Jon Stewart on Absurdity
Stewart makes an excellent point here.
The other day I caught myself saying that George Santos is amusing, before I quickly added how tragic it is that the GOP can’t find a representative who isn’t criminally insane.
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Bernie Sanders and Social Security: “Scrap the Cap”
Great plan, IMO.
Bernie has worked hard on behalf of the common American for 32 years and counting.
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The U.S. at a Crossroads
The United States finds itself in terrible trouble in its effort to become a nation of honesty and decency, as one of its two major political parties has taken itself to an extremely dark place.
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Paying Competitive Wages
What Kit is saying here is 100% correct.
What is happening, of course, is these companies don’t pay their employees enough to be competitive, and are therefore perpetually understaffed.
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No, We Do Not Need To Be Resigned to Being Shot
I have a great deal of respect for those who stay involved in the cause of gun reform, just as I do those who battle for quality education, universal healthcare, and climate change mitigation.
And it’s because of that respect that I hesitated to publish the meme here; it’s powerful, but it conveys a kind of hopelessness that, sadly, I’m sure many Americans feel.
In truth, the path to gun reform, just like anything else that the “other 99%” want, is removal of corruption from our lawmaking processes.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene and Conspiracy Theories
There is a reason I never seriously considered teaching my dog to speak English or play the violin, and it’s represented in the meme here.
Seriously, speaking bull**** is this woman’s brand, like the Dallas Cowboys are “America’s Team.” She has no more interest in learning how this country actually works than she has in going to medical school.
Being “Woke”
Being “woke” is another name for showing empathy towards others.
As Tolstoy said, it’s an integral part of a human being.
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Trump Has a Problem Paying Debts
There are so many unlovely features of the Trump-centric GOP that it’s hard to name the most offensive one. Having said that, a solid candidate is their penchant for not paying bills.
Trump has had a deuce of a time hiring competent lawyers. Of course, one reason for this is that honest and talented people want to have nothing to do with him. Another is that they know they’d never get paid.
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DeSantis and Bigotry
There is no way to answer the question posed here. My personal suspicion is that most of the far-right personalities in American politics are insincere, and are simply catering to a constituency full of hateful imbeciles.
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Are Republicans the Party of Freedom?
A reader asks, How can the Republicans bill themselves as the party of freedom when all they do is take things away from people? Voting, books, abortion rights, Social Security, Medicare, saying ‘gay,” teaching history.
As far as I can see, the only answer is that they appeal to angry and selfish white people, whose sense of the word “freedom” does not go any further than their own interests.
I’m reminded of a wonderful bumper sticker: “FOX NEWS: We make you mean and stupid.”
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