Category: National Politics
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Delegitimizing Government is the GOP’s Only Consistent Play
There’s a game being played right before your eyes. That game is designed to stir up grievance, to cause people to distrust the government. Its a game the GOP has been playing since before the 1980’s. Its the same game they played when Ronald Reagan sold you the Cadillac Driving Welfare Momma, or when George…
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The “Never Trump” Ratfuckers will soon be regular old Ratfuckers Again
As I write this, New York and Philly are dancing in the streets. The soon to be re-employed GOP ratfuckers at Project Lincoln get a nod from The Onion: All this may seem like fun and games, but I’m certain The Onion is more right than wrong on this. Why? Once a ratfucker, always a…
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White People, Do Better
57% of white people in the United States voted to keep Donald Trump in the White House. 57% of white people didn’t give a damn about kids in cages, Presidential self-dealing with government funds, the growing number of deaths to COVID, or the diminished standing the nation has internationally. Think about this for a minute.…
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Looking for a scapegoat
Ed. Note: As I was writing this, all major media outlets called the election for Joe Biden. Congratulations to he and Kamala Harris. Now the real work begins. While the news agencies are still wringing their hands over the inevitable call to project Joe Biden as the next President, House Democrats are already engaged in…
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COVID Quarantine Book Review: Democracy in Chains
Who is economist James Buchanan, and what was his role in helping establish the network of right-wing think tanks and political groups?
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Today’s Coronavirus News Cornucopia
All the news that’s fit to make fun of…here’s some of what happened yesterday, in case living it once wasn’t enough! The coronavirus news cornucopia!