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Corruption to the nth degree

Saturday, May 30, 2026

I totally support James Talarico’s bid for the U.S. Senate, but I have to disagree with his assertion that Ken Paxton is the most corrupt politician in the country. Alright, you might argue he’s tied, but there’s no way he beats out the person who currently resides in an executive mansion that said person has […]

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The New London Day Bends the Knee

Monday, September 8, 2025

I should start off by saying that I am not a great fan of David Collins, now a former columnist for the New London Day, but I still maintain that his recent firing is yet another example of our media bending over backwards to kiss the ass of the fascists who are taking over this […]

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A prediction

Monday, March 24, 2025

We read here that Pete Hegseth, the totally unqualified Secretary of Defense, conducted top secret discussions on signal and looped in a reporter from the Atlantic: At 11:44 a.m., the account labeled “Pete Hegseth” posted in Signal a “TEAM UPDATE.” I will not quote from this update, or from certain other subsequent texts. The information […]

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Debate reaction

Wednesday, October 2, 2024

If nothing else, I had a good time while I watched the VP debate. Groton Democrats gathered to watch at the NY Deli, which is right next door to our headquarters. Once again they remained open so we could watch the debate together. The food is good, by the way, so if you’re in the […]

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Both sideism actually seems to favor one side!

Friday, September 6, 2024

I haven’t posted much recently. One of the reasons is that it seems like everything going down is so obvious that anyone with an ounce of intelligence can figure it out for themselves. I could also argue that my duties as the treasurer of the Groton Democrats during this most important election since 1860 take […]

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Time to attack

Monday, August 26, 2024

It’s not often that I disagree with digby over at Hullabaloo, but this is one of those times. She has a post recounting the many times the New York Times has committed journalistic malpractice when it comes to Donald Trump. I don’t argue with the main thrust of the post, which is quite good, but […]

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Rant of the Day

Friday, April 19, 2024

I don’t have a television, and even if I did I doubt that I’d spend much time watching the television “news” shows, but I think my general impression is correct. The more of a whackjob you are as a Congressperson, the more chance you have of getting yourself on television. Latest example I’ve run across […]

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They don’t know much about history, but they still get to write it

Friday, January 5, 2024

Scott Lemieux, over at Lawyers, Guns and Money, notes that some in the media have now started to both sides the insurrection. The headline of the piece to which he links reads: One attack, two interpretations: Biden and Trump both make the Jan. 6 riot a political rallying cry. The text he excerpts from the […]

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Dean Baker calls out the media

Tuesday, January 2, 2024

I’m a big Dean Baker fan, but sometimes he just doesn’t get it. Take this post, in which he complains as follows: It may not qualify as “The Big Lie,” but the media feel the need to constantly claim that young people can no longer afford to buy homes. The latest salvo is the Washington […]

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An oft ranted rant in the liberal blogosphere

Wednesday, October 11, 2023

You can’t spend much time on the left wing blogosphere without running into a rant like that which follows, but I’m going to do it anyway. It has become increasingly obvious that Donald Trump’s mental illness has become more extreme, exacerbated, no doubt, by oncoming senility. I have not kept up a database of the […]

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