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TRUMP’S DEFLECTION MO
He tries to distract from his failure and his negligence by leveling outrageous, scattershot accusations–now it’s the apocryphal mask-hoarders. Vile, vile man–but one thing we know:he never learns, changes, does anything new, so we can always predict what he’ll say/do. … Continue reading
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FOX “NEWS” SHOULD BE WORRIED & IT SHOULD BE SUED
Imagine that. . .a modicum of accountability for Fox. Is it possible? This fever pit of traitorous lies and hate propaganda is apparently, finally, feeing a bit of heat. Gabriel Sherman tells Joy Reid:”there’s a real concern inside the network … Continue reading
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IT’S PHYSICAL
In 1988, Francis Mason and I had lunch with Alicia Markova at the Lombardy hotel in Manhattan. Dame Alicia was seventy-seven, which seemed ancient to me at the time. But now that seems almost young given that her career seemed … Continue reading
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REVELATIONS ABOUT THE GATES FOUNDATION
Tim Schwab has written a stunning expose of the Gates Foundation in the current Nation. You can’t make this up: the Gates take huge tax write-offs for donating to corporations that are printing money–some of them in which the foundation … Continue reading
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IT’S NOW OFFICIAL
Dr. Blix is yet one more Trump pod person. Who’s next? Please, Dr Fauci. . . resist! There are cures.
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HATE FACE OR CLOWN FACE?
It’s interesting; when Trump isn’t contorting his face into one of those, it’s a blank, almost immobile mask–the convulsive mouth gyrations almost a way of compensation, however.
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STATE OF THE TRUMP
Props to Paula Reid for standing firm in the face of: Trump’s ever-more frenetic hand and arm gestures, some now borrowed from Shirley Bassey. . . his scattershot attacks at every thing and everyone, in other words, his ever-widening paranoia. … Continue reading
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McCONNELL WIPES HIS HANDS OF AMERICA
Adjourns the Senate until April 20, as America reels trough one of the worst crises in our history. Enjoy playtime, Mitch.
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AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM AS BEN SASSE SEES IT
The smug, posturing little popinjay is outraged that unemployed Americans might be given adequate compensation. The 5000 billion windfall for our most irresponsible corporations doesn’t bother Sen. Sasse a bit. Nor does it bother his two accomplices, Sen. Scott, and … Continue reading
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OUR CEOs ARE SOCIOPATHIC AS A GENUS
and they’re stupid, ignorant and myopic in their obsession with short-term profit. This is what Reagan’s social engineering wrought: the return of the corporation as entity functioning in complete indifference to the public interest. Case in point: ex-Wells Fargo CEO … Continue reading
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