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TRUMP THRIVES ON VIOLENCE
No way he’s ever going to support any type of gun control legislation, because inciting violence is his sine qua non. There would be no Trump “presidency” without his daily attempts to foment violence and hatred directed at Americans by … Continue reading
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SCOTT PRUITT SHAMELESSLY EXPLOITS RELIGION
Says God told him to incinerate this magnificent planet and hasten the end of humanity. The shameless huckster’s latest outrage is reported on by Walter Einekel at Daily Kos.
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STUMBLING INTO ACTION
Since the Republican attacks on the NEA, et.al. are now as regular as clockwork, why don’t the cultural and performing arts institutions have a rebuttal prepared and ready to go at all times? Why is their response so sluggish? Are … Continue reading
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SICK, CORRUPT BEDFELLOWS
That would be corporate courtesan Ajit Pai and the we-love-them-massacres NRA. In a typically Orwellian gesture, the NRA salutes Pai for destroying the Internet, a process they label an act of courage worthy of their Charles Heston citation. How sick … Continue reading
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ARTS LEADERS HAVE TO START LEADING
I mean, Tallulah knew in 1939 that the Federal Theatre Project was probably doomed because the Republicans insisted it was riddled with Communists. yet she went down to Washington, D.C. with a raft of Broadway powerhouses to give a barn-burning … Continue reading
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CARLSON CALLS SOMEONE AN ELILIST!
Now, that’s a laugh. Tucker “I’ll lie about anything if you pay me” Carlson is the epitome of a rich elitist. He’s never had a moment’s financial insecurity in his life, and now this parasite pulls down a big salary … Continue reading
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NOBODY HAS TO ASK ANYMORE HOW IT HAPPENED IN GERMANY
Because before our eyes we’re seeing how it happened. Fox “News” and Trump and their traitorous accomplices are showing us how it happened.
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THE KIDS HAVE JUST HAD ENOUGH
Sarah Chadwick// #NEVERAGAIN?Verified account @sarahchad_ FollowFollow @sarahchad_ More We should change the names of AR-15s to “Marco Rubio” because they are so easy to buy THIS IS JOEL: If sixteen-year-old Chadwick took office right now, I’m sure at the very least she … Continue reading
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ARTS INSTITUTIONS ENABLING APOCALYPSE
Last summer, Philip Kennicott in the Washington Post questioned whether the Kochs’ domination of arts philanthropy is morally or pragmatically tenable any longer. “It’s increasingly clear that the Koch brothers’ climate campaign has had a larger moral and intellectual cost … Continue reading
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ONLY ONE WORK ETHIC REALLY WORKS
in ballet, or probably anywhere else for that matter. It’s work and work and work, on little things as much as big. A few years after the premiere of La Valse in 1951, NYCB was performing it in Chicago, “and it … Continue reading
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