I know there are tens of millions of Americans who are thrilled about mass deportation, but, if you’re one of them, here’s a question for you: Has this improved your life in any way at all? Are you wealthier or …
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MAGA Is Deeply Unhappy
Was there a specific thing, e.g., bulldozing the East Wing of the White House, that turned massive numbers of Trump supporters against the conman-in-chief? It’s impossible to say, but his base of hateful morons do seem to be a bit …
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Unstoppable?
At this point, it appears that the American nightmare of extreme rightwing politics may have run its course, in a way not to dissimilar to what happened in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. The insanity simply vanished, and no one knew …
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Good Reasons to Cancel the U.S. Plans for Renewables
There are a few reasons to back off of our country’s investment in renewable energy: You, as an elected official, got elected and stay in office from the corrupt donations of the fossil fuel industry. You’re indifferent to America’s competitiveness …
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Trump’s Cruelty
He is defined by his cruelty. Nothing like this could have ever been possible earlier in U.S. history, because Americans didn’t have the stomach for it. Now we eat it up with a spoon.
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Voter Fraud
Here in the U.S., there are states that require ID each time you vote. Most states don’t, because you needed ID, including proof of citizenship, to register to vote when you turned 18. The United States had no problem with …
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Politics in Our Schools
When I was a schoolboy, I remember clearly the distinct impressions I formed about where some of my teachers stood politically. We had the occasional “hard-ass” who was almost definitely a conservative, some of whom might even be Trump supporters …
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More Strange News on Trump and His Supporters
As usual, Fox News and its viewers have a distinctly twisted way of looking at the world. A few comments: Why poll people on their perceptions of what groceries cost? The price of groceries in the United States either is …
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Trump and Mail-in Voting
Here, Donald Trump claims that mail-in voting automatically means fraud, and that Colorado has a particular problem in that the state has gone to 100% mail-in voting. As anyone could have foreseen, however, there are a couple of major issues: …
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The First and Second Law of Thermodynamics Say a Great Big NO Here
There are grown-up people on this planet who believe that more energy can be pulled out of a system than we put into the system. This supposed hydrogen-powered Norwegian ship at left ostensibly: 1) Starts with seawater 2) Uses electricity …
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