Author: craigshields

Here’s a short video from actor Richard Gere that speaks a few concise words to Americans. How did we get to this horrible point?

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The answer to the question at hand: I’m not sure. Yet it certainly appears that this country has completely lost its appetite for the criminal insanity of today’s Republican party.  We’re tired of the lies, the hate, the indifference to …

Which Republican Ticket Is Less Putrid in 2028? Read More »

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If you look this up, you’ll see that it’s correct.  Eisenhower was a fierce advocate of the following: Infrastructure, e.g., the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, creating the 41,000-mile Interstate Highway System to improve national defense and commerce Social Programs, …

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My only problem with this is the U.S. Constitution, which clearly lays out the laws by which our elections will be conducted, i.e., it’s up to each of the 50 states to make and implement their own procedures. Obviously, conspiracy …

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Yes, our atmosphere and our waterways will soon be seeing increasing concentrations of mercury, lead, cadmium, selenium, and arsenic, not to mention other neurotoxins like a wide array of radioactive isotopes, so that the Trump administration can placate billionaire donors. …

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You may be asking yourself why Missouri Republicans did this. Well, what’s in it for these people to foster a generation of bright, literate youngsters with a thirst for learning? Absolutely zero.  

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To be successful, would-be fascists need as much ignorance in the population as possible. Keep this in mind next time you receive news about the dismantling of scientific institutions and the destruction of public education.    

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I don’t want to see the Supreme Court author legislation (as this is what congress does), and I certainly don’t want to see the Supreme Court author legislation that violates the U.S. Constitution. If the American people want to ban …

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One of the most pathetic themes in modern-day American life is the way we get so upset about things that have essentially zero bearing on the quality of our lives. Look, we do have real problems.  Real problems: Environmental collapse, …

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Having a sociopathic criminal rewriting the Constitution sounds like a good idea to tens of millions of semiliterate Americans.    

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