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THE MORE YOU ABUSE DEMOCRATS,
The more ingratiating they become. After the Republicans stole this Supreme Court seat, the Dems are providing bi-artisan cover to Gorsuch at his confirmation hearing, where Senator Bennett will introduce him. It is time for primary season to commence.
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COLLAPSE OF JOURNALISTIC ETHICS AT THE EVENING STANDARD
This is the Trump ripple effect. Former British finance minister George Osborne–you know, the one who shoveled so much slush to the already-flush British upper classes–has been named Evening Standard editor while at the same time continuing government “service” as … Continue reading
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RYAN’S PLOY TO DESTROY MEDICARE
as well as Medicaid, is analyzed by Joan McCarter at Daily Kos.
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POLITICS OF CATASTROPHIC DISTRACTION
Will North Korea be target of the first new war started by Bannon/Trump? We see Tillerson, of course, in all his fakeness; he is completely unqualified to be anything but slugging arm for Bannon/Trump’s global belligerence.
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TRUMP HATES HISTORY, LIKE MOST FASCISTS
History, like any other form of reality, is an encumbrance for Trump, as for all Fascists. Their interest in history is usually confined to extrapolating a few nationalistic narrative lines that can be touted to justify aggression against purported enemies … Continue reading
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BANNON’S SLIMEY LITTLE PAWS ARE EVERYWHERE
Including on the Ryan “health care” bill. Alleged populist Bannon is getting in bed with the most extreme “Freedom Caucus” right-wing fanatics. Politico’s got the story, and it’s by three authors: Rachael Bade, Tara Palmeri, and Kyle Cheney. Multiple authorship … Continue reading
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GLENN KESSLER BETTER FACT-CHECK HIMSELF
on this one. Kessler is right, the coal miner and the single mom in Detroit are paying the cost of one candy bar per annum in tax contribution to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. But Kessler in The Washington Post … Continue reading
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ONE MIGHT ADD
that the entire intention of this shameful budget that the shameless Mulvaney is flogging is to destroy the lives of the coal miner in West Virginia as well as the inner-city resident of Detroit. Cutting the miniscule bit of money … Continue reading
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MULVANEY’S “INSANE CLOWN LOGIC”
Annieli at Daily Kos double-takes at the obscenity of unspeakably stupid, callous, and dishonest Mulvaney telling a reporter that funding the Corporation for Public Broadcasting comes at the expense of impoverished coal miners or struggling Detroiters. Trump has gone to … Continue reading
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THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR MULVANEY
The stream of bullshit he’ s spitting out to try and justify the “morally obscene”–once more, thank you Senator Sanders for telling the truth–Trump budget is almost unprecedented in my experience. Except, perhaps, for what Tom Price is saying. And … Continue reading
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