Is it because he doesn’t play too much golf?   Because he doesn’t tell 13 lies per day, hog credit for everything good that happens, “takes no responsibility” for anything bad, and works feverish to enrich the billionaires while screwing the middle class?

Who knows?  And who cares?

Most progressives have to admit that they are pleasantly surprised to see Joe Biden, someone most of us presumed to be an aging, feckless political centrist taking such aggressive actions to create a just government that actually delivers value for the American people.

And btw, to my knowledge, this is the first smile on Vindman’s face ever published.  Great to see.

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From NBC News:

Facing a defamation lawsuit, conservative television outlet Newsmax on Friday apologized to Dominion Voting Systems security director Eric Coomer and backed off claims that he manipulated voting machines and counts to thwart the re-election of President Donald Trump.

“Newsmax has found no evidence that Dr. Coomer interfered with Dominion voting machines or voting software in any way, nor that Dr. Coomer ever claimed to have done so,” it said in a statement. “Nor has Newsmax found any evidence that Dr. Coomer ever participated in any conversation with members of ‘Antifa,’ nor that he was directly involved with any partisan political organization.” There has been no evidence that the election was rigged.

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This is what anyone would have expected.

For the United States to recover the level of esteem it had before Trump is going to take a very long time, if it happens at all.  We proved that we’re capable of supporting an obvious conman, a common fraud.  We let him lie, cheat, and steal for four years, and then 47% of us voted to re-elect him.

We seem almost as mentally unstable as he is himself. (more…)

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This may sound absurd to you and me, but keep in mind that it’s essentially what climate deniers are claiming.

Most of these climate scientists are university professors, which, in my experience, tend not to be conspiratorial criminals.

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This fabulous and ferociously powerful two-minute-long video on gerrymandering is at once educational, inspiring, entertaining, and evocative of our passions as believers in democracy.

Hope you’ll check it out.

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This guy has a good point, but here we’re talking about a change that means the difference between a planet that supports life as we’ve gotten used to it, and one that is characterized by hurricanes, droughts, floods, and shrinking land masses.

There is nothing in this country that needs to be destroyed any more than the fossil fuel-based energy industry.

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In his masterful blog Wind-works.org, Paul Gipe (pictured here) writes:

Preben Maegaard (pictured below) died 25 March 2021. He was 84. His death likely won’t mean much to most North Americans. After all he wasn’t a household name like reality TV stars Caitlyn Jenner or Kanye West.

It should. (more…)

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As the weather continues to warm up and we move into the indictment season, expect to hear the phrase “the politicization of the Department of Justice” bandied about with nauseating frequency.  The long arm of the law is coming for Giuliani, Gaetz, 500+ seditionists acting at Trump’s behest, and who knows who else, including, almost certainly, Trump himself.

This is because they are criminals, and justice is required if we are to live in a country that values rule of law and cares about equal protection, as stated in the 14th Amendment.

However, and this is just one man’s prediction, an entire political party is not going to see it this way.

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Penn Jillette is best known for his stature as a magician, having performed with his partner Teller in venues all around the globe since they met in 1974.  In addition, however, Penn is ferociously intelligent and forceful in making a few carefully chosen, critically important political statements.

If you’ll pardon the coarse language, check out this short piece on vaccinations.

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Mike Huckabee wants your kids to know that socialism represents a very real threat to the United States.

The ad for this reads:  We must stop the spread of socialism by educating our children before it’s too late. Our schools won’t do it, so Mike Huckabee’s team put together this free gift bundle to help you teach your kids and arm them with knowledge!

What I’m sure Uncle Mike understands but doesn’t seem ready to admit is that: (more…)

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