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Some things won’t fit in a memory hole

Monday, November 22, 2021

At the dawn of 2020 I made some predictions about the coming year. Some of them have stood the test of time, others have come true, but not in the way I predicted. For instance I predicted that Chuck Shumer and Joe Biden would preserve the filibuster. I didn’t see Joe and Krysten coming. On […]

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An easy prediction

Friday, November 12, 2021

The Republicans who voted for the infrastructure bill, a piece of legislation that would have been considered uncontroversial 20 or 30 years ago and at any time in any sane country, are receiving death threats, said death threats being encouraged by their fellow Republicans in Congress. Liz Cheney has been vocal about the need to […]

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A tale of bumbling fraudsters

Monday, September 27, 2021

Well, honestly, this is something I did not see coming. It seems the “auditors” in Arizona have determined that Joe Biden did in fact win the electoral votes of that state, and that, in fact, he got 360 more votes than the official tally gave him. I should add that while I used the term […]

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How to win elections if you’re a Republican

Monday, August 9, 2021

By all accounts, Ron DeSantis is committed to killing as many Floridians as necessary to advance his own political fortunes. The only conclusion one can draw from his behavior is that he firmly believes that those fortunes will be enhanced if he is a national leader in openly and devoutly doing all the wrong things […]

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I am a horrible person

Monday, July 26, 2021

I am having such a difficult time summoning up sympathy for this asshole person: Rep. Chris Johansen, a Republican legislator from the Aroostook County town of Monticello who has been an outspoken opponent of coronavirus restrictions, has reportedly contracted COVID-19. In a recording shared by Mainer News contributor Crash Barry, a man alleged to be […]

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Perplexed

Sunday, July 25, 2021

It is usually fairly easy to figure out the motivations for almost anything Republicans do. Also, as I’ve noted in the past, it’s usually easy to figure out what evil they’ve been up to by simply taking note of what they are accusing others of doing. But I confess that I’m having a bit of […]

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Pence goes off the reservation

Sunday, June 27, 2021

You have to wonder if Pence has plans that might prove somewhat disruptive in 2021: During a speech at Ronald Reagan Library Thursday, former VP Mike Pence publicly broke with Traitor Trump’s unconscionable lies about so-called “voter fraud” in the 2020 election. He did that liberal thing where you remember the past accurately: “January 6 […]

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An easy prediction

Thursday, June 24, 2021

I have ranted on several occasions about the inability of Democrats to get their message across and their tendency to undermine themselves by their inept communications strategy. The Republicans, by contrast, have done a great job of manipulating the media and their base, enabling them to pursue policies that hurt their own voters at least […]

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Running out of demons

Monday, May 3, 2021

The Republican Party has been the party of hate since the late 60’s, when Nixon and his ilk decided they could win by pandering to Southern racists. It has worked for a while. The rules at first were that it was against the rules to be explicitly racist, but the dog whistles were clear enough. […]

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Matt Gaetz, Man of Principle

Friday, April 9, 2021

Matt Gaetz has been in the news a lot lately, in case you hadn’t noticed. Even if you have, you may not have noticed that no one (until now) has given him credit for being a Republican who has principles. You may think that’s a contradiction in terms, but in Gaetz’s case, it isn’t! Think […]

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