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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,…
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Living the [NRA] American dream
Ralph Yarl, 16, Missouri. Kaylin Gillis, 20, New York. Payton Washington, 18, Texas. All shot this week by good guys with guns after committing innocent mistakes. Kaylin fatally. This is living the [NRA] American dream. Warren Burger, Republican Supreme Court Justice appointed by Nixon [America’s first dictator, by the way], said that the Second Amendment…
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Capitalism is screwing most of us
…productivity is a core tenet of a capitalist system that has spurred economic growth in the form of more jobs, consumer choice, and innovation. It’s designed to reward hard work, with paychecks going to those who provide value and profits to leaders who run the most efficient businesses. Hillary Hoffower The federal minimum wage, $7.25…
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It’s all about change
Fear is at the core of the political divide, e.g., the attack on democracy. Republicans are clinging – with oppression, suppression, deceit, violence, insurrection, and every other nondemocratic means – to what America has been (a mostly white, Christian, and heavily rural nation) to what it is inexorably becoming: urbanized and racially and religiously diverse.…