There are people who thought Elon Musk and Donald Trump were going to team up and use some blend of competence, selflessness, and honesty to eliminate wasteful government spending so as to benefit the American people. They are called “idiots.”
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No Kings
Don’t forget: we live in a country in which about half of our people approve of this, i.e., that the president can threaten to remove the citizenship of anyone he doesn’t like.
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The Lust for Power
As the ancient Greeks used to say, “The only people worthy of power are those who have no desire for it.” Fast-forward to current-day America and behold that we’ve elected president the single most power-hungry person in our nation’s history. …
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Who’s Really in Charge in U.S. Decision-Making?
Rep. Eugene Vindman (D-VA) joins MSNBC’s Ali Velshi to discuss Donald Trump’s shifting explanation of the Ukraine weapons pause and why, according to Rep. Vindman, it’s “dangerous” that our “Commander-in-Chief is the last to know.” Speaking strictly for myself, I …
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Interesting Video of Reagan
In the video here, Ronald Reagan makes the point that Democrats think that every Republican elected to the White House is sure to bring disaster to the country. Actually, even in the case of Reagan himself, most progressives don’t think …
Why January 6th Wasn’t a Dealbreaker for Us All
To understand this, you have to put yourself in the mindset of the typical MAGA Trump supporter. These people believe that any amount of criminality and violence is justified if it keeps Trump in office, so as to protect the …
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Learning from the First Half of 2025
As former labor secretary Robert Reich notes at left, there are a couple of lessons we’ve learned from the DOGE efforts and the rest of the first six months of the current Trump presidency: Our federal government and its employees …
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In Search of the Planet’s Worst People
I like the wit of this Alex Cole fellow. It’s as if the United States is trying to corner the market on the world’s very worst human beings.
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American Was a “Melting Pot”
I remember this quite clearly. Our current hatred of foreigners is a new phenomenon, but it’s completely predictable given our decline in educational standards and the stagnation of wages for the working class. The saddest part is that, although America …
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“This Is America. We Don’t Redistribute Wealth.”
Of course, many idiots applauded the driver. I used the word “idiots” because, whether we like to acknowledge it or not, we actually do redistribute wealth, and it’s happening with greater velocity with each passing year, as almost all the …
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