Basing a claim on a single incident, e.g., the murder of Charlie Kirk, has no real validity. So, here’s what AI says on the matter: Violent crime, particularly homicide and gun violence, is significantly higher in the United States compared …
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Life in America Is Ruthless
The meme here speaks volumes to life in the United States and free market capitalism as a whole. I happened to have met the guy who, in the 1990s, tried to build railways that would connect Dallas, Houston, Austin, and …
Evaluating California and its Governor
Hmm. He’s the governor of the most populous state in the country, whose revenues, if it were a country, would make it the fourth largest economy on Earth. His state ranks in the top five in terms of colleges and …
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Fixing America
Improving our broken, pathetic educational system is important, but it’s only a part of the solution. Trump’s support is based on the fact that a) most rich people are selfish pigs, and b) most white poor people are hateful racists. …
The “Dismantling” of America and Its People
Here’s a short video from actor Richard Gere that speaks a few concise words to Americans. How did we get to this horrible point?
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Which Republican Ticket Is Less Putrid in 2028?
The answer to the question at hand: I’m not sure. Yet it certainly appears that this country has completely lost its appetite for the criminal insanity of today’s Republican party. We’re tired of the lies, the hate, the indifference to …
Where the Republican Party Has Gone Since Eisenhower in the 1950s
If you look this up, you’ll see that it’s correct. Eisenhower was a fierce advocate of the following: Infrastructure, e.g., the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, creating the 41,000-mile Interstate Highway System to improve national defense and commerce Social Programs, …
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Voter ID
My only problem with this is the U.S. Constitution, which clearly lays out the laws by which our elections will be conducted, i.e., it’s up to each of the 50 states to make and implement their own procedures. Obviously, conspiracy …
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EPA Rolls Back Regulations on Heavy Metals from Coal-Fired Power Plants
Yes, our atmosphere and our waterways will soon be seeing increasing concentrations of mercury, lead, cadmium, selenium, and arsenic, not to mention other neurotoxins like a wide array of radioactive isotopes, so that the Trump administration can placate billionaire donors. …
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Why Would Republicans Cut Literacy Funding?
You may be asking yourself why Missouri Republicans did this. Well, what’s in it for these people to foster a generation of bright, literate youngsters with a thirst for learning? Absolutely zero.
