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THINK BACK MANY NUTCRACKERS AGO
An enduring image of beauty, amid the horrors of Trump and the current GOP. I recently interviewed Janice Cohen Adelson, a member of New York City Ballet’s debut performance Nutcracker in February 1954. Le Clercq’s Dewdrop in the Waltz of … Continue reading
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DON, JR. DOUBLES DOWN ON TREASON
To save his sorry hide from a country-club jail, Mini Me Trump goes once more to the totalitarian well in his remarks the other night. The Trump crime family is now openly pursuing a coup against American democracy. “An appeal to … Continue reading
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A ONE-PARTY DICTATORSHIP
That’s what the GOP is attempting to pull off, where government agency officers are purged for the crime of being a Democrat. Just look at what Sen. Grassley and the House GOP committees are in the process of doing. And … Continue reading
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PREPARE FOR TRUMP TO RUN AMOK
The manic component in Trump’s dementia will accelerate as he crows over the tax “victory,” so be extra-vigilant about impending firings.
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LISA MURKOWSKI’S ELEKTRA COMPLEX
Has there ever been a more psychologically stunted US government body than the GOP Congressional caucus? Sen. Murkowski’s fanatical determination to despoil the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge has something to do with perpetuating, vindicating her father, Sen. Frank Murkowski’s crusade … Continue reading
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SEN. SASSE HAS SOME EXPLAINING TO DO
How does Presidential-aspirant Ben Sasse reconcile his self-reliance shtick with his vote to enrich the titans of unearned income at the expense of America’s working people? Fraud, fraud, fraud, fraud, fraud, fraud.
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SCOUNDREL SUSAN COLLINS
Gets on her high horse and says the media’s accounting of her tax betrayal is the result of sexism. Couldn’t you have come up with something more original? Is “sexism” the last refuge of GOP scoundrels? Do GOP Congress members … Continue reading
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THIS IS AN UNGODLY, UNCHRISTIAN TAX BILL
In the Chicago Tribune, Rev. Jesse Jackson reminds us that: “We will be judged, the Bible says, by how we treat ‘the least of these.’ In Isaiah 10:1-3, it is written: ‘Woe to those who make unjust laws, to those … Continue reading
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BTW
Is Joe Biden still going around the country touting the patriotism of the wealthy?
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FRAUSTER PAUL RYAN
The minute the tax bill passes, he turns on a dime, disavows the lies he’s been pitching about how tax cuts will pay for themselves and launches his new attack on Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. And when I was … Continue reading
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