To the reader who sent me this: no one’s offended. We know we live among racists, and being offended by a racist doesn’t help anything. Perhaps the very greatest thing about being an American is what’s etched at the base …
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Mikki Willis writes the following, the first few sentences of a much longer piece: I’ve been studying all sides of the climate change debate for many years — starting back when it was called global warming. Why the rebrand? Because …
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The use of the U.S. military against American citizens has been illegal since the Posse Comitatus Act was passed almost 150 years ago. Wouldn’t the Trump administration be well-advised to avoid situations like the one described at left that aggressively …
There are a couple of remarkable aspects to what our president has written here: 1) As shown in the graph below, the number of SNAP recipients did not increase during Biden’s administration. This year, it’s 41.1 million people, right in …
The lady who sent me this writes: Like so many others, I’m not sure how to look back on Dick Cheney … I truly felt that he was a war criminal, and serving the fossil fuel interests made him an …
To the reader who sent me this: It seems that, over the last 100+ years, our state DMVs have done an admirable job in maintaining safety via their system of deciding to whom they issue drivers licenses and under what …
From Business Insider: Yesterday, analysts at the Bank of America said tariffs have raised prices for consumers. They wrote in a note that consumers have covered about 50% to 70% of the cost of levies to date and suggest tariffs …
To the reader who sent me this: No, they’re not. That’s because, as most of us learned when we were children, only citizens are eligible for these services. I attribute very little intelligence to congressional Republicans, but this is something …
Most Trump supporters take him at his word that his presidency has restored the trust of the world’s people and agree that the United States is again a trustworthy friend. The truth is that the planet has an extremely negative …
I agree with what Trump said at left, but for the precise opposite reason that he clearly intended. Unless our country is so destroyed completely that it becomes irrelevant, which is a distinct possibility, November 5th, 2024, will be remembered …
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