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ATLANTA BALLET CELEBRATES ROBERT BARNETT’S FIRST CENTURY
On May 6, Barnett turns 100. On May 10, there’s a champagne toast to him following an AB matinee. On. May 11, there’s a a party from 11:00 a.m. to 1:oo p.m.
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TRUMP NEEDS TO BE IN A RETIREMENT COMMUNITY
that contains assisted living and memory units. Trump was determined to clear out of the Vatican immediately, so determined was he to return to Florida to play more golf. His suit, his demeanor, his panoply of gauchisms were an embarrassment … Continue reading
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ARE THE DEMOCRATS EVER GOING TO ACT?
Yes, another “red line has been crossed,” with Trump’s fascist White House beginning to arrest judges who won’t condone its illegality. When are the Democrats going to wage a commensurate, proportionate response? There are no excuses anymore. There haven’t been for … Continue reading
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HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THAT MOST INDEPENDENTS BELIEVED IT WAS THE DEMOCRATS, NOT THE GOP, WHO THREATENED DEMOCRACY?
Harris’s campaign was even more inept than Hillary Clinton’s or Kerry’s. And this is the record that Neoliberal corporate Democrats insist must be rewarded with more of the same patronage.
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WHY IS RAHM EMANUEL BACK?
Why are we getting such a heavy dose of his disastrously reactionary views and reads on things? Hasn’t he done enough damage already to the Democratic Party, the city of Chicago, and the United States of America? What is he … Continue reading
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PAUL, WEISS DEFAMED ITS OWN ATTORNEY TO PROPITIATE TRUMP
Prostate before Trump, fully complicit with his attempt to declare himself above the law, Paul,Weiss made the absurd and utterly reprehensible accusation that Mark Pomerantz was guilty of “wrongdoing” when he worked on one of the many cases attempting to … Continue reading
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DNC IS STILL THOROUGHLY COMMITTED TO LOSING
Thus new chair Ken Martin’s ultimatum to vice-chair David Hogg that no primary challengers be allowed, even in the midst of a party overburdened withe superannuated time servers. The neoliberal corporate Democratic establishment is determined to exert its will even … Continue reading
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BARNARD NOW GIVING TRUMP CELL PHONE #s OF FACULTY & STUDENTS
who are then texted by Trump and asked if they are Jewish. Akela Lacy of The Intercept broke the story. “‘The federal government reaching out to our personal cellphones to identify who is Jewish is incredibly sinister,’ said Barnard associate … Continue reading
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EDUCATION SECRETARY SAYS KNOWLEDGE IS WORTHLESS
Linda McMahon tells us that it’s the fault of students pursuing “worthless” degrees–she believes in college only as vocational training–that justifies Trump’s new initiative to gouge debt-ridden graduates. I guess McMahon’s B.A. in French was worthless, too, since it didn’t … Continue reading
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IT’S CLEAR THAT TRUMP’S ORIGINAL PLAN WITH TARIFFS
was to use the imaginary wealth he would claim was flooding into the country as justification for attempting to entirely repeal income tax–that’s why he keeps claiming that the years leading up to 1913, when income tax was first instituted, … Continue reading
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