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I WON’T READ KAMALA’S BOOK
but it seems like she’s taking zero responsibility for that dreadful campaign she ran, or that was run on her behalf by a singularly unfit group of Democratic operatives.
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“PEACE PRESIDENT” TRUMP IS SENDING OUR TROOPS TO ISRAEL, TRYING TO START A WAR WITH VENEZUELA,
and did I forget to mention that he’s declared war on the Democratic-run cities of the United States?
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GRAMERCY PARK LANDMARK PROTECTION DOESN’T GO VERY FAR
A big plot has been cleared on the Northeastern end of the Park, the first development on Gramercy Park since it received landmark designation in 1966. Landmark designation no longer ensures preservation: vide as well the landmarked houses on Ninth … Continue reading
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THAT’S A TELL, IF EVER I SEES ONE
Trump’s latest attempted shakedown of America’s institutions of higher learning involves requiring the victim schools to vow protection of “conservative” speech and ideas–but not a word about protecting progressive thought or speech.
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TOM JOSEPH NAILS TRUMP’S HEALTH SCAM
“Trump got another fake physical. It’s a stunning pile of lies and fabrications. ‘Advanced imaging’ means brain scans like MRI or PET to track his dementia and meds. It doesn’t even mention “chronic venous insufficiency” which the WH claimed he … Continue reading
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VANCE’S SUGAR DADDY, FASCIST OLIGARCH PETER THIEL
vented his insanity in a series of secret lectures that the Washington Post has uncovered.
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TRUMP–“THE PEACE PRESIDENT”–HAS DECLARED WAR ON HIS OWN COUNTRY
and he’s sure blowing up a lot of South American fishermen. Nevertheless, the GOP insists that he deserves a Nobel Peace Prize. The Republicans are desperate to turn this sow’s ear into a silk purse–and the more derelict, illegal, and … Continue reading
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WAPO PUBLISHES AN EDITORIAL THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN WRITTEN BY THE WHITE HOUSE
Almost. (You know how I value nuance.) The Editorial Board and/or Bezos apparently consider Trump attempting a coup to be an “official action.” A new low. Former Post columnist Philip Bump Blueskys: “I spent more than a decade at The … Continue reading
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“SIR, YOU HAVE INSULTED THE FEELINGS OF A LADY!!”
A major lieutenant in Trump’s not-so-slow moving coup, Pam Bondi’s C-list histrionics reminded us, as if we needed reminding, how subversive this regime is, how contemptuous of America and our democracy. They really are defecating on our nation. And no … Continue reading
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SINCLAIR LEWIS PREVIEWED TRUMP IN 1935
I’m reading Lewis’ It Can’t Happen Here, a fictionalized, quasi-verite (FDR is a character) chronicle of a fake populist fascist’s takeover of America. Lewis understood America to a T: “There’s no country in the world that can get more hysterical—yes, … Continue reading
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