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Derek DelGaudio
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I never expected to write about my time rigging card games. Then I watched him get elected in 2016. I hinted at it with a post. When Kavanaugh was sworn in, I’d had enough. The book is set in the world of crooked poker, but that’s not what it’s about. It’s about what’s happening to all of us now.
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In politics, the people most likely to urge you not to play are the ones trying to rig it.
The leading expert on election integrity.👇
An essential difference between a crooked card game and a crooked political system is that you ultimately break even by walking away from a card game.
I never expected to write about my time rigging card games. Then I watched him get elected in 2016. I hinted at it with a post. When Kavanaugh was sworn in, I’d had enough. The book is set in the world of crooked poker, but that’s not what it’s about. It’s about what’s happening to all of us now.
"Art means nothing if it simply decorates the dinner table of power which holds it hostage." --Adrienne Rich
Chuck Schumer knows what everyone else seems to have forgotten: the only way to beat fascism is to wear your glasses in the center of your nose. Not so low they fall off, not so high you actually see through them. That way, regardless of what happens, you’re ready to claim you did or didn’t see it.
Every Poll: “50% of Americans Support Nationwide Human Centipede Integration; Other 50% Deeply Concerned About Their Position in Line.”
People driving Teslas should feel just as safe as you. However safe you feel living in this country, that’s how safe they should feel. It’s only fair.
The autopen could be the official symbol of American politics: a machine that preserves ritual while stripping it of meaning, granting authority without presence, authenticity without truth, and power without conviction.
And they better hurry because the fascists are already here.
Democrats lack both a story and a teller. “The fascists are coming” is not a North Star. Without a clear and emotional vision, and a leader to embody it, they will remain lost.

Politics is storytelling. The best story wins.
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Not my most eloquent letter, but utterly sincere....
At least the people who first allowed the Nazis to rise to power could honestly claim they didn’t know how bad things would get.
Weird to live behind enemy lines.
Man with Gun: Get on the train.

Democrat: Technically it’s *in* the train.
These men are cowards. All of them. Never forget that.
If you haven’t seen In & Of Itself, and don’t have Hulu, you can watch it here: youtu.be/OR4NNuNE3Yg?...
In & of Itself
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Guess we're allowed to punch people doing that "My Heart Goes out" salute, too.
If you can’t hide the secret, feature it. Need to steal a coin from your pocket? Dipping in looks suspicious. So make it deliberate. Reach in openly, emerge holding a handkerchief. All eyes are on the cloth; no one sees the coin now in your palm. You can steal anything this way. Even a government.