Tesla sales were sliding long before Musk was appointed to be the lead executioner for essentially everything that the federal government does to serve the American people. Bumper stickers like the one below began to show up as soon as …
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Reforming the Democratic Party
I trust Bernie Sanders, and I’d like to believe he’s right here, but I actually don’t. In 2024, a plurality of voters elected Trump, consisting of perhaps 20% amoral rich people and 80% uneducated morons. These people absolutely adore what …
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**Some** Americans Are Embarrassed About What Our Nation Has Become
Let’s be honest. The American people elected this SOB just a few months ago, and he was hardly an unknown quantity. We need to deal with the fact that almost half of U.S. voters approve of ignorance of basic economics, …
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Another Website for Climate Deniers
As shown at left, the people who want to muddy the waters on climate change (Big Oil?) are at it again. In truth, there were occasional articles in the early 20th Century that (correctly) asserted that the emissions from burning …
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Why Poor People Die Young
Bernie Sanders has this to say on the graph here: “Stress kills.” To that I would add the multiplicity of other stuff that kills poor people: malnutrition, shoddy healthcare, living in communities whose air and water are polluted, dangerous professions, …
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Donald Trump Calls CNN and MSNBC ‘Illegal’ During DOJ Speech
From AdWeek: President Donald Trump referred to CNN and MSNBC “illegal” during a speech at the Department of Justice on Friday. It marked the latest escalation in his language about the news media and those two networks in particular since he returned …
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Explaining Our Role in the Universe to Young People
At left, we have the words of American planetary scientist Dr. Carolyn Porco, who explores the outer Solar System, beginning with her imaging work on the Voyager missions to Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune in the 1980s. FWIW, I don’t …
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Widespread Disapproval of Trump
At left are the words of Fox News contributor Jessica Tarlov, who went on to point out, “…which is basically everything a president does.”
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Why Trump Wants Greenland
From a reader: Trump is causing a completely unforced recession, the markets (are) tanking, and your 401k’s plummeting, and he’s focused on invading Greenland. Funny you mentioned that. I had a recent conversation with a Trump supporter in which she …
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Always Good to Hear from a Republican with a Conscience
Re: Liz Cheney’s words at left, a reader notes: Quoting Liz Cheney? Really! She is such a war monger. She has no credibility. IMO, this is what makes her so interesting: she’s an extremely conservative Republican. That she can see …
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