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Fox News and Greg Gutfeld apparently believes he’s funny enough to go up against late night comedy programming. Because of the previous guy, the world might be safe for RW late night humor when ‘Pretentious Virtue Signaling’ can be an intelligible punch line. As if Dennis Miller on RT makes us feel better...

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  • April 6, 2021

A noted piece of work, State Senator Hensley, a Sons of Confederate Veterans member, decided there were so many new ways to get a KKK founder’s statue to stick around in the usual battles of Tennessee culture. This particular 1978 bust is a Jim Crow monument with marginal historical value other than honoring...

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  • March 19, 2021

I am so sick of stupid.  I am sick of parents putting their kids in danger right down to being canaries in a coal mine.  The people who believe the orange headed nutcase who spreads as much poison to ignorance as possible are dying from his poison kool aid. Magically...

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  • August 10, 2020

projects.fivethirtyeight.com/… The NBC/Marist College Poll, a pollster rated A+ by 538, gives Joe Biden a significant lead of 7% in North Carolina, a state where the polls have been back and forth, usually within the margin of error. Biden has the support of 51% compared to 44% for Trump. Just...

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  • July 27, 2020

Like an 8-year-old boy whose parents allowed him to watch Dirty Harry movies before he was ready to fully process them, Donald Trump thinks quashing protests — peaceful or otherwise —with military-style force is the best way to keep the peace. Unlike other commentators, I truly believe Trump is a Christian...

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  • June 2, 2020

Sunday, December 15, 2019 Hollywood Cemetery Richmond, Virginia Dearest Ambassador Haley, I am writing from the distant past to offer some modest thoughts about your exciting future. I understand congratulations are in order as you embark on the journey to seek the presidential nomination of the party of states’ rights,...

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  • December 16, 2019

#RickPerryMadeMeDoIt x I may have engaged in some lite treason but it’s not my fault because #RickPerryMadeMeDoIt pic.twitter.com/cT8u7BLtXh— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) October 6, 2019 x Sept 25: It was a perfect pushOct 2: The water was hardly even wet!Oct 6: #RickPerryMadeMeDoIt pic.twitter.com/ffhYk1fElx — FTJ (@fairytalejedi) October 6, 2019 x DUDE!...

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  • October 6, 2019

Back in June posted Twitter user Bookdigger Jim’s unauthorized biography of drumpf, and a lot of folks enjoyed it. Well, Jim’s sharpened his pencil and has now profiled nobody’s favorite senator, Lindsey Graham… I’ll post his first tweet, in case you want to read the replies, then I’ll post a Twitter...

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  • September 28, 2019

You may have seen the ads; Scorsese, De Niro, Pesci, and Pacino, are all together in a new movie, “The Irishman.”   These are my favorite actors and director, and my favorite subject; labor unions. However this new movie is based on a book featuring confessions of a thuggish convict, without...

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  • September 28, 2019

Here’s the latest news out of Alaska: Because it’s never too early to start thinking about the next big election, today we can bring you the results of a super early poll on the race for Alaska’s U.S. Senate seat. The polling pits Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan against Anchorage...

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  • June 6, 2019

Progressive Democrats of America An Open Letter to the Congress and People of the United States As economists, we understand that a single-payer “Medicare for All” health insurance system for the U.S. can finance good-quality care for all U.S. residents as a basic right while still significantly reducing overall health...

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  • May 21, 2019

Memo To: Rod Rosenstein Subject: House congressional testimony Dear Rod At your earliest convenience, but by the close of business tomorrow, please carefully review the testimony of FBI agent Peter Strzok in front of the combined House committee yesterday. This should serve as a tutorial for your future dealings with...

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  • July 13, 2018

I’m sure everyone will be very surprised to know that Trump’s shortlist of SCOTUS candidates is not exactly everything we’d like to see in a replacement for Kennedy. Or anything we’d like to see in a replacement for Kennedy. But there are some really scary options on that list. Like the guy in that...

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  • June 27, 2018

In an age of “both sides do it” and “teach the debate,” some issues are simply black and white. So it was this week in Alabama, where truth and myth, hate and hagiography collided in two stories of the ongoing legacy of the Civil War and white supremacy. On Monday,...

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  • April 29, 2018