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The Baublehead Ronald Reagan Got Us Here

For anyone not yet born or for those who were and may have forgotten where this whole debacle started: DO NOT FORGET that Ronald Reagan was little more than a talking baublehead in a fine suit when he was elected and may well have been manifesting dementia in his first…

Ronald Reagan

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Ronald Reagan

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Jun 20, 2022

Texas GOP Mints New Platform for ’22 and ’24, and It’s a Doozy

What it now means to vote Republican in Texas. Last week there was a post on social media: “Canada must feel like its living in the apartment above a meth lab.” I promise you, Texas was not always like this. Among hundreds of minute demands designed to micro manage American…

Texas Republicans

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Texas GOP Mints New Platform for ’22 and ’24, and It’s a Doozy
Texas GOP Mints New Platform for ’22 and ’24, and It’s a Doozy
Texas Republicans

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Apr 27, 2022

In Honor of ‘Autism Awareness Month’ Saratoga County Cops Slam Autistic Teen to the Floor in Target

Heads up, White Folks! Time to get up off the couch and set it off. Again. ‘I didn’t know what to do because I wanted to call for help. But who do you call for help when it’s the police harming the people.’ ~Chante Ware Yesterday my partner showed me…

BlackLivesMatter

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In Honor of ‘Autism Awareness Month’ Saratoga County Cops Slam Autistic Teen to the Floor in Target
In Honor of ‘Autism Awareness Month’ Saratoga County Cops Slam Autistic Teen to the Floor in Target
BlackLivesMatter

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Jan 13, 2022

An Open Letter to Rick Wilson, with Ines Pohl

Lest we forget that The Lincoln Project are, after all, still Republicans “…they [Republicans] have built a structure…an autocratic structure in a very short window of time, that has put American democracy in an enormous degree of peril.” ~Rick Wilson [Video: ‘If Donald Trump is not dead or in jail…

The Lincoln Project

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An Open Letter to Rick Wilson, with Ines Pohl
An Open Letter to Rick Wilson, with Ines Pohl
The Lincoln Project

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Dec 30, 2021

Omicron is a Self-Inflicted Wound

The January disruption is nobody’s fault but your own. Thousands of people refused to get vaxxed allowing Omicron to evolve. Now it’s Biden’s fault or the CDC’s fault or the FDA’s fault that we are again under siege? That is bullshit: this all goes back to the core issue, the…

Covid 19

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Omicron is a Self-Inflicted Wound
Omicron is a Self-Inflicted Wound
Covid 19

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Jul 9, 2021

What Happened to Sha’Carri Richardson Wouldn’t Happen to a White Athlete
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Generally speaking I would agree, everyday there are situations where being white gets someone a…

Generally speaking I would agree, everyday there are situations where being white gets someone a pass. But this time that's not the case, don't dig in on this one. She admits she screwed up and has shown real class in not trying to make this a race matter. The rules…

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Jun 27, 2021

Richard Linkletter & Me

PBS American Masters: Richard Linklater There were a lot of things I didn’t know and hadn’t thought to think about before I watched American Masters’ profile of Richard Linklater. Having lived most of the past four decades in New York City, I’ve thought lately that — if you live long…

Richard Linklater

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Richard Linkletter & Me
Richard Linkletter & Me
Richard Linklater

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Mar 8, 2021

If He Takes ‘No’ for an Answer, Nothing Happened

And allowing young white women to behave this way without accountability is infantilizing a whole generation of women. So now I’m going to say something that is going blow progressive heads off but grown ups know it’s true: We are infantilizing these young women by taking the responsibility and accountability…

Andrew Cuomo

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If He Takes ‘No’ for an Answer, Nothing Happened
If He Takes ‘No’ for an Answer, Nothing Happened
Andrew Cuomo

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Mar 8, 2021

#metoo Has Utterly Jumped the Shark

This just don’t pass the smell test. If so-called “progressives” continue to pile on Cuomo with these implausible and dubious — at best — claims, I think they may be surprised at how the rest of us respond when the time comes. Seriously, without hard evidence of anything more than…

Andrew Cuomo

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#metoo Has Utterly Jumped the Shark
#metoo Has Utterly Jumped the Shark
Andrew Cuomo

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Mar 7, 2021

My Country Momma’s Sure Fire Way To Identify Sexual Harassment

My momma knew a thang or two about men and bad behavior. There’s a simple method to apply anytime you are wondering whether a man has done or is doing a thang he really ought not be, simply apply momma’s rule: “If he asks and you said ‘No’ and he…

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Gayle Leslie

Gayle Leslie

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Author of “Dwelling in the Vast Divine.1 & .2" Political consultant, policy wonk. https://www.amazon.com/Dwelling-Vast-Divine-1-Serialized-Memoir/dp/1495477746

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