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Making the switch to bluer skies! In search of democracy, ethics, and integrity.
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January 9, 2026
January 9, 2026
Beginning in 1943, the War Department published a series of pamphlets for U.S.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
January 10, 2026 at 3:08 AM
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This is how you do it folks
December 30, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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If Congress will not pass a resolution condemning Trump’s unhinged calls for the imprisonment and execution of elected officials, they’re essentially giving him permission to keep pushing for political violence.
November 21, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.

Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.

Four giants control 80% of meat processing.

A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.

The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
November 19, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.

McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.

Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.

See the problem?
November 4, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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November 4, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?
October 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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WOW: The White House says the president's MAIN PRIORITY is his BALLROOM. SNAP is ending. Subsidies for health care are gong to double and in some instances quadruple plan premiums. The government is shut down. The cost of living is through the roof. And his priority is his ballroom.
October 23, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Today, the White House Press Secretary told the country that this ridiculous damn ballroom is “the president’s main priority”…not reopening the government, not lowering the cost of groceries, not lowering the cost of housing, not lowering the cost of healthcare….building a ballroom
October 23, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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Hertling: His comments about putting hands back on recruits… We moved away from that 30 years ago because it’s ineffective…

You know where it didn’t go away? The Russian army.
October 1, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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October 1, 2025
October 1, 2025
Last night, as the government barreled toward a shutdown, President Donald J.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
October 2, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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Freedom of speech is EVERYTHING.

Welcome back, Jimmy Kimmel.
September 24, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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Jimmy Kimmel’s “as I was saying” opener wasn’t random—it’s a callback to Jack Paar. In 1960 Paar walked off The Tonight Show after NBC cut a mild “WC” joke. 3 weeks later he returned, opening with the same line. Kimmel nodded to one of late night’s boldest moments. Brilliant bsky.app/profile/ever...
Here is the video of Paar walking off the show. www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...
February 12, 1960-Jack Paar Walks Off The Tonight Show (REUPLOAD. NOW WITH PARTIAL VIDEO!)
One of the most popular items on my YT channel is my audio recording of the complete Tonight Show of February 12, 1960 when Jack Paar walked off the program to protest the censoring of a story he'd told the previous night (totally innocuous by today's standards). I have known since 1987 that kinescope material of this program did exist when two tiny snippets were shown in the special "Jack Paar Is Alive And Well", but nothing further was ever seen after that. Then recently, I discovered that the YT user "KJM" owns a 16mm kinescope of the first fifteen minutes of the show covering the walk-off and he posted it on his own channel at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ip12LI0BhAY&t=11s. But he was only showing it projected onto a screen complete with the noise of the film projector and not in a digitized format. I have taken his upload and synched the picture to my clear, line-check audio recording of the program so that you can now see and hear the walk-off segment in better quality (in the event the kinescope is ever digitized, I would do another synch effort since kinescope audio, even when digitized is still inferior to a line-check audio recording, which sounds identical to what we'd hear if the program had been preserved in its original videotape format). After the first fifteen minutes, the program reverts to the audio only format. (I have no way of knowing if the rest of the program exists in kinescope format, but it's not likely). The old upload will stay before of all the views and comments its attracted over the years, but I hope people will now come to this one with a chance to actually see the moment that attracted national headlines in 1960. Paar stayed off the program for five weeks before he finally returned to the show, stepping down in 1962 to then make way for Johnny Carson.
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September 24, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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Newsom: "I fear that we will not have an election in 2028 -- I really mean that in the core of my soul -- unless we wake up to the code red, what's happening in this country, and we wake up soberly to how serious this moment is."
September 24, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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Whatever else you think of him, I don't think he is insincere about this stuff, and it should be recognized as extraordinary that he, Pritzker, and other governors are talking about the federal government in these terms. It's not normal political rhetoric, it's the language of existential emergency.
Newsom: "I fear that we will not have an election in 2028 -- I really mean that in the core of my soul -- unless we wake up to the code red, what's happening in this country, and we wake up soberly to how serious this moment is."
September 24, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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This is the other big story people aren't paying attention to but you really need to widen your lens.

The broligarchy is coming for all of our milkshakes.

fair.org/home/as-elli...
As Ellison Buys Out TikTok, US Moves Toward One-Party Media
The Ellison duo taking over both CBS and CNN, as well as controlling a major social media network like TikTok, would be dangerous for democracy.
fair.org
September 20, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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“Charlie Kirk in His Own Words”

17 quotes you should read from the right-wing activist and Trump ally who was tragically shot and killed on Wednesday in Utah.
Charlie Kirk in His Own Words
17 quotes you should read from the right-wing activist and Trump ally who was tragically shot and killed on Wednesday in Utah.
zeteo.com
September 12, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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seems like—I know this sounds crazy, but let me just quickly throw it out there, on the remote chance there might be something to it—a pattern
The 16-year-old boy accused of shooting two classmates at Evergreen High School embraced conspiratorial, antisemitic and white supremacist social media content
Evergreen High School shooter embraced Columbine, antisemitism and white supremacy online
Review shows that Desmond Holly also posted online about Columbine shooting and a picture of a revolver
coloradosun.com
September 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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really feels like housing affordability is one of the most important political issues of our time, affecting nearly every aspect of our lives, and everyday our mainstream political discourse is about whether sour cream is woke or not
August 9, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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August 9, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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Any Dems who don’t have this attitude should exit politics now:
August 4, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.

The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.

Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.

The list goes on and on.

Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
July 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Jake Tapper is writing a book about this health condition cover up, right?
July 17, 2025 at 2:37 PM