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EVERY GOP RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION SHOULD ALREADY BE TARRED
with their support for Trump’s nihilistic cabinet of unfit saboteurs.
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SAVE AMERICA BY SWITCHING TO BLUE SKY
to replace Facebook as well as Twitter. Zuckerberg and Musk are engaged in a ccoup against this country and should not be subsidized.
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NYC POLICY IS ALWAYS DEMOLISH FIRST, ENTERTAIN ALTERNATIVES LATER
A week ago Wednesday I went to a hearing convened by Community Board 2 with representatives from City Hall pontificating on why the landmarked Tony DaPalito Recreation Center must, so they say, be demolished. It was, it goes without saying, … Continue reading
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MESSAGE TO SCHUMER
From “fishnmike” at Daily Kos; “You sit there as your Republican colleagues ram through nominations of people like Kennedy, Bondi, Vought, Patel and Gabbard. You wring your hands and clutch your beads as you watch Elon Musk and his goons … Continue reading
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“THE DEMOCRATS DO NOT KNOW HOW TO COMMUNICATE”
David Cay Johnston lays it, and them, out in an interview with the BBC. The astonishing thing is that Democratic leadership seem to be utterly impervious or indifferent to their messaging failures, no matter how many losses it costs them. … Continue reading
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VANCE EQUATES MUSK’S TREASON WITH THUNBERG’S ACTIVISM
The moral vacuum that is J.D. Vance took his trademark petulance and fake outrage to Germany in the service of trying to normalize the Trump administration’s aggressive assaults on America. And he continued his defense of hate speech, calling attempts … Continue reading
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CENSORSHIP BEGINS AT THE KENNEDY CENTER
Trump’s uninformed, uncultured, politically fanatic board has just nixed the tour of a show that Kennedy Center was sending out because it promoted tolerance and not hate. According to the Washington Post: “In 2023, the center commissioned “Finn,” a children’s … Continue reading
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KENNEDY CENTER BOYCOTT BEGINS
The Washington Post reports that comedian and actress Issa Rae canceled her scheduled performance at the Kennedy Center, explaining it was “”due to what I believe to be an infringement on the values of an institution that has faithfully celebrated … Continue reading
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CORPORATE MEDIA WON’T EVEN PROTECT CORPORATE MEDIA
Why hasn’t the Washington “press corps” walked out in protest of Trump banning the Associated Press? The White House Correspondents Association also has done nothing, revealing that they are nothing but a suck-up-to-power guild. [2/14 – my bad, the issued … Continue reading
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IT WILL TAKE THE THREAT OF PRIMARY CHALLENGERS
to get time server Schumer and ex-corporate lawyer Jeffries actually to lead. No messaging, no media strategy, and a refusal to use every procedural lever to stop the coup are what we’re seeing now. As “CupaJoe” writes at Daily Kos: … Continue reading
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