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High Heat, Tumble Dry: On the Beginning Months of Trump’s Second Term

Trump’s second term, for those of us repulsed, feels like being tossed around a dryer. And we’re barely three months in.

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J.D. Vance Fooled Quite A Bit of People

This is an analysis of the 2024 Vice Presidential Debate, particularly of the hollowness of J.D. Vance’s responses.

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Taken To Its Logical End

Inspired by Kamala Harris’ conversation with the National Association of Black Journalists, and the latest (that I know) act of self-immolation.

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Dear Non-Voter (2024 Edition)

The only thing for the election of evil is for good people to not vote.

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A Criminal Conviction

Mythbuster co-host Adam Savage had this to say as his introductory phrase: “I reject your reality and substitute my own.” Apparently it is that easy.

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Genocide For All To See

News and evidence of genocide travels fast in the digital age. The world continues to lag behind.

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No One Puts Bibi in the Corner

The human toll exacted by Bibi Netanyahu on the Palestinian people has been staggering. I wonder where he got that idea from?

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Ron DeSanctimonious: A Brief (Vocabulary) Lesson

The Republican lexicon might as well be an alternate Marvel Universe.

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PROGRESS THROUGH DEFICIT SERIES – #1. INFERNO HIDING: ON CLIMATE AND COMPROMISE

Explain the present.

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The Bomb Everyone Saw Fused

I invite you to think carefully about what message his countenance suggests. Anger, defiance, irritation—I see desperation. I see it as the bomb everyone saw fused.

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