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Critique: In a novel whose subject matter could become a reality given the current political divide in America and the present state of our presidential politics, "Allegiance" by author Erika Raskin is a pulse-pounding tale of resistance,
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May 31, 2025 at 8:14 PM
a short #shortstory about the terror of now. www.erikaraskin.com/post/complic...
April 21, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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This is so spot-on it’s scary.
December 29, 2024 at 5:46 PM
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The most that can be said about the present moment is that there is disagreement within the Leopards Eating People’s Faces Party about which faces to eat in what order.
December 21, 2024 at 4:07 PM
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Breaking News: Rep. Jamie Raskin will challenge Jerry Nadler for the Democrats’ top post on the House Judiciary Committee as the party looks to counter President-elect Trump.
Raskin Hopes to Lead House Democrats’ Resistance to Trump
The Maryland representative is challenging the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, which he promised to make the “the headquarters of congressional opposition to authoritarianism.”
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December 2, 2024 at 7:43 PM
Such nice people
What sticks in my mind about Charles Kushner, Trump's nominee to be ambassador to France, is that he targeted a brother-in-law who was cooperating with authorities in the criminal case against him, hiring a prostitute to seduce him so he could be intimidated into silence. His sister's husband.
December 1, 2024 at 5:21 PM

Critique: In a novel whose subject matter could become a reality given the current political divide in America and the present state of our presidential politics, "Allegiance" by author Erika Raskin is a pulse-pounding tale of resistance,
November 25, 2024 at 1:41 PM
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"Christian Reconstructionism is now at the edge of power in the United States, and the attitude of the relevant people towards the female body and indeed towards rape is an essential element of what is happening and what is likely to happen."
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Men and Women Perform
Handmaid Fails, 1/3
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November 21, 2024 at 12:31 PM
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BREAKING: Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, was flagged as a possible "Insider Threat" by a fellow service member due to a tattoo he has that’s associated with white supremacists.
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November 15, 2024 at 9:33 PM
gotta love a criminal who is tough on crime.
November 15, 2024 at 9:50 PM
Serious question: What will happen to the federal employees-- and their families -- when Musk et al, close departments, and maybe even whole, agencies?
November 15, 2024 at 2:54 PM
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The same people who have spent years and decades trying to convince you that unqualified people were being hired because of DEI and affirmative action just recommended Matt Gaetz as attorney general and I….

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November 13, 2024 at 9:43 PM
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That’s the quote. I was looking for it. And here it is. Hannah Arendt on the Matt Gaetz as AG announcement
'This process includes the replacement of all first-rate talents, regardless of their political loyalties, with crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is the best guarantee of their loyalty.' (The Origins of Totalitarianism, renewed version, A Harvest Book New York, 1976, 339)
November 14, 2024 at 11:38 AM
When more than half the country would rather snatch a free lunch out of their own kid's mouth to make sure they don't have to feed anybody else's hungry child, it's time to RESIST.
November 11, 2024 at 9:25 PM