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CHENEY FAMILY VALUES

Let’s all make “Vice” the biggest-grossing flick of all time! No matter how much taxpayer-funded plastic surgery is performed on Liz Cheney, she is one of the ugliest-minded people in Congress. Rep. Cheney is obsessed with vindicating the legacy of … Continue reading

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WONDERFUL AS FAR AS IT GOES

Todd VanDerWerff stands up for cultural criticism at Vox. But because he advocates for popular-culture critique only, or rather can’t seem to see beyond it to discussions of anything else in the cultural sphere, he perpetuates the anti-culture bias that … Continue reading

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RO KHANNA ON “PAY-GO” BULLSHIT

From Nation of Change, Rep. Khanna: “I do not understand why the Democrats don’t have the courage of our convictions and make the case that our policies will lead to growth.  PAYGO is to protect members in vulnerable districts who … Continue reading

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YES, I DO FORGIVE HER

I had my own little experience with “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” author, the late Lee Israel. Seems she wasn’t thrilled about my writing a book on Tallulah Bankhead–perhaps given the fact that she’d already written one?? Lee was not … Continue reading

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LET’S GET REAL ABOUT JOE BIDEN

At Daily Kos, Laura Clawson rebuts the current CW about Biden: “Let’s be clear: a 2020 presidential run is more likely to tarnish Biden’s current legacy than it is to end in victory. . . What makes him a competitor now is … Continue reading

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NO, PRESIDENT TRUMP

You wouldn’t have been a good army general. You would have been the bestest. Ever. A big, beautiful army general. And you know more about the army than anyone else. It’s get the net time–Trump is ready.

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PELOSI PLUMPS FOR THE GOP AGENDA

You cannot make up the post-Reagan Democratic Party. Pelosi demands that the Democratic House fall on its sword, manacle itself to fake austerity quid pro quo: As Jake Johnson explains at Common Dreams: “If implemented, pay-go would require all new … Continue reading

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SNIVELING WEASEL MICK MULVANEY

Oh, gosh, does this mean that since he’s chief of staff that venomous little mug lying, lying, lying is going to be in our face every day on every news platform? People like Mulvaney, Conway, Huckabee Sanders could transition in … Continue reading

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PELOSI WHIFFS ON TACKLING CLIMATE CHANGE

Really, Establishment Democrats never change, particularly when they’re of a certain age and are simply too complacent. Soon-to-be Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi ensures that the House committee that will allegedly address the climate crisis will be as ineffectual … Continue reading

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THE MERCERS IN RETREAT?

Yeah, right. They would like us to think that they are backing off from their attempted takeover of American democracy, but, please, Daddy Mercer and Baby Doll Mercer aren’t really going anywhere. They may be hitting the high seas in … Continue reading

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