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Monthly Archives: July 2025

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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Flummoxed, once again

Wednesday, July 23, 2025

I can’t help wondering if just possibly the people running this country don’t know what they’re doing. The Trumpers, including the genius himself, have done their best to keep the Epstein stuff in the news and now it looks like they’re thinking of letting the country hear once again about how the Russians helped Trump […]

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Totally stumped

Monday, July 14, 2025

I have to admit the Jeffrey Epstein controversy has me stymied. I understand that they’ve been speculating for years that despite all the evidence, somehow it was Democrats hiding their own misdeeds. So I suppose it came as somewhat of a surprise when Bondi announced that there was no there there, and that the client […]

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A tiny sign of hope for the future (possibly)

Saturday, July 12, 2025

You never know, as the voters in Trump country seem to constitute the best argument against democracy as a form of government, since they consistently vote against their own best interests. Still, it’s possible that if you shove it in their faces they will actually get it. Republican politicians are consistently voting against the interests […]

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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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Enabling fascism is not a good thing

Friday, July 11, 2025

At least neither of the Connecticut Senators were there.

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