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David Brooks of NYT Should Get Worst Pundit Award For 2025 For His Slant on Epstein Files.

I think�New York Times columnist David Brooks should win Worst News and Political Pundit of The Year for 2025.� Why do you ask?� Surely, there are more craven and obtuse right wing “news” ...

The True Catastrophe of Trump, as seen from north of the border

December 26, 2025 at 6:55 PM

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The True Catastrophe of Trump, as seen from north of the border
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A view from our neighbor

Trump's response to the deaths of Rob and Michele Reiner says it all

December 16, 2025 at 3:33 PM

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Trump's response to the deaths of Rob and Michele Reiner says it all
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Friends,

Kristi Noem was an unqualified choice to lead the Department of Homeland Security, and her time in office has confirmed it. As DHS Secretary, Noem has lied to Congress, denied well-documented deportat...

December 15, 2025 at 8:19 PM

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Kristi Noem must go!

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December 14, 2025 at 5:23 PM

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Krugman's explanation for Trump's pardon of the former Honduran president needs prime time attention

This past Friday, Trump announced he will pardon the former president of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández, who in March 2024 was convicted by a U.S. jury and sentenced to 45 years in prison for conspi...

December 2, 2025 at 6:30 PM

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Negating Citizens United with The Montana Plan and letting one, two,...49 other flowers grow

What if every state did the Transparent Election Initiative to negate the pernicious effects of Citizens United and its political action committee grifting down by the dental floss bush. Every state, ...

November 26, 2025 at 7:05 PM

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President Tells A Female Reporter, "Quiet Piggy." So Why Isn't This A Bigger Story?

The President of the United States pointed sharply at a female reporter asking about the Epstein files, and told her “Quiet piggy.” You can watch it here The incident happened aboard Air Force One. Th...

Why Democrats are undisciplined and Republicans are regimented

November 18, 2025 at 5:47 PM

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Why are Democrats so undisciplined and Republicans so regimented?
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The asymmetry explained

How Scientists Can Stand Up for Democracy

November 12, 2025 at 3:16 PM

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The Union of Concerned Scientists invites you to a virtual science advocacy training on how the scientific community can push back against the growing authoritarian threat and stand up for our democracy. Thursday, November 20, 3:00–4:00 p.m. ET.

The Union of Concerned Scientists invites you to a virtual science advocacy training on how the scientific community can push back against the growing authoritarian threat and stand up for our democracy. Thursday, November 20, 3:00–4:00 p.m. ET.

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November 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM

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Is Elon Worth It?
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What? Really? Elon demands a $1 trillion pay package

Is he a net positive for humanity or a net negative?

October 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM

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List of lawbreakers have been announced

Yeah it is against the law for private money to be raised for the gaudy ballroom: from AI: Under U.S. appropriations law, private money generally cannot be used to fund the construction or renovation ...

October 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM

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Karoline Leavitt unleashes the Blood Libel Project

As usual, Christo-Fascists like Karoline Leavitt tend to say the quiet shit out loud. This isn’t a slip of the lip. This isn’t a faux pas, this is the core strategy of the GOP -to viciously demonize a...

October 17, 2025 at 6:49 PM

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Stephen Miller Froze on CNN. “Plenary Authority” Slip Exposes Trump’s Authoritarian Agenda

Stephen Miller’s “plenary authority” slip on CNN exposed the MAGA plan for Trump’s authoritarian control. He froze in catatonic fashion after the slip. Stephen Miller Froze on CNN. ...

October 9, 2025 at 5:23 PM

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It's time for state authorities to start making arrests...

Remember the old TV crime/drama shows? A cop would bang on a suspect’s door and the suspect would say, through the door, “Do you have a warrant?” The officer would then walk away, promising to come ba...

October 6, 2025 at 5:24 PM

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October 2, 2025 at 12:16 PM

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Schumer Needs Rhetorical Help

“We believe this issue is a real, real issue for the American people,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York told reporters Wednesday when asked why this shutdown would be different. “We al...

October 2, 2025 at 5:06 PM

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Dems Must Commit to Consequences

Secretary Hegseth and Donald Trump forced essentially all of the top military brass to come to Virginia to be lectured to. Hegseth, in addition to other things, said that he would untie the hands of ....

Why isn’t the media reporting on Trump’s growing dementia?

October 1, 2025 at 5:18 PM

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Again: Why isn’t the media reporting on Trump’s growing dementia?
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Trump’s increasingly bizarre behavior can no longer be attributed to a calculated “strategy.”

Why are we so polarized (I)?

September 29, 2025 at 2:22 PM

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Why are we so polarized? Why is democracy is such peril?
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Confronting the longer-term erosion

Don’t approve Nexstar’s unethical $6 billion merger!

September 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM

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Nexstar’s major merger with Tenga has been in the works for a while—but it’s getting more attention and heat following their meddling with “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Jimmy Kimmel was temporarily taken off...

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September 25, 2025 at 7:40 PM

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Trump Tightens his Grip on the Media
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Trump Tightens his Grip on the Media

A president shouldn't be allowed to use defamation to suppress criticism of him. Big businesses likely to surrender to this shouldn't be allowed to buy major media.

Trump’s Phase 2 now begins

September 18, 2025 at 1:55 PM

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Trump’s Phase 2 now begins
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It’s a last-ditch effort to discredit all Trump’s political opponents. It will fail.

The Future of the Democratic Party (if it has a future)

September 15, 2025 at 2:26 PM

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The Future of the Democratic Party (if it has a future)
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A new day is dawning if the Democrats are able to see the sunrise.

September 11, 2025 at 3:22 PM

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Democratic Leadership Dangerously Gets It Even MORE Wrong

When I first wrote about how some cowardly democrats still did not understand the moment, it was before Trump called in the National Guard to occupy Washington D.C., it was before Trump ordered an ext...

September 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM

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For Democrats to win, scam PACs must die

Nearly $678 million was raised by scam PACs during the 2024 election cycle, yet less than $11 million of that sum went to Democratic candidates or the party’s national committee. That devastating ...