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MICHAEL MOORE NAILED IT
Trump tweets and struts, pouts and rants, but gives intelligence briefings the back of his hand. And and all the while terrorists plot. The monster cretin Trump is probably the greatest internal peril that the U.S. has ever faced. Knowing … Continue reading
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RESISTING TRUMP’S FASCISM
Bravi to the Department of Energy for standing up to the unelected dictator as he makes the unseemly prelude-to-a-purge request for naming anyone knowledgeable about climate change in the Department. Shaming of a sort would inevitably follow. Memo to Trump: … Continue reading
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EXISTENTIAL MOMENT FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Ted Rall at Common Dreams reminds us that unless the Democrats stand up to Trump, they will simply become irrelevant. “Disgusted and now dominant, the Bernie Sanders wing of the Democratic Party is ten seconds from bolting. Democrats have one … Continue reading
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GOP GRIFTERS AND PARASITES
Those GOP “heavyweights” lined up to defend Tillerson? They seem to be collecting salaries from Exxon Mobil. Caitlin MacNeal at TalkingPointsMemo does the math. Hopefully, this will once and for all disqualify war criminal Condoleezaa Rice from a return to … Continue reading
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TOO LITTLE-TOO LATEISM FROM OBAMA
Obama could have shut the Russian interference down last summer, but Mitch McConnell threatened to kick some sand in his face.
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COMMUNITY SING
Can all who love democracy raise their voices in a chorus of “Sedition!” sung to the tune of Fiddler on the Roof’s “Tradition”? Outside Trump Tower, of course.
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ENOUGH WITH THE AMA
The American Medical Association is a bunch of vampires who have endorsed the death-dealing Dr. Tom Price–a miscreant actively plotting to bring about certain but unnecessary disease, suffering and death to millions of Americans. Three University of Pennsylvania physicians who … Continue reading
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WHEELS COMING OFF
Off of our republic, for sure, but also off the GOP’s theft of our election. Thus fraudster Paul Ryan speaking out of every corner of his mouth. Yes, investigate, but no, don’t pay attention to the investigation if it threatens … Continue reading
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WHY IS COMEY NOT YET UNDER INVESTIGATION?
The GOP is now trampling on every last vestige of democracy and legitimate judicial/government process and procedure. Comey broke the law. He broke it in collusion with Congressman Chaffetz as well as how many others in the GOP. Nate Silver … Continue reading
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POST-DEMOCRACY AMERICA
We have an electoral and judicial system that now actively suppresses democracy, and today’s Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision is just the latest demonstration of that.
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