I looked through a few of the many thousands of responses to the question above on social media and have concluded: If you ask uneducated people who know essentially nothing about global warming, you’ll find that nothing can stop it, …
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The Well-Being of Working Class Americans Hit a Downturn in 1980
In mathematics, a “point of inflection” is the point at which a function stops falling and starts growing or stops growing and starts falling. In the language of calculus, we say that a point of inflection is where the second …
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We the People
The content of the meme here is partially true. Trump still has about 35% support, but that’s down from 51% when he was elected. So, more than 12 million American voters who put him in office have realized that he’s …
Trusting America after Trump Leaves
If I were to make a guess about the near-term future of the United States, I would say that it will take a great many years before the people of the world stop harboring deep concerns to the effect the …
Tagged with: another would-be dictator, congress owned by corporations, congress owned by heartless billionaires, it will take a great many years before the people trust the U.S. can be trusted again, punishing everyone but straight white Christian males, U.S. incredibly corrupt, voter base composed of many tens of millions of hateful morons
Removing Trump
What an idiotic statement we see here at left. No one is hoping to see the United States complete the process of self-immolation. About two-thirds of Americans want to see Trump held accountable for a variety of crimes, including treason. …
Trump Backstabbed?
Perhaps we’ve identified the central problem in the U.S. government. There is no such thing as “Trump’s Supreme Court”; it doesn’t belong to him. We have, or at least had, three co-equal branches of government.
Do We Approve of Rule of Law?
Well, the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the constitutional provision that it’s our Congress that sets tariffs. In true character, Trump has told the federal government to f*** off, asserting that he has the right to do anything he wants. …
Note to a True Radical
What do progressives hope for, given the runaway criminality of the U.S. president? The woman at left is what is properly called a “radical,” from the Latin for “root.” Pull it out by its roots, or in this case, burn …
Tagged with: compassion for others, downward spiral that the United States, every decent American wants this turned around, people rooting to the U.S. to crash and burn under Obama, rule of law, the runaway criminality of the U.S. president, Trump is suffering a plummeting decline in voter supporter, What do progressives hope for
How We’re Responding to Trump’s Criminal Insanity
What do victorious professional sports teams, top-flight musicians, and certain congresspeople have in common? They refuse to legitimize Trump with their presence.
U.S. Cancelling Clean Energy Spending–Do We Support This?
The United States is a pariah nation in the world today, and that doesn’t sit well with about two-thirds of the American people.
