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REICH CALLS OUT MEDIA’S FALSE EQUIVALENCY ON THE DEBT CEILING
What is being peddled by the corporate media is, as Robert Reich documents, utter “rubbish.”
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WALTZING MARIE THERES
My thoughts for Air Mail on the Metropolitan Opera’s Der Rosenkavalier.
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THE GOP HAS TURNED THE SUPREME COURT INTO A CESSPOOL
John Robert’s reputation is, of course, in tatters and will remain so–his vaunted image as an institutionalist is a complete fraud. Clarence Thomas must immediately resign to spend more time with his family.
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MURDOCH’S SOCIOPATHOLOGY
In a cover profile for Vanity Fair, “The Trials of King Rupert,” Gabriel Sherman writes that “Murdoch’s ability to blithely rationalize the violence on January 6 is a microcosm of how he evaded any responsibility for the immense damage his media … Continue reading
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AIR SHOT FROM AN AIR HEAD
Vicious, corrupt dingbat Tennessee Senator Marsha Blackburn told America how terribly, terribly sorry she and hubby were about the mass killings in her state as well as over the state line. (Red states have much higher crime rates than blue.) … Continue reading
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WE’RE GOING TO HAVE TO BUILD A WALL ROUND THE RED STATES
It’s bad enough that we, the blue, wealthier states pay the freight for the impoverished red states–and a lot of thanks we get for it, too–but as these states become less and less inhabitable, due to abolition of gun regulations, … Continue reading
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JABARI BRISPORT GETS THE LUXURY HOUSING-FOR-NON-NYC RESIDENTS SCAM
In response to Mayor Adams’ budget proposals, NY State Senator Brisport tweets: “Producing more caviar would technically increase ‘egg supply’ but wouldn’t lower egg prices for you at the store. Any proposal to increase ‘ ‘housing supply’ should specify what … Continue reading
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MURDOCHS, FATHER & SCION, ARE GIVEN THEIR DAYS IN COURT
With a vengeance. It’s way past time that this leadership pedigree confront some accountability about the damage they’ve done to this country. Why do they hate America so much, after all we’ve done for them?
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GOP-CONTROLLED IDAHO ISSUING SOVIET-STYLE TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS
In just the latest indication that the Republicans want to turn America into a theocratic police state, Idaho is now making it a crime for women to travel outside the state to elude Idaho’s draconian abortion restrictions.
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TRUMP BACK TO EXTOLLING HIS REGULATION CUTS THAT CAUSE DISASTERS
Remember how in Palestine he said he had “nothing to do” with his regulation cuts that helped make the train catastrophe inevitable? I guess, he’s a big boy now who’s taking responsibility for his actions.
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