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REP. SHERMAN TELLS IT STRAIGHT
telling it to Fox “News” which must be forced to listen to the truth occasionally. “Next year, we may see a larger Democratic majority as people understand that what Donald Trump is doing today — and the man has blood … Continue reading
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THE IRONY
The Republicans, who want to turn America into the Stalinist USSR, complete with book banning, berate over-qualified nominee Saule Omarova for the sin of growing up in Kazakstan in a family persecuted by Uncle Joe.
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KEVIN McCARTHY CHANNELS ETHEL MERMAN
You know, it’s one thing when you’re singing, “Gangway world, get off of my runway.” It’s another when you’re flailing through tired diva-demagogue moves in a stemwinder attack on anyone in government who dares to try to do anything for … Continue reading
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INSPIRING WORDS FROM ARTIST BEN OKRI
Writing in The Guardian: “We have to find a new art and a new psychology to penetrate the apathy and the denial that are preventing us making the changes that are inevitable if our world is to survive. We need … Continue reading
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LAUREN BOEBERT ISN’T JUST A THIRD-RATE GIDGET IMPERSONATOR
Rep. Boebert is a vile, treasonous domestic terrorist who participated in Trump’s January 6 coup attempt. Rep. Omar’s no-holds-barred riposte to Boebert’s defamatdory incitement was right on.
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BILL GATES THROWS HIS WEIGHT (AGAIN) BEHIND A DANGEROUS BOONDOGGLE
Now he’s promoting a dangerous new type of nuclear reactor. The public is once again being gulled by Gates, and scientists are coming forward to denounce his blinkered obstinancy. All nuclear energy is dirty and toxic, producing poisonous waste that … Continue reading
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SANDERS SAYS IT ALL (AGAIN)
He scores the hypocrisy and ass-backward priorities of our Senate. “Many of my colleagues tell the American people, day after day, how deeply concerned they are about the deficit and the national debt. They tell us that we just don’t … Continue reading
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CORPORATE MONOPOLIES DRIVE INFLATION
“The biggest culprit for rising prices that’s not being talked about is the increasing economic concentration of the American economy in the hands of a relative few giant big corporations with the power to raise prices,” writes Robert Reich. “Since … Continue reading
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MAKAROVA
We sent Red Star, White Nights to Natalia Makarova and she sent us a poem about him she composed after receiving the book. She requests that it be posted in the original Russian. At the moment, I’m having trouble with … Continue reading
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IF HAWLEY THINKS MEN NEED TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITIY,
why hasn’t he turned himself in?
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