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CARLSON CALLS SOMEONE AN ELILIST!
Now, that’s a laugh. Tucker “I’ll lie about anything if you pay me” Carlson is the epitome of a rich elitist. He’s never had a moment’s financial insecurity in his life, and now this parasite pulls down a big salary … Continue reading
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NOBODY HAS TO ASK ANYMORE HOW IT HAPPENED IN GERMANY
Because before our eyes we’re seeing how it happened. Fox “News” and Trump and their traitorous accomplices are showing us how it happened.
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THE KIDS HAVE JUST HAD ENOUGH
Sarah Chadwick// #NEVERAGAIN?Verified account @sarahchad_ FollowFollow @sarahchad_ More We should change the names of AR-15s to “Marco Rubio” because they are so easy to buy THIS IS JOEL: If sixteen-year-old Chadwick took office right now, I’m sure at the very least she … Continue reading
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ARTS INSTITUTIONS ENABLING APOCALYPSE
Last summer, Philip Kennicott in the Washington Post questioned whether the Kochs’ domination of arts philanthropy is morally or pragmatically tenable any longer. “It’s increasingly clear that the Koch brothers’ climate campaign has had a larger moral and intellectual cost … Continue reading
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ONLY ONE WORK ETHIC REALLY WORKS
in ballet, or probably anywhere else for that matter. It’s work and work and work, on little things as much as big. A few years after the premiere of La Valse in 1951, NYCB was performing it in Chicago, “and it … Continue reading
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DANA LOESCH WAS READY FOR HER CLOSE UP
She was so excessively made-up at the CNN town hall last night where she lied all over the place that I thought, either she’s put on war paint to intimidate every body there and hide behind some kind of mask, … Continue reading
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THIS QUOTE HAS TO GO IN
Yes, well, I mean of course Lisa and I have included negative or lukewarm responses to Soloviev in People’s Artist. No performer, no matter how great or celebrated, is subject to anything but a wide range of opinions, and describing … Continue reading
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THE GOP IS AIDING AND ABETTING THE MASSACRE OF AMERICAN CHILDREN
That’s the reality, and that’s what the Democrats need to press home. Kirsten Gillibrand on Stephen Colbert last night was a small step in the right direction. As she said, “It has nothing to do with the Second Amendment.”
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IT IS TIME TO START DECLINING KOCH BROS. SLUSH
Desperately cash-strapped as they are, it is time that America’s cultural institutions stop acting as fig leaves for the Kochs. The Kochs contribute what is, for them, chump change and in return get priceless windfalls in image clean-up. The Kochs … Continue reading
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AS INTENDED,
The revised East Midtown zoning rules are ushering in a new generation of monstrously tall Manhattan buildings. The Times reports on J.P. Morgan’s announcement that it will demolish its 52-story headquarters to build a new 70-story headquarters. Both Mayor De … Continue reading
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