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TRUMP’S BRAZEN ANTI-SEMITISM
Remember, every accusation Trump makes or has ever made is a projection, an admission of guilt. At Talking Points Memo, Josh Marshall flags Trump’s “Epic History of Coddling, Promoting and Refusing to Denounce Anti-Semitism.”
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ONE TRILLION SMACKEROOS FOR A PLANE
William Rivers Pitt at Truthout reminds us that: “The F-35 Lightning II fighter aircraft is expected to cost at least $1.5 trillion before all is said and done.” And we live in a country where millions go to bed hungry, millions are … Continue reading
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DEMS DON’T WANT O BE CHUMPS FOR TRUMP TV
As Chris Hayes correctly terms Fox “News.” Fox isn’t a news station; it’s a bog of seditious propaganda. It wouldn’t know what a journalist standard is if it got bitch slapped with it. So no, Dems, don’t reconsider: no debates … Continue reading
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HOW MANY CRIMINAL CONSPIRACIES DOES IT TAKE TO GET A TRUMP “ELECTED”?
A hell of a lot more than it takes to get any lightbulb screwed in–anywhere, anytime. The outrageous suppression of his school records by wealthy Trump supporters reminds us that we are learning piece by piece about an all-but unprecedented … Continue reading
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ARTICULATE PERCUSSION
Age one to age seven or eight, my mother spent summers at Woods Hole on Cape Code, where her father undertook biological investigations at the research center. The fog horns she heard there at night scared her, until her mother … Continue reading
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OBSCENE DEFAMATION BY SARAH SANDERS
This disgraceful person is not a cut above anything; she has, in fact, hit a new low. Her baby-killing accusations against Democrats must be condemned by them in the strongest possible terms. And Sarah, you meretricious moron, we already have … Continue reading
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GOP IS THE PARTY OF DICTATOR OVER COUNTRY
Michael Cohen calls out the current GOP caucus for what it is. Were Sens. McConnell and Graham listening, or were they busy off-site with kimono fittings?
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YUCK-MAKING con’t
It also is yuck that the “mainstream” media–and the NYT, is, of course, actually mainstream without the scare quotes–will only report on something like ballet when there is a scandal or a multicultural affirmation. And then, given the “mainstream” media’s … Continue reading
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THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO “YUCK!”
I was minding my own business, taking a walk down a country road, everything absolutely still and quiet, the fields covered with snow — when I get a phone call from someone who’d read the latest New York Times piece on … Continue reading
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THE MERCERS–OF COURSE
In their unending pursuit of inflicting the most harm on the greatest number of Americans, Daddy and Baby Doll Mercer pooled their pennies to rent a stupendously fraudulent and stupid billboard targeting AOC on her opposition to the Amazon shakedown. … Continue reading
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