I’m sure I’m not the only one who finds the antics of Republican congressman George Santos to be amusing. On one hand, one can say that there’s nothing amusing about having a pathological liar and serial felon in a position …
Author: craigshields
What an AR-15 Pin Means When Worn in Congress
Two things: I’m a whore for the National Rifle Association, and I’m completely indifferent to the misery of the American people.
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Where America Stands in World Opinion…
…is show in the graphic here. Of course, Trump supporters don’t care. In their view, Trump is “making America great again,” and if our country is reviled by the rest of the world, that’s tough.
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Blood Money
Here’s a reminder of another intractable problem facing American society: our fondness for weapons designed to kill as many people as possible, in the shortest possible amount of time. The gun lobby sends enormous fortunes to lawmakers who, in turn, …
Big Oil Enjoying HUGE Profits
From: The Story of Stuff Project While Americans were reckoning with sky-high gas prices at the pump last year, ExxonMobil reported on Tuesday that it made $56 billion in profits in 2022. That’s the most a Western oil company has …
What We Say (and Don’t Say) to Pregnant Women
It’s one thing to be anti-abortion and another to be just plain stupid. When we learn that a woman is pregnant, do we congratulate her on her baby? If this is to be her first child, do we think of …
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Assault Rifle Pins in Congress
If you think there is no chance of another insurrection, one that may be orders of magnitude larger than January 6th, ask yourself what certain congresspeople are trying to communicate by wearing AR-15 pins on their lapels.
AT&T Has Supported Right Wing Causes for Almost a Century, But They Finally Drew the Line
It comes as no surprise that the cable news channel Newsmax, far to the right of Fox News in terms of its spreading pure disinformation, is apoplectic about AT&T’s and its subsidiary’s Direct TV’s dropping them when they continued to …
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Ron DeSantis
In terms of political ideology, it could be that DeSantis is worse than Trump himself. If he represents an improvement over the former president, it’s possible that he’s not a criminal sociopath. I use the word “possible” because, at this …
Jigar Shah, Clean Energy Icon
Here’s a story about Jigar Shah, long-term friend and colleague, and how he finds himself in a position within the U.S. Department of Energy to make loans totaling hundreds of billions of dollars to companies in cleantech. As the director …
