July 22, 2014
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Sen. Rand Paul mocked the Obamas for wanting their daughters to experience working for minimum wage. My experience taught me “the value of work,” and to value workers for whom earning a living isn’t always fun, stimulating, or fair. Continue reading
July 21, 2014
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In San Pedro Sula, Honduras, 60 bodies lie in a heap on the floor of a morgue – the body count for just one day. Can we in good conscience send children back there – when we helped create the conditions they are escaping? Continue reading
July 18, 2014
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Thank heaven for American wingnuts’ short attention span. The apparent shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over the Ukraine gave everyone a brief respite from the usual sexist, racist, homophobic, xenophobic rantings. Continue reading
July 17, 2014
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There’s no margin of error for low-income working parents. There’s no “plan B,” because there’s barely enough resources for “plan A.” If just one thing goes wrong, “plan A” crashes and burns, taking the rest of someone’s life with it. Continue reading
July 11, 2014
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Ugly Americans ran amok as right-wingers showed off their patriotism by screaming at children, and Republicans promised to block the president’s efforts to stem a border crisis that fires up the basest elements of the GOP’s wingnut base. Continue reading
July 8, 2014
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Fast food CEO Andy Puzder says that raising the minimum wage will harm workers and kill job growth. A new study of the 13 states that have tried it says otherwise. Continue reading
July 3, 2014
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Just in time for mid-term election campaigning, the Supreme Court handed conservatives the perfect opportunity to remind Americans that their number 1 obsession is policing women’s sex lives by any means necessary. Wingnuts rejoiced. Continue reading
June 27, 2014
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Mississippi Republican Sen. Thad Cochran defeated primary challenger Chris McDaniel with the help of black Democrats, and the tea party exploded with rage. Now, to quote Nina Simone, “Everybody Knows About Mississippi, Goddam!” Continue reading
June 27, 2014
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As Washington wades into another debate over extending unemployment insurance benefits, millions of jobless Americans are waiting for our elected leaders to finally get around to focusing on jobs. Continue reading
June 9, 2014
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Republicans can’t pass immigration reform, but they can take time out from obstructing anything that might remotely do the economy some good, to confer citizenship on a genocidal colonialist who’s been dead for over two hundred years. Continue reading
June 6, 2014
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The safe release of an American POW is usually a cause for celebration. But there will be no yellow ribbons on the right for Army Sgt. Bowe Berghdal, who was released after being held by the Taliban for five years. Continue reading
June 5, 2014
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Guns — their presence, and all it portends — are increasingly invading every corner of our every day lives. They have morphed into a form of symbolic speech that threatens to shoot down our political discourse. Continue reading
May 23, 2014
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This week saw a number of right-wingers being pulled up short, one way or another, including some of the biggest names in wingnuttia. For each wingnut up to his tinfoil hat in trouble of his own making, we can only say, “It couldn’t happen to a nicer guy.” Continue reading
May 21, 2014
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So, I finally watched the video of the Michael Jackson hologram from the Billboard Awards, and … meh. As Amy Winehouse, might ask, what kind of fuckery is this?
May 20, 2014
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The rising American electorate that twice elected Barack Obama could be a deciding factor in 2014, if either party reaches out with a message that addresses concerns of its diverse constituencies and motivates them them to vote. Continue reading
May 7, 2014
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Right-wing lawlessness continues at Cliven Bundy’s ranch, where supporters who were itching to shoot police officers and federal agents, nearly shot each other. Now citizens want the “militia” out. Can this thing end without bloodshed? Continue reading
May 2, 2014
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At what point do armed citizens consider themselves the law, based on little more than their numbers and their guns? The latest news from Bundy Ranch, raises this and many other questions, Continue reading
May 2, 2014
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Here’s a basic rule of thumb for wingnut rhetoric. If right-wingers have returned to flogging that dead horse called Benghazi, they’re fresh out of ideas again. This week, wingnuts weren’t just beating a dead horse. They were almost making glue. Continue reading
April 30, 2014
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Cliven Bundy isn’t the first conservative to defend slavery, but he may be one of the first condemned by fellow conservatives for doing so. Does this mean conservatives are ready to stop defending slavery, if only for the sake of … Continue reading
April 25, 2014
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This week, they don’t come any nuttier than Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, and the right-wing pundits and politicians who rushed to defend his range war against the federal government. Revolution was almost nigh, until Budy shot off his mouth. Continue reading