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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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Irony is not dead
IRONY 101: Brandy Bottone of Plano, TX, is a mother 34 weeks into her pregnancy. On June 29 she was ticketed for driving in the HOV lane. IRONY 201: Officer: Is there somebody else in the car?. Ms. Bottone: I pointed to my stomach and said, ‘My baby girl is right here. She is a…
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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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When are we going to do something?
119 school shootings since 2018. 39 shootings in 2022 alone. HR 8 (the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021) supported by 90% of the population, 227-203 in the House in 2021 (passed) but failed 54-46 in the Senate. When are we going to do something? I am tired. I am so tired of getting up…
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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.…
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Vote while it still counts
The ex-president wants more armed insurrection, encouraging the forcible suppression of opposition at the hands of his paramilitary and, if he had been able to ‘drain the swamp’, at the hands of the military. A sitting US Senator and wannabe POTUS spreads misogyny and preaches reverse discrimination at efforts to align SCOTUS with the diversity…
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Vintage, grade A bullshit (aka fascism)
DC usually smells of manure, but what the GOP is feeding its Trump worshipers is vintage, grade A bullshit. Yep, Republican Congressmen said the following. Gaslighting 101. There was no insurrection, and to call it an insurrection in my opinion is a bold faced lie. Watching the TV footage of those who entered the Capitol…
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Let me introduce you to my little friend
“Well, Kevin, I guess these people are more upset about the election than you are,” Trump said. So I’m not sending help or calling for my proud buddies to stand down. Go out and introduce yourself. Good people on both sides. Introduce them to Mike Pence for me.
