. It boggles the mind and torments the soul. Raises the question: How…
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Declaring our independence
JULY 4, 2024 A declaration of Americans against a return to imperial rule When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for people to dissolve the political bands that have connected them with a corrupt national government, and to assume among the powers of the Earth the autonomy…
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What’s up with Republicans and Russia?
What’s up with Republicans & Russia nowadays? The GOP used to base their identity on opposing the Evil Empire; now they’re all like, “Please Mr Putin, if you scratch our back, we’ll scratch yours.” Republican kowtowing to Putin lately has reached absurd proportions. We had Republican media mascot Tucker Carlson…
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Unfamiliar consequences for Teflon Don
I remember in the ‘80s when people would call Ronald Reagan “Teflon Ron” because negative press would never stick to him. Ah, the good old days… Teflon Ron couldn’t hold a scandal candle to Teflon Don (aka Mafia Don), who not only survives more scandals than Reagan could have dreamed…
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