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JOHN ROBERTS ISN’T AN INSTITUTIONALIST; HE’S A TRAITOR
His Supreme Court majority, the most corrupt in our nation’s history (and Roberts himself and his wife are part of the self-dealing orruption), has–at his urging–worked to upend democracy and give Trump carte blanche. He will not rest until the United … Continue reading
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WE MUST STOP ALLOWING THE RIGHT WING TO CALL ITSELF “PRO-LIFE”
J.D. Vance preaches Hitlerian demonization of Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, knowing full well that every word he says is a lie, and then Springfield schoolchildren must be evacuated because an attack on their school is threatened. Vance, Trump and … Continue reading
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DOES BABY WANT HIS BOTTLE?
Now Trump says he’ll only debate again if human pacifier Jesse Watters is the moderator.
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GERMANY COULDN’T BE HAPPIER ABOUT DUMPING BOTH NUCLEAR AND COAL
Nuclear power is the most apocalyptically dangerous non-solution to the climate crisis we could imagine. One nuclear accident could take out most of a continent. Germany knows this, and that’s why they’re winding it down together with fossil fuels. Trump’s … Continue reading
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DRUG OF NECESSITY
Trump was less manic at the debate than I expected–although he did descend into hysteria toward the end. Which leads me to believe that on this occasion he had been given sedatives rather than stimulants in the vain hope that … Continue reading
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N.B. VP HARRIS
Trump will be drugged at tonight’s debate. Higher than a kite, he will be a study in obstreperous mania. He won’t answer any of the rmoderators’ questions, but will steer everything back to his two or three talking points: The … Continue reading
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ADAMS HAS AGGRAVATED DEBLASIO’S ASSAULT ON LANDMARK PRESERVATION
A new report issued by Village Preservation demonstrates the way that NYC landmark designations have ground to a halt; there are fewer under the Adams regime than any under any previous mayor since the Landmarks Presevation Commission was established in 1965. … Continue reading
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CORPORATE “NEWS” MEDIA HAS DESTROYED ITS CREDIBILITY
In The Guardian, Rebecca Solnit writes that “The first thing to say about the hate and scorn currently directed at the mainstream US media is that they worked hard to earn it. They’ve done so by failing, repeatedly, determinedly, spectacularly … Continue reading
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BUT NO ONE ASKED YOU TO DO THAT, MR. SULZBERGER
A.G. Sulzberger takes to the pages of the Washington Post to insist that when the Times is asked to practice journalism, it is actually being asked to practice electioneering. That’s now become the go-to dodge for the corporate media when … Continue reading
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EVEN TRUMP DOORMAT MARK LEVIN COULDN’T DISGUISE HIS DISBELIEF
at the demented babble that gushed out of Trump during their “interview.” But Levin didn’t dare interrupt, which just made it all the more damning for Trump. He demonstrated that it is time for him to go into Assisted Living–not anywhere … Continue reading
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