Just nominate some well-educated businessman or city mayor — or maybe just a principled lobster fisherman. Maine: This shouldn’t be too tough a challenge.
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American Authoritarianism
Here’s a video in which U.S. senator Jeff Merkley argues that the United States isn’t “on the verge of” or “right around the corner from” authoritarianism; we’re right in the middle of it.
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The Next Chapter in American Disgrace
Every day, our nation’s face is pushed a little bit further into the toilet.
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Depicting Lady Liberty
Gotta love the creativity, and certainly the sentiment, that is captured by the artist whose work we see here. In reality, however, Lady Liberty should be depicted sitting with slumped shoulders, tears rolling down her cheeks. There has never been …
Brian Cox, PhD
It’s always encouraging to see the emergence of another brilliant astrophysicist into our culture — not that his message here is particularly encouraging.
Trump and Illegal Aliens
As all literate Americans understand, a) illegal aliens are not eligible for welfare, and b) the vast majority of U.S. welfare dollars go to poor, uneducated white southerners who almost exclusively voted for Trump. If it weren’t for those two …
This Is Funny, but it Cuts to the Bone
Fans of our top comedians will love this video, a fictional reenactment of George Washington addressing an open meeting of citizens in the newly formed United States, concerning potential frailties of the soon-to-be-ratified Constitution.
Marco Rubio Spreads Lies to the MAGA Crowd
If it weren’t for the existence of social democracies all over the world, the clown in this one-minute-long video might be somewhat credible. Good thing for him that he’s talking to people most of whom couldn’t find Scandinavia, New Zealand, …
Trump Desperately Looking for — and Finding — More Things to Ruin
From the League of Conservationist Voters: The Trump administration is paying Duke Energy $129 million in taxpayer dollars to stop its North Carolina offshore wind farm. Trump has now paid over $2.5 billion to terminate offshore wind projects that would …
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If You Want a Laugh Right Now
The pianist/vocalist in this short video captures what life in America is like in mid-2026. Sound on, but not too loud.
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