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MASTER OF THE VAUDEVILLEAN UNIVERSE
Torn out of an unidentified trade newspaper, yellowed but unbowed, this clipping from a century-or-more-ago proclaims my grandfather’s ascent: JOE LOW PRODUCTIONS Will Furnish Acts For Shuberts’ Ad- Vanced Vaudeville New York, June 6 – Negotiations have been completed by … Continue reading
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J.D. VANCE’S ATTACK ON AMERICANS WHO WORK
As he hones his Republican political ambitions, Vance gets more and more overtly hostile to working Americans, natch. Speaking to “journalist” Steve Doucy on Fox “News, Vance goes full class warfare against any attempt by the White House to provide … Continue reading
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NO, THE KILLING OF PALESTINIAN CHILDREN IS NOT ACCEPTABLE
Fortunately, some Democratic House members are speaking out, even if the White house refuses to.
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RALLY
tomorrow, May 10, at noon outside 183 Centre Street, to protest the evisceration of Soho, Noho, and Chinatown proposed by City Hall.
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THE GRUBBY GREED OF JAMIE DIMON
Is there anything as pathologically cheap as an oligarch? Jamie Dimon insists that he gets to decide where his tax dollars go before he pays them. I wish I could. I’d refuse to pay for any more socialist subsidies to … Continue reading
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ELON MUSK IS A MONSTER
When it comes to the mindless worship of wealth, Americans take a back seat to no other country on Planet Earth. On the other hand, while Saturday Night Live may want to whitewash Musk’s greed and abuse, Robert Reich refuses … Continue reading
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SOME OF US FEEL THAT BLOGGING NEVER WENT AWAY
Mollie Jong-Fast mocks former-President Trump’s new “platform” this way: “So blogging is back?”
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THE MURDOCHS HAVE TUCKER CARLSON’S BACK
They are totally on board with his message of hate, public-health sabotage, treasonous incitement, and class warfare waged by oligarchs. The Murdochs share with Carlson a complete contempt for Fox viewers. The Daily Beast peers under the stone and finds … Continue reading
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ATTACKS ON THE CLASSICS SHEER ENVY?
Anxiety of influence, anyone? Today’s authors and academics know that these books can never be surpassed.
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