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DEMS HAVE LOOKED FORWARD NOT BACK SO OFTEN
that they’re unaware of what’s overtaken them. Elizabeth Warren doesn’t want to make the same mistake, and Charles Pierce at Esquire lauds her laudably: “The first big mistake made by President Barack Obama was his determination to look forward, and … Continue reading
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MICROSOFT’S TAX EVASION
accomplished in the most creative, innovative way, and it’s not like Microsoft made its mega-fortune from a government-funded technology, is it? Pro Public decided to look into it.
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HILLARY CLINTON, ONE ARCHITECT OF THE DEMOCRATS’ COLLAPSE
cannot help herself. She continues to spout lies about Bernie Sanders which are one) lies and two) she combines with delusional statements about her superiority as a candidate. Let’s make one thing perfectly clear: Hillary not only lost to Donald … Continue reading
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ANOTHER REASON WE DON’T HAVE PUBLIC ARTS FUNDING
Chin-tao Wu in her indispensable Privatising Culture: Corporate Art Intervention Since the 1980s: “The attempts of the Reagan White House to reduce the federal arts budgets, despite opposition from significant elements in Congress, did not abate during Reagan’s two terms … Continue reading
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LICK THE BOOTS OR WEAR THEM
Everyone in Trump world manifests that classic authoritarian duality: complete, groveling subservience to the Leader, contempt and vitriol spat out at the population that Leader wants subjugated. That means us, America.
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DAVID BROOKS IS PERPETRATOR OF THE CLASS WAR HE DOESN’T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT
I mean, talk about elitism. Brooks blames the working stiffs for succumbing to the class war that elevated Brooks and others of the same ilk. Josh Bivens at the Economic Policy Institute tries to explain reality to David Brooks. He … Continue reading
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DEMOCRACY IS TO TRUMP
as a red flag to a bull. It enrages him.
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MARTHA McSALLEY CONSIDERS DEMOCRACY A LIBERAL CONSPIRACY
Or, more likely, she knows that her GOP talking points are bullshit but just doesn’t care and is going to spout them anyway–as we saw today, with her pathetic default to GOP dogma and its hostility toward American democracy and … Continue reading
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DEMONSTRATE
Tomorrow, Friday, at 11:30 a.m. outside 14-16 Fifth Avenue, the two historic brownstones within the Greenwich Village Landmark District, containing rent-regulated apartments, that developers want to tear down to build another tower for the rich.
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THE STRANGELY SIBILlANT YET APE-LIKE JESSE WATTERS
continues the right-wing’s traitorous accusations against Democrats. Aah, Lachlan Murdoch, weren’t you going to clean up the Fox “News” freak show?
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