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Everything’s for sale!
At 3:30 p.m. on Feb. 6, 2024, Donald Trump on his social media platform instructed his cult to give Bud Light, an Anheuser-Busch product, a second chance. “Anheuser-Busch is a Great American Brand that deserves a Second Chance”, he ‘truthed’. This after months and months of Kid Rock and countless others taking their automatic rifles…
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Who will be the targets tomorrow?
The death knell for the U.S. middle class, the linchpin of the American dream and American democracy, was 1980 with the whole-hearted adoption of trickle-down economics. By both parties. Robert Reich called it in 1994. We are on the way to becoming a two-tiered society composed of a few winners and a larger group of…
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The GOP fantasy
From the beginning of history, the few have always exploited the many. This is the cornerstone of civilization, the blood in the mortar that binds all bricks. Whatever it takes, make sure you are one of the few, not one of the many. Andrew Kevin Walker, The Killer The fantasy Republican voters buy from their…
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GOP lexicology: adoption
Newly crowned (of thorns, if you follow GOP rhetoric) House Speaker MAGA Mike Johnson (R-La) claims to have an adopted black son, Michael, so he understands what it means to be black in the United States. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla) claimed in 2020 to have an adopted black son, Nestor, so he understands what it means…
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The will of the people and the GOP
Republican Rick Santorum, former U.S. Senator and still a GOP leader, lamented that some states allow voters instead of elected leaders to decide major issues, after Ohio residents voted to legalize marijuana and enshrine abortion rights. “I don’t know what they were thinking, but that’s why I thank goodness that most of the states in…
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Where is the love?
What does it mean to be ‘deviant’ in the eyes of your conservative/MAGA neighbors? Smiths Station, AL, Mayor Bubba Copeland, 49, chose suicide vs. the ridicule of his neighbors after he was outed by a conservative online platform for wearing women’s clothing and makeup. All I see is fear, anger, and violence. Where is the…
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MAGA and the Bible
Do Republicans – who now claim they are God’s chosen Christian soldiers – even read the Bible? I compare Matthew 25: 31-46 to GOP policy against immigrants, LGBTQA+, people of color, impoverished people, et al. The Sheep and the Goats analogy is the only time Jesus tells his disciples what is required to enter the…
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When is it time to talk about it, MAGA Mike?
After 18 deaths at the hands of an assault-style weapon in Maine, in an inspiring, refreshing – nay, godly – display of leadership, newly-crowned Republican Speaker of the House MAGA Mike Johnson proclaimed, “At the end of the day, the problem is the human heart. It’s not guns, it’s not the weapons.” He added that…
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The U.S. existential crisis
Here is the existential crisis in the U.S. that hinges on the 2024 elections. We have about 15 months to determine our preference. In red-governed states versus blue-governed states: In red states, working class people do not have access to Medicaid. Public education is under attack with voucher programs. Women can’t get an abortion. There…
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Issue 1 In Ohio
Frank LaRose proves there is no bridge too far for the QOP in its march to control our lives. LaRosa is the Secretary of State in Ohio, the elected official who oversees elections, including the Issue 1 ballot initiative to require a 60% majority to amend the state’s constitution. On July 25, 2023, LaRose said,…