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Category Archives: Creeping Totalitarianism

Was she really a judge?

Saturday, March 14, 2026

Apparently she was, according to Wikipedia. I refer to Jeanine Pirro, currently serving as the US attorney for the District of Columbia. One has to wonder if she was as ignorant then as she is now, or is she just pretending? It’s always good to see one of our courts standing up to the fascists, […]

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An obvious point

Saturday, February 21, 2026

Yesterday the Supreme Court issued a 6-3 ruling holding Trump’s tariffs unconstitutional. There is, of course, a fact about this that the mainstream press will not report, or only hint at. There was no question about the unconstitutionality of Trumps tariffs. The constitution is clear. Yet 3 justices ignored the obvious in order to support […]

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Tiny bits of hope

Wednesday, January 28, 2026

As Tom Paine, a huge influence on me in my younger years, once said, “Now are the times that try men’s souls”. I actually think if he had thought about it a bit, he might have included women, as he was far ahead of his time. Anyway, nowadays everyone’s souls are being tried. But we […]

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Coming soon?

Thursday, December 11, 2025

I’m in the process of reading the latest issue of Connecticut History Review. This issue is an anthology of articles about women’s struggle in Connecticut for equal rights. It contains an article by Claudia Clark about women who worked for the Waterbury Clock Company (later Timex) in the 1920s. Their job was to paint radium […]

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Supreme corruption

Friday, December 5, 2025

Yesterday the “Supreme” Court blocked a lower court ruling that conclusively demonstrated that the gerrymanding that took place in Texas was illegal. Naturally, the “court” took no pains to explain its ruling, or why it chose to depart from its own precedent to further enable the rise of fascism in this country. Read more at […]

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A CTBlue Exclusive!

Friday, November 14, 2025

I’m pleased to announce that I’ve come into possession of a draft copy of an upcoming Supreme Court decision. Keep in mind that this decision has been written in advance of the actual case in which it will be applied, so some of the pertinent information, such as dates and names will be filled in […]

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I hope I’m wrong about this

Sunday, November 9, 2025

This has come down today: The Trump administration told states that they must “immediately undo” any actions to provide full food stamp benefits to low-income families, in a move that added to the chaos and uncertainty surrounding the nation’s largest anti-hunger program during the government shutdown. The Democrats are already attacking it for the cruelty […]

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All in Plain sight

Friday, August 1, 2025

Back in early May I predicted that the fascists would soon start releasing fake financial numbers and a few weeks later I noted that Paul Krugman had followed suit. It was only a matter of time, and now the time has come: President Trump ordered his administration to fire the commissioner of labor statistics, Erika […]

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A lesson in the new constitutional law

Wednesday, July 30, 2025

The fascists currently running this country have decreed that government employees are now free to proselytize their fellow employees and members of the public with whom they come in contact. You know, because of freedom of religion and freedom of speech. The full memorandum issued by the Office of Personnel Management is available here. Among […]

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Worth looking into

Friday, July 11, 2025

I have gotten a number of posts on my Bluesky account stating that the 2024 election was stolen, and I’ve pretty much ignored them, though I continue to believe that it is quite possible that our future elections may become somewhat like those in Russia, with the outcome predetermined. But I give this story a […]

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