Author: craigshields

If you take the damage Trump inflicted on our country (and the rest of the world) yesterday and multiply it by the number of days in four years, you get a startlingly large amount.  Yet it’s finite, and more to …

Trump: Is There a Limit to the Damage He Will Do? Read More »

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There is no way of knowing the degree to which the meme here describes Trump’s true motivation for his despicable act, but there is no doubt that today there are millions of armed, hateful morons in this country who feel …

Trump Pardons Insurrectionists Read More »

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Bernie Sanders delivers the truth about the real power structure in the United States, and adds, “We must fight back.”

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From her Wikipedia page: Heather Cox Richardson is an American historian. She is a professor of history at Boston College, where she teaches courses on the American Civil War, the Reconstruction Era, the American West, and the Plains Indians. She …

Pardoning the Cop Beaters Read More »

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I thought these people where the salt of the Earth.  True patriots who observed a day of pure love.  Are you saying that perhaps we’ve been misled?

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I would say it’s largely disinformation campaigns that focus on poorly educated Americans. You won’t find Europeans who believe that climate change is a hoax or that COVID-19 was planned and implemented by some government. In the same vein, you …

Distrust of Science Read More »

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From The New York Times: President Trump’s inaugural address was a misleading assessment of the U.S. It has a growing economy, falling inflation, slowing illegal immigration, a record-breaking stock market, the lowest levels of violent crime in years and a …

Trump to the Rescue Read More »

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“They’ll regret it every single day?”  What galaxy do you live in? MAGA voters are going to get 100% of what is most important to them.  Sure, the price of eggs and gasoline will not come down, but there will …

The MAGA Folks Got Everything They Wanted Read More »

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The point here about altering the facts is spot-on.  Note, however, that the advent of Fox News and the other right-wing “news” sources about 30 years ago made all this possible. Until recently, it was very difficult to believe something …

Fox News to the Rescue Read More »

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Yes, our planet is facing ruination in the form of droughts, wildfires, flooding, desertification, loss of landmass, food shortages, loss of biodiversity, and ocean acidification. The question: Why didn’t we do anything about it? can only be answered as follows: …

Taking Action Against Environmental Collapse Read More »

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