“Pessimism” is the wrong word here, insofar as it concerns the future. It’s a tendency to believe that the worst will happen; it’s a lack of hope or confidence in the future. While Americans may be pessimistic, what the meme …
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Trump on Egg Prices
Trump says, “You know, the cost of eggs have come down like 93, 94% since we took office. They are pretty much normally price now.” In truth, the price of a dozen eggs in April 2024 was $4.15; now it’s …
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Ensuring Next Public Health Crisis Is as Lethal as Possible
Insofar as the world is not currently beset with an epidemic like COVID-19, the subject of people’s “rights” to flout health regulations is not a present-day issue in our daily news cycles. That’s a good thing, but it would be …
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The Poor, Sick, and Elderly
It’s not just the poor, sick, and elderly who suffer, and whose lives will continue to get worse, to that group, we need to add those who count on: Public education, labor laws, food safety standards, air traffic control, social …
Trump’s Core Beliefs Aren’t Going Anywhere
Regrettably, what U.S. representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says here is completely true. The genie is out of the bottle. Long after Trump is gone, his core values of racism, xenophobia, greed and lawlessness will remain, and form the soul of a …
Trump an Enemy Asset?
There is no proof of this. Yet. Even if it turns out to be untrue, his actions are identical to those that an enemy of the United States would take: crashing the economy, turning allies against us, and destroying American …
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Pope Francis’ Legacy
It would be foolish to think that Pope Francis made a dent in the hate and hypocrisy of the Christian right, but at least he tried.
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King Donald
Apparently the other 44% of Americans believe that Trump has absolute authority to do anything he wants, and that neither the legislative nor judicial branch has any power. That’s a tragedy.
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Cuts to the National Weather Service Endanger Our Lives
Until the United States is somehow able to rid itself of Donald Trump, and let’s be honest–that’s a tough row to hoe, we will live with a cruel fact: anything in the U.S. government that benefits the health, safety, and …
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From Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney
Speaking for the majority of Americans, I’m sorry we elected such a terrible person, the consequences of whose actions are so deeply hurtful for the people of the world.
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