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THE COMPANY THEY KEEP
Why are we not surprised that Amy Coney Barrett’s husband, Jesse Barrett, is defending Fox Corp., parent to Fox”News” in yet another defamation lawsuit? You’d think if he had any respect for decency or propriety that he wouldn’t get near … Continue reading
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IT IS TIME TO RADICALLY REFORM THE SUPREME COURT
Alito’s refusal to recuse and Roberts’ apparent endorsement of that malfeasance should be the last straw. This is a majority that is contemptuous of this country and won’t even make the most perfunctory attempts to disguise that fact.
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HAIL MARILYN BENDER
Long-time NYT editor and reporter Marilyn Bender published her book The Beautiful People in 1967, in which she kept close watch on the fashion industry, the fashion journalism industry, and the fashion celebrity industry. I don’t have the book in front … Continue reading
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BIDEN SHOULD CONTINUE TO HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE NYT
He sees what they did to both Clintons. The Times’ brass’ duplicitous attempts to defend their lopsided false equivalences–by which they attach as much weight to lies as to truth, just so there are an equal number of positive and … Continue reading
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FANTASTIC
The Biden campaign goes into the belly of the beast. They transform Trump’s attempted appropriation of the courthouse into a staging ground for defamatory, subversive propaganda. They strike a blow for truth and reality.
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IT TOOK ONLY ONE WELL-TIMED HYSTERICAL OUTBURST BY MARTHA-ANN ALITO
to get the Democrats to abandon their attempt to force him to speak honestly in his confirmation hearing. Let’s hope they’re made of sterner stuff now, as the full ramifications of Justice Alito’s unfitness for judicial service become clearer by … Continue reading
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REMEMBER WHEN TRUMP LURCHED OUT IN FRONT OF QEII?
Trump’s behavior, as well as his policies, turned America into a pariah and a laughing stock on the international stage. Biden needs to remind the country of that, now that Trump is insisting that we were respected as never before … Continue reading
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ROBERTS COURT DOUBLES DOWN ON ITS ENDORSEMENT OF RACISM
it simply couldn’t give a shit whether South Carolina’s electoral maps are gerrymandered racially–bring back Jm Crow! It wants to do everything it can to ensure that all of America’s electoral maps are that way. Let’s face it, John Roberts … Continue reading
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FINALLY
Rep. Omar questions Justice Alito’s patriotism, and it’s about damn time the seditious Roberts majority faces that brand of music. Will Dick Durban do anything, or will we be subjected to more throat clearing and paper shuffling from Durbin and … Continue reading
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IF THE GOP CARED ABOUT ANTI-SEMITISM, THEY WOULDN’T RUN TRUMP
As Trump plans his Fourth Reich and ramps up his attacks on American Jews, the Republicans exploit the Gaza crisis to strip Americans of their right to protest, and blindly follow Herr Trump in lockstep. President Biden must start discussing … Continue reading
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