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It’s sick. So, so sick. But that’s what Republicans are all about these days: inspecting…
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Former President Trump ordered the Pentagon to release all of its information on “unidentified aerial phenomena”…
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These are days fraught with political battles over cultural histories abjuring complexity. Today it’s The Wall…
Can’t say that I’m surprised by this: Caitlyn Jenner, the former Olympic champion and reality…
Fail: REALITY BITES: That didn’t take long. Reality TV star and political neophyte Caitlyn Jenner was…
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Europe will start welcoming American tourists who can show they are fully vaccinated, currently 29%…
You’d think Texas would want to fix its electrical grid or do everything in its…
The 6th Circuit rules that Shawnee State University violated a professor’s free speech and free expression rights…
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We remain weary about the callow stupidity of the GOP/GQP but we must not patronize…
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Boebert alarmed that gays, lesbians and sweet transvestites will reign supreme with the equality act
“There is nothing about equality in that act! If anything, it’s, the, uh, it’s supremacy of…
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State level GOP parties are doing all kinds of stupidity, censuring its US senators, and…
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Trans activist Sofia Sepulveda discusses Medicare for all, immigrants, and more. It’s no fluke the…
A piece in The Bulwark gives us another political neologism, as if we had enough to deal…
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Nearly anyone would be better than the Dominionist nutlog, Mike Pompeo. Robert Wright (New Republic) and…
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So much disinformation, so little disambiguation time. Enough gaslight to save the fossil-fuel industry. x…
Here’s A Letter on Justice and Open Debate in Harpers July 7, 2020. The usual contingencies…
Canadian Primer Minister Justin Trudeau has quite wisely declined to risk sickness and death just…
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From the Leavenworth Times editorial board today: Guns should be kept safely and securely. The…
I can’t breathe a long sigh when the two exemplars for bad firearms safety, Elmer Fudd…
There is no vaccine or hydroxychloroquine dosage that can stop an exceptional heating event happening in…
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A short-sighted framing of Elizabeth Warren as the “first” intersectional presidential candidate speaks to some…
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No, it’s not about federal land management, MSNBC just teased that ‘BLM will endorse Warren’….
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Drug dealers do the kind of architecting that Ivanka Trump is so fond of quoting….
That’s not a typo. 3 Some reports said 2, but as we all know crowd estimation…
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The Bridge Alliance met for the second consecutive year in Washington, D.C., last Monday. My radio show…
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Signposts at the Intersection of Gender and Neurodiversity: Survey Results on the Autism Gender Rate
Short Summary A large majority of respondents believed current diagnosis rates are under-diagnosing women relative…
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photo: Stonewall Inn • Credit: Diana Davies© New York Public Library • CC-BY-SA-3.0 In solidarity,…
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The United States was the world’s lone “hyperpower” when President George W. Bush launched his…
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In an interview today with Kai Ryssdal of Marketplace, former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen…
The ACLU says the nationwide injunction against the Transgender Ban imposed in their lawsuit, Stone…
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As we face our third government shutdown under unified GOP control, a lot of people…
photo: The Yellow Vests protest movement. Photo: Obier • CC BY-SA 4.0 In solidarity, Alan…
photo: Our friend Erika Andiola’s tweet about tragedy at the border In solidarity, Mike Hersh…
By Bernie’s Delegate Network for Political Revolution Former Bernie Sanders delegates to the 2016 Democratic…
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x Honestly, Ted Cruz always looks like he really needs to go to the bathroom….
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I’m not Jewish, so I’m not plugged into Jewish culture. I’m just a boring, older…
Franklin Graham began by first saying that Kavanaugh’s attempted rape was “not relevant”: It's just…
By Mike Hersh for Mike F, Janis, Deb, Dan, Dr. Bill, Shayna, Bryan, Kim, Donna, and…
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One of the least surprising news stories of all time concerned a group of researchers who…
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AZ-Sen: LGBTQ Victory Fund Helps Kyrsten Sinema (D) Defeat The Pence/McSally's (R) Anti-LGBTQ Agenda
Received this e-mail today from the LGBT Victory Fund in support of Rep. Kyrsten Sinema’s…
Sounds Like Vice President of American Soybean Association Has a Bad Case of Gas Over Trump Tariffs.
It will still take a lot of damage before farmers who voted for Trump to…
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…the President’s directives cannot survive such scrutiny because they are not genuinely based on legitimate concerns…
Since I live in Michigan's 7th District which is “represented” by the odious tea partier…
Originally posted at Eclectablog. My Eclectablog post yesterday (“Anti-trans* woman uses Michigan’s Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights…
Anti-trans* woman uses Michigan civil rights act to sue Planet Fitness for cancelling her membership
Originally posted at Eclectablog. Earlier this month I wrote about a woman in Midland who…
