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A Tremendously Innocent Man?

From the NY Times: Although Trump White House officials were warned about the proper handling of sensitive material, aides said Mr. Trump had little interest in the security of government documents or protocols to keep them protected. Early on, Mr. Trump became known among his staff as a hoarder who threw all manner of paper […]

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Legally Screwed

Are you confused or having trouble keeping track of all the different legal actions against Donald Trump? Or do you just want to know if Trump will eventually pay for all his crimes? Vanity Fair has published an article “The Complete Guide to All The Ways Donald Trump is Legally Screwed.” The article is definitely […]

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Laughable

Lawrence O’Donnell talks to three highly qualified, serious-minded people (a former US Solicitor General, former FBI General Counsel, and a current national security attorney) about the search for documents at Mar-a-Lago. Around 2:14 he asks them to respond to Trump’s defense. Watch their faces. They seem to be keeping themselves from laughing out loud, but […]

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Colbert on a Roll

Stephen Colbert sums up the state of the Jan 6 hearings, hilariously. And yet scary as hell. Colbert makes this funny, yet heed the warning from Charlie Sykes in The Bulwark: On Thursday we got a stark reminder that farcical fascism is still fascism. Yes, Jeffrey Clark was a clownish Iago; the theories about Italian […]

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The F’ing Truth

It is so ironic that Donald Trump ran for president as an isolationist, who wanted to build walls around America. He seems to have built a wall around himself, isolating him from just about anyone with any sense. As Liz Cheney points out, Trump disregarded his campaign managers, his own lawyers, even his Attorney General, […]

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What Happened to My Country?

I have nothing to add to this. When did we all in America become so stupid?

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A New Hope

Mallory McMorrow is a Democratic state senator in Michigan, who brilliantly stood up to right-wing hatred today. I hope everyone watches the (under 5 minute) video of her in the Michigan senate. Even James Carville, who recently, and famously complained about Democratic wokeness, had strong praise for McMorrow, saying “Enormously effective piece of communication. There’s […]

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1984 Cancel Culture

I swear, you can’t possibly make shit like this up. According to The Guardian, Florida has rejected “54 math textbooks because they contain ‘prohibited topics’ including Critical Race Theory” (CRT). Last year, Florida banned the teaching of CRT in public schools. In response, many people pointed out that CRT has never been taught in any […]

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Two Governators

I usually take a very dim view when celebrities try to stick their noses and personal views into politics, especially celebrities who are famous mainly because they are actors. But two separate things happened today that totally surprised me. The first was Arnold Schwarzenegger posting a video to Twitter (and other social media channels). Yes, […]

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Dear Putin

This is a photo taken during a recent protest in Berlin, in front of the Brandenburg Gate. The gate itself is showing the Ukrainian flag colors. There is some irony here, since when he killed himself in a bunker, Hitler was the leader of Germany. But the ironic change is welcome.

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This is the way the Pandemic ends

Not with a bang, but a whimper. SNL discusses the ultimate Covid questions. Personally, I wish more people had worn masks and been fully vaccinated. Considering that around 6 million (and counting) people have died from Covid-19, it was obviously incumbent on us to do everything we could to combat it. After all, when 6 […]

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Oh Shit!

Lauren Boebert is a Republican far-right congressperson from Colorado who loves Donald Trump, QAnon, conspiracy theories. She is famous for insulting people who hold religious beliefs different than hers, and she supported the rioters who stormed the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. She regularly carries a firearm to her workplace in the Capitol, and […]

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Capitalism and Covid

I mean, what’s the point of a pandemic if you can’t make lots of money from it?

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Happy New Year!

At the end of last year, Los Angeles County released the following data: Unvaccinated people in the county are 14 times more likely to die from COVID-19 than those that have been fully vaccinated. The hospitalization rate for the unvaccinated has increased to 28 per 100,000 people, while for vaccinated people it has remained relatively […]

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Dance of the Virus Proteins

This may not be humorous, but how ironic is someone doing an interpretive dance about their own PhD research on the proteins in SARS-CoV-2. This will make all you science nerds dance with joy!

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