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ALL THE HOUSE DEM FRESHMAN HAVE TO SAY TO THEIR CONSTITUENTS
is: In this great country, we don’t bow down to a king. We don’t bow down to a dictator. We don’t bow down to anyone. And Pelosi had better whip that into their talking points.
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THE POWER OF ART
Addison on Virgil’s Georgics: “We find our imaginations more affected by his descriptions than they would have been by the very sight of what he describes.”
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IS THIS
the same Republican Party that Biden thinks will magically reform once Trump is gone?
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SCUTTLING COURTIER MICK MULVANEY
Needless to say, Trump’s White House is now staffed entirely by dreck, and Mulvaney is among the dreckiest. Lying, lawless, welcher, deadbeat “fiscal hawk” Mulvaney may now finally have gone too far. Trump wanted him around because Mulvaney has no … Continue reading
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INJUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS
is an anti-democracy fanatic, one of the most activist extremists in the history of our Supreme Court. He’s not an actual jurist; he’s an operative, whose role in the de-legitimization of the Court cannot be underestimated. But he’s clever He’s … Continue reading
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VILE, TRAITOROUS TUCKER CARLSON
will say anything, absolutely anything to collect that paycheck. It is, I admit, amusing to hear how Tucker has traded in his finishing school accents to sound more like the faux-populist demagogues with whom he shares the hate and propaganda … Continue reading
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RECALLING A LOST MANHATTAN THAT ISN’T ENTIRELY LOST
You do know, of course, that May of this year marked the fiftieth anniversary of my acting debut. It was the start of a varied and interesting career. . . doing other things. You see, my father had a client … Continue reading
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PERHAPS THAT’S WHY WARREN IS AHEAD?
It’s time to cut the shit, Senator Warren reminds the Democrats, and fight Trump’s arson with something more than water buckets.
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PELOSI MAKING A COMPLETE FOOL OF HERSELF
With all that’s happened this week, with U.S. democracy and national security on the ropes, all she can come up is a plaintive little proposal that the law be changed so that sitting presidents can be indicted? What alternate reality … Continue reading
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WHEN IN DOUBT, WAG THE DOG
As evidence of his traitorous behavior piles up, Trump now pivots to launching one more endless war. Oh, I meant a “moderate” “troop deployment.” If Nancy Pelosi will not act, he needs to be voted out as Speaker.
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