I’m reminded of the time then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo challenged NPR’s Harvard/Cambridge educated Mary Louise Kelly, arguably the most senior news broadcast journalist in the nation, to identify Ukraine on an unmarked globe. What a boob.
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Surprise: Stacey Abrams Knows a Little Bit About the Georgia Voter Supression Bill
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1440 Is an “Impartial” Daily Newsletter
I just signed up to receive a daily e-newsletter called 1440 whose ad reads: Overwhelmed By Opinion Disguised As Fact, And Relentless Clickbait? 1440 provides an impartial view of what’s happening in the world so our readers can form their own …
This Guy Says Liberals Are Better Informed
Whoever created this meme got it right–in the main. The reason we had four years of Donald Trump isn’t our 614 billionaires; it’s our 74 million people, many of whom are undereducated, who are easy marks for a talented conman, …
How About Banning Conflicts of Interest
AOC’s point here lies at the core of our corrupt government. With the stroke of a pen, we could make all such conflict of interest illegal. It’s amusing to hear the right-wing in America paint her as a “radical liberal,” …
Life in 21st Century Politics Sure Is Complicated
Given all the political entities in the Middle East associated with Syria: The al-Assad government, the rebels, the Russians, the Kurds, the Shia, the Sunnis, Iran, al-Qaeda, and the Turks, it’s a virtual certainty that if you pick an enemy …
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The Trump Era Isn’t Going Away
The New Yorker’s Amy Davidson Sorkin writes, “It’s tempting to see the Gaetz affair as the last shudder of the era of Donald Trump, but the political culture that the two men represent won’t easily be swept away.” That’s for …
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Pence Surreptitiously Adds Leader of Hate Group to His Organization’s Advisory Board
Is there anything attractive about Pence as a presidential candidate? He has the charisma of a five-pound bag of fertilizer, and his views on things like gay rights are from the early/mid-20th Century, when homosexuality was punished by imprisonment or …
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Trump’s Cabinet Having Trouble Getting Jobs: Who Woulda Thunk It?
Apparently, Trump’s cabinet members are facing an icy response as they try to find employment in the private sector. What a shock. What corporation wouldn’t want a top executive with a track record of running the most corrupt and citizen-unfriendly …
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GOP Schism?
John Boehner (R-OH), the former Speaker of the House, blames Trump and his lies about election fraud for the January 6 riot at the Capitol, writing that the former President “incited that bloody insurrection for nothing more than selfish reasons, …
GOP Threatens to Out Donors as “Defectors” to Trump If They Don’t Give Monthly
The headline above is from this excellent, though terrifying piece. Here’s the next turn in the sickening experience that Trump supporters are having: being reported to Trump as “defectors” if they cease their donations. I’m not an expert on cults, …
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