William Owens
If it were a perfect world, I would like to think that the most recent attacks on...
Anxiety
Most things in America are solved by either common sense, solemnity, or time. The one exception is...
Minerva @ Midnight: tragedy versus cynicism because Tucker Carlson calls mask-wearing child abuse
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Peak cynicism has arrived. Tucker Carlson pimps a version of the nanny-state with more police confrontations because...
I was raised Lutheran i.e. by the doctrine of Sola Gratia, Sola Fide, and Sola Scriptura. The...
“brushing history against the grain”… what did happen to a purse made from Nat Turner's skin
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annieli
A new book suggests now the necessity of reexamining the historical materialist project of Walter Benjamin recognizing...
“Dadirri listens and knows, witnesses, feels, empathizes in the pain under the anger, and, if the anger...
White America has been made aware there is a conversation black parents have been compelled to have...
Tiffany Cross schools Meghan McCain for silly Identity Politics comment on Asian Senators' actions
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Egberto Willies
MSNBC’s Tiffany Cross, the host of the Cross Connection, excoriated Meghan McCain for her ignorant statement on Identity...
In 2008 when former President Obama was thrust into one of the biggest financial messes since the...
Trump insurrectionists' economic anxiety resembled his brand of royalty, a “king of debt”
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The Washington Post did a version of the NY Times profiles of Trumpists, albeit those who were...
There’s going to be a lot of swearing in this. Let me begin: What the fucking fuck? A...
Wall Street scared about market populism: GameStop proves most realize the stock market is a fraud.
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Democratization via the Wall Street Bets subreddit GameStop stock short squeeze points out the stock market is...
President Biden on the hardships facing everyday Americans: 'This cannot be who we are as a country'
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President Biden on the hardships facing everyday Americans: 'This cannot be who we are as a country'
This feels like your parents coming home after asking Hannibal Lecter to babysit and then leaving nothing...
The Trump crazies are now, metaphorically speaking, slitting their own throats as uncontrolled Covid infections rage through their...
Kitchen Table Kibitzing is a community series for those who wish to share a virtual kitchen table...
On March 25, 1965, eleven days after the candles were blown out on my birthday cake, Ms....
One can defeat Trumpism if we recognize racism as a defective tool whose use we must rid...
Despite McConnell and a hostile Supreme Court, Joe Biden will be known as the climate president.
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The crises facing the country are severe — from a pandemic to an economic recession, climate change...
WE WIN. Biden will be declared winner because the next state like Nevada after 264 electoral college...
I know democrats are addicted to doom. And now that it is beginning to look safe for...
“Hostility to the opposition party and its candidates has now reached a level where loathing motivates voters...
If the expected Bluewave rushes over the levee of American politics and washes away the dirt of tyranny;...
Then I would hate to experience the real thing. Once again my partner and I made the...
Then I would hate to experience the real thing. Once again my partner and I made the...
Some of you may disagree, but the idea that the United States Constitution is not a living,...
If you give a climate arsonist four more years in the White House, why would anyone be...
It’s Not Just Structural Voter Suppression Anymore. This Year, Trump is Coming for Your Mind.
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by Andi Pringle Voter suppression used to be largely structural, with efforts cloaked in fake laws and rules...
In May of 1996, my middle son graduated high school. I had been hospitalized the Tuesday before...
Only a Biden blowout will stop the impending doom for so many things. But not any ontological...
a house is not a home and a simulation is not an election at 538, but the odds still favor Biden
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This 538 analysis does explain the strange Trump tactical moves to Nevada and Minnesota, as they see...
Slate Magazine's The Surge Lists These 7 Battleground States Joe Biden Should Keep His Eye On
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Received this e-mail today from Slate Magazine’s The Surge that re-evaluates the top seven swing states the...
In 2015, writer, Ramesh Ponnuru wrote a scathing rebuke in the National Review of President Trump’s sister,...
dankoh
It’s common on this site to bemoan, make fun of, scratch our heads in wonder, bewail the...
“Shpilkes” is a good old Yiddish word meaning “agita” — which is a good old Italian word...
I just received this e-mail from former Vice President Joe Biden’s presidential campaign. It’s the full transcript...
From yesterday’s New York Times: Ahead of the August primary, Democrats have largely rallied around Barbara Bollier,...
Allow me a moment of personal reflection as we watch the country once again get torn apart...
Recent attempts to distort COVID information in Florida are only a symptom of how GOP states will...
is your state “better off than South Korea”? is your president smarter than a 5th grader?
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GOP bafflegab cannot outweigh actual numbers, but they will continue to inhabit the GOP’s disinformation campaign through...
The GOP and the Trump campaign are running out of time — remember how in 2016 these months...
Reuters/Ipsos poll: Americans rapidly losing confidence in Trump's wacky coronavirus advice
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What was the breaking point? It was the bleach thing, wasn’t it? Reuters: Americans appear to be...
I shoudn’t let it surprise, shock, or bother me, but the fact that Kentucky Republicans are politicizing...
Live Blog: Trump COVID press conference / “we’re not traffic cops, we’re humanitarian cops”
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Live Blog below. 5:00 PM EDT Members of the Coronavirus Task Force Hold a Press Briefing x [Donald...
Trump continues to push his disinformation, aside from not knowing how big Seoul is. And still there’s...
Here’s some irony for you. How do you give the American public relief from coronavirus anxiety? Get...
MA-Sen: Rep. Joe Kennedy III (D) Offers Help To Those With Mental Health Conditions Under Quarantine
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MA-Sen: Rep. Joe Kennedy III (D) Offers Help To Those With Mental Health Conditions Under Quarantine
Received this e-mail today from Rep. Joe Kennedy’s (D. MA-04) U.S. Senate campaign: Checking in and making...
Joe Biden Slams Idiot GOP Florida Governor For His Piss Poor Handling Of The Coronavirus Epidemic
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Get ‘em Joe! Joe Biden is accusing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis of dragging his feet in response...
This country's going to need billions of masks: what about that Defense Production Act, Donald?
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Like Trump’s toughness, pretending you’re using the Defense Production Act of 1950 and hoping for corporate volunteerism...
With so much COVID-19 opportunism going on, the gun stores are getting a slight uptick even if...
If you need a break from the current American confusion, fear and loathing surrounding the Coronavirus pandemic, let...
