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Monthly Archives: June 2023

Somewhat good news?

Wednesday, June 28, 2023

So, the Supreme Court has rejected the so called “independent state legislature” theory, , a legal argument so flimsy that in my law school days, had anyone attempted to make the argument in a constitutional law class, he or she would have failed. But, all is not lost for the fascists and racists pushing this […]

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Bad Moons Rising

Sunday, June 25, 2023

This article, discussing the ongoing pogrom in Israel, reminds us that we’re not the only country in which a fascist future is a real threat. It’s one of history’s ironies that Israel is far ahead of us on that front. Off the subject a bit: this is just one of many stories that the media […]

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Emptywheel documents the atrocities

Wednesday, June 14, 2023

This is, in my opinion, a must read near diatribe by emptywheel. It is a fact that much of the non-Fox media has been complicit in helping to legitimize Republican propaganda by passing it on without putting it in what should be an obvious context. In the linked post she demonstrates how much of the […]

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Too stupid to be president? Not if you’re a Republican.

Thursday, June 8, 2023

It seems like every Republican that has announced his or her candidacy for the presidency immediately finds a way to say something that proves beyond doubt that he or she is far too stupid to be president, or, is pretending to be far too stupid to be president, because you can’t get the Republican nomination […]

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Book report: The Earth Transformed

Tuesday, June 6, 2023

I just finished reading Peter Frankopan’s The Earth Transformed. I have to admit that it was a bit of a slog, as there’s only so much depressing reading you can do at one time. Still, I highly recommend it as it emphatically brings home the horrors we may face as a result of climate change. […]

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Republicans in disarray

Sunday, June 4, 2023

The Democrats in Disarray! trope has been a favorite of the mainstream media for some time now. There are a lot of reasons they have pounded on it, often manufacturing the disarray in order, for instance, to prove their evenhandedness for, after all, both sides!. It will be interesting to see if we’ll be hearing […]

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