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Speaker Mike Johnson Is Perfectly Predictable
This from writer/journalist Jake Sherman. It’s hard to be shocked by any element of Speaker Mike Johnson’s behavior, and his protecting a criminal is just one example.
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Investing in America’s Future
Here, Frederick Douglass provides us one of the best justifications for investment in quality education. We’re raising a generation of people who are going to be unable to compete in the global economy, and have tendencies towards racism, violence, and …
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American Stupidity
The author of the meme here makes a good point. But we need to consider cruelty and callousness as well. Stupid and/or mean. Preferably both.
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Why Trumpism Is So Entrenched
The thought expressed here represents a serious challenge for humankind, and it’s precisely the mechanism that keeps Trumpism so firmly rooted in place. The MAGA crowd is organized in lockstep around the principles of hate, violence, and exclusion. As MLK …
Climate Change “Insanity?”
A reader notes: Bravo! Hats off to Alberta Canada for standing up against the climate change insanity being foisted on them by their federal government. Alberta is Canada’s largest oil producing province, providing 79.2% of Canadian oil production. But I’m …
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Republicans and the Truth
Here’s a video that challenges Republicans to speak up as to which side of the truth they stand on. “Any (GOP politician) one who says that the election was stolen is lying to America.” Doesn’t get any more direct than …
Common Sense Gun Laws
One reason that gun laws are so difficult to enact here in the U.S. is Americans’ belief that offering “thoughts and prayers” to the victims’ families is a worthwhile response to having their little child’s body blown to bits by …
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Americans’ Priorities
As suggested in this brilliant cartoon, when most Americans go to the polls in 2024, climate change mitigation will not be at the top of their list of priorities. Having said that, Biden has done more than any of his …
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Jamie Dimon Urges Even Liberals to Back Nikki Haley as Alternative to Trump
The headline here is taken from this article in Bloomberg. A few quick points: Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO of JP Morgan Chase, leads a company that, since the adoption of the Paris agreement, has sat at the top of …
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