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The audacity of Donald Trump and his cadre of confederates never ceases to amaze. When they aren't inciting their cult...
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It’s sick. So, so sick. But that’s what Republicans are all about these days: inspecting children’s genitals. It’s pretty much...
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I took my first shot of the Pfizer vaccine two days after my birthday. I had my second shot 21...
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So this happened yesterday: Glenn Youngkin, a wealthy first-time candidate who walked a line between his party’s Trump-centric base and...
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As Liz Cheney faces the near certain guillotine, she gave a defiant speech today (with all the points you would...
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Fear of a Red Hat: as much as Liz Cheney is toast, more troubling is Elise Stefanik’s Führereid, because Trump is...
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There is a capitalist propaganda battle at work, with the Wall Street Journal claiming that “ Biden has sent a signal around...
If the Ministerium für Staatsicherheit (Ministry for State Security) had had a crystal ball 40 years ago they would have...
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The New York Police Department's (NYPD) Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating after two Asian women were attacked in Manhattan...
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Generally, Martha Raddatz and other hosts allow Republicans to appear on their shows and lie without challenge. Sen. Barrasso failed...
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Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) was born in the heart of the old Democratic south. He is a devout southerner, born...
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The usual Cruz hypocrisy, the pot calling the kettle violent. Because the final term of Ted Cruz will feature more...
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President Joe Biden announced today that every state has removed age eligibility for Covid-19 vaccinations so anyone 16 or over can...
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A band of brothers that needs to be broken up. On 1/6 there was a plan to bring a substantial...
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Lauren Boebert (R-CO) has learned from the death of Bernie Madoff about Ponzi schemes, because QAnon surely couldn’t be a...
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Anand Giridharadas wrote a piece for The Atlantic asserting that Biden has been moving leftward. This may only be a...
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(Apr. 13 ) The “prime suspect” was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of murder in the 25-year-old disappearance of California college...
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"As in the Times Op-Ed from which the book originated, the title refers to the results of studies conducted in...
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There are a lot of people I’d like to keep home on Election Day—about 74 million, by last count. But they...
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Here’s some big news today out of Pennsylvania: https://twitter.com/sahilkapur/status/1377607062734131205?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Lt. Gov. John Fetterman said he raised more than $3.9 million...
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So much dodging bullets these past months, but so many tradeoffs. What remains is that we now have a POTUS...
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Previous Guy spoke of his supporters “hugging and kissing the police” on 1/6, because people died https://twitter.com/justinbaragona/status/1375274449612771329?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Former President Donald...
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So much thick-headed media activity this past week. OTOH Chuck Todd panders to the center again, or perhaps it's the...
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Here’s the latest news on the recall effort in California: The effort to recall California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) has gathered over...
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“The universe has been to them.” (Resident Alien) Kitchen Table Kibitzing is a community series for those who wish to...
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Though my spot on the introversion spectrum lies somewhere between Kleenex box-wearing Howard Hughes and urine-collecting Howard Hughes (and as I...
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Likely there will be Daniel Dale or Aaron Rupar to tweet about the Trump blather. As for the insurrection, it...
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Laurie Garrett makes the case for the greatest crime perpetrated by Trump for which he may never be prosecuted. In...
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Laurie Garrett makes the case for the greatest crime perpetrated by Trump for which he may never be prosecuted. In...
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Democrats look for solutions, and Republicans look for blame. I am not sure where I heard that phrase and I...
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2022 may appear to recycle the Big Lie because they got nothing. https://twitter.com/MattNegrin/status/1363530812759678979?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://twitter.com/renato_mariotti/status/1363560453687955458?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1363511529279270920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://twitter.com/jimsciutto/status/1363568426141290497?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://twitter.com/ColinPClarke/status/1363468991562448901?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Prosecutors previously said...
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Recovering memory and historical revisionism in sex work might be the sad product of many repressive regimes. What becomes worse...
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Here’s the first big campaign of 2021: A white candidate to be Wisconsin's top education official deleted her Twitter account...
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This is just a knee-jerk answer, right? “I know you are but what am I” is what we used to...
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For much of the world’s history, we have been ruled by violence and its descendants. Kings won their thrones by...
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PA-Lt. Gov: LGBTQ Champion State Rep. Brian Sims (D) Officially Jumps Into The Race For Lt. Governor
Big news today out of Pennsylvania: xAfter 10 years in the State House, I’ve taken the lessons that my parents...
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I listened to Mitch McConnell’s post impeachment weaselling, he could not refute the impeachment managers accusations or facts, so he...
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Kitchen Table Kibitzing is a community series for those who wish to share a virtual kitchen table with other readers...
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The impeachment managers drew a straight line from Trump to the insurrection and harm’s way for Mike Pence. The march to...
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Okay, I’ve been sporadically watching the impeachment trial today. Sporadically, because watching the trial isn’t literally my job. I had...
Fareed Zakaria pointed out that Republicans like Mitt Romney, who attempted to seem responsible lately, indulged the looneys. Fareed Zakaria...
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Trump aide who slipped an abortion pill into a girlfriend’s smoothie claims Trump is happier. The reality is that there...
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“Democracy is not self-executing.” Trump manufactured numerous technicalities to make a long-shot work, and failed. He tried to fabricate a...
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Ben Sasse is still a RW member of the GQP, but he can still afford to offend his state party....
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Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff (D. GA) in support of U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan’s (D. NH) ...
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What, sophistry or what sophistry. That Trump deposition will be a doozy. Brakes will not be pumped as Trump’s lawyers fail...
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Democracy is an afterthought for Trumpists. Whether it’s the “sense of style” or “good men knowing their limitations” the movie...
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That constitutional scholar Tommy Tuberville claims he wasn’t at a meeting with Trump the night before. Evidence piles up as...
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Two Clay County residents appeared handcuffed and shackled before a federal judge Tuesday on charges connected to the Jan. 6...
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Eunice Foote was born in NY state in 1819. She had gone to university at the Troy Female Seminary (N/K/A Emma Willard School),...
