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TRUMP TAKES HIS TACKY, MOTHEATEN ACT BACK ON THE ROAD
If 1965 marked the cultural high point of American history, when the National Endowment for the Arts was founded, this year marks its nadir, as Trump is allowed to weaponize and degrade the Kennedy Center and the Kennedy Center Honors. … Continue reading
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HOW THE CORPORATE DEMOCRATIC ESTABLISHMENT BROUGHT US TRUMP
“No factors were more pivotal than the outlooks and actions of the Democratic Party leadership,” Norman Solomon, author of The Blue Road to Trump Hell, writes at Common Dreams. “Scrutinizing them now is vital not only for clarity about the … Continue reading
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MUTE AND INGLORIOUS, THE WHITE HOUSE “PRESS CORPS”
turn into potted plants again and again as Trump launches psychotic diatribes against any reporter responsible enough to correct his endless lies. It happened again today.
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WHY ISN’T BEN MEISELAS TALKING ABOUT TRUMP’S CAPTURE OF THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION?
Meiselas has an infant at home, and the NRC raising the level of radiation exposure it considers acceptable will lead to higher cancer rates among women and children in particular. Beyond Nuclear reports on the ominous fallout from Trump’s Executive … Continue reading
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THE DEMOCRATIC ESTABLISHMENT CANNOT GET FLUSHED OUT SOON ENOUGH
for the survival of this country and of the human species. At Common Dreams, Les Leopold reminds us that Kamala Harris “didn’t offer a sound that offended the donor class.” And don’t believe Harris’s spin: her campaign didn’t fail because … Continue reading
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KAROLINE LEAVITT’S BAGGY ANKLE-LENGTH REEFER COAT OVER HIGH HEELS
marks the Trump-Fox Propaganda galaxy of robotic fascists the least stylish fashion strata ever seen. This is trivia compared to their ongoing destruction of this country and their war on facts and truth, but nevertheless. . .
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ONCE AGAIN, CORPORATE MEDIA IS GIVING ONE OF TRUMP’S MOST DANGEROUS POLICIES A PASS
But Ken Klippenstein has obtained the memo issued by traitorous, lawless Department of Justice head Pam Bondi, who wants her now-purged department to draw up list of any organization that they decide to call “un-American,” and mark them for prosecution. … Continue reading
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IF TRUMP’S MONSTROUS BALLROOM IS EVER BUILT, IT WILL SERVE AS A PERPETUAL REMINDER OF AMERICA’S DEGRADATION
and Republican treason. As fascist mouthpiece Karoline Leavitt recently informed us, the tacky white elephant is Trump’s first priority. It will deface Pennsylvania Avenue until a Democratic president with spine is finally elected. He/she must either demolish it, radically downscale … Continue reading
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HILLARY REVERTS TO TYPE
condescendingly scolding America’s youth, and speaking at an event organized by billionaire far-right Trump supporter Miriam Adelson. Good old Hllary–she never learns.
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TRUMP TAKES ANOTHER LEAF FROM HIS BELOVED HITLER’S BOOK
Tom Joseph tweets: “Trump fired the architect he had hired to build the White House ballroom bc he refused too make it gargantuan. Trump’s mental disorder and evil intent is reminiscent of Hitler’s desire to build the 180k seat Volkshalle … Continue reading
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