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DOES THE “MAINSTREAM” PRESS CORPS KNOW WHAT A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION IS?
Locust in human form Tom Price blows smoke when asked about how the House ACA “replacement” will cost Americans coverage, and Joan McCarter at Daily Kos is concerned, as we all should be, that he’s allowed to get away with … Continue reading
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REP. CHAFFETZ IS A VICIOUS MORON
Who does he think he’s kidding? Like the cost of an I-Phone could go anywhere covering the skyrocketing insurance premiums that will result from his ACA “replacement”? “I believe in self-reliance,” this toad tells Fox “News.” Except when it comes … Continue reading
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LET THE CUSTOMER BE HEARD
So many restaurants install noise-reflective materials to produce even higher decibel levels, thus ensuring that people who crave that kind of thing are happy. If din makes a scene, so be it. But how nice to eat at Henry’s on … Continue reading
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THE DEMS HAVE TO BECOME MORE CREATIVE
Teach-ins on Bannon, Ryan, and the gang should be held, so that the American public understands exactly who is doing this to them, how and why. A Climate Change bureau should be established by the DNC, holding daily briefings on … Continue reading
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REP. LIEU AGAIN SHOWS HIS METTLE
Lieu tweets: “Mr. President: If there was a wiretap at Trump Tower, that means a fed judge found probable cause of crime which means you are in deep shit.” AND “Either @realDonaldTrump is paranoid like Nixon, or judge found probable … Continue reading
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IF YOU HAVE NOTHING TO SAY,
then scream and/or talk at a very fast clip. Thus Fox News, Trump and his lieutenants, and the entire right wing universe.
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SESSIONS’ LONG HISTORY OF POLITICALLY-MOTIVATED PROSECUTIONS
makes him ideally suited to Trump’s Cabinet. In The Guardian, Jon Swain and Oliver Laughland review “gun for hire” Sessions goes-way-back, all-the-way-back abuse of his powers.
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THE PIVOT AS A RECURRING TRUMP STRATEGY
The late-night comedians have a much higher truth quotient than the broadcast “news” shows aired a few hours earlier each evening. Trevor Noah runs the tapes showing how Trump’s pulled this pivot stunt before and before “and every time the … Continue reading
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AS WE MOVE CLOSER TO A COMPLETE UNMASKING OF TRUMP
His counter-accusations get more and more hysterical and outlandish. SCARY!
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HOW TRUMP’S MEDIA BASHING PAID OFF
in gallons of drooling raves over his lie-and-hate-ridden speech last Tuesday. Eric Boehlert at Media Matters describes how the “mainstream” media turned into a gaggle of ass-kissing courtiers. One of the low points in the media’s deference to Trump, and … Continue reading
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