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The Uptick in Nativism in America
This is a sad epoch in our history. America has a long history of nativist movements that would have led to disaster going back to the earliest days of our country. These included the “Know Nothing Party,” the “American Independent Party,” and the latter stages of the Tea Party movement (immediately before Trump co-opted it…
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Poor Ari Melber
Ari Melber must have sinned in a prior life. His show today featured Jerome Corsi, Sam Nunberg, Michael Caputo, and Carter Page. The craziness was very much in evidence. Corsi and Page hold down the pure crazy end, and Caputo and Nunberg are more mainstream extremists (as hard as that is to believe). Corsi is…
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Trump Doesn’t Want the Shutdown to End
I’ve come to the conclusion that Trump prefers the government shut down. As the shutdown wears on, various parts of the government are shutting down. As examples, the FDA is not carrying out food inspections, the EPA is barely functioning, and the Federal Court system runs out of money on Friday. Federal employees are fearful…
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A little about me
Hi all, This is my first blog post, so bear with me. I am a transplanted midwesterner who has been living in New York for the past 24 years. I love the city, but keep tabs on my folks back home. I’ve always been interested in politics. Two of my earliest memories (other than the…
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A saving grace
As pointed out by Yale historian, Timothy Snyder, “fake news” echoes back to Hitler’s “lugenpresse.” It’s almost a literal translation (“lying press”). Fortunately, we are blessed to have some truly amazing journalists/commentators right now, including Sarah Kendzior, Natasha Bertrand, Rachel Maddow, Lawrence O’Donnell and David Corn. On the right, I enjoy hearing from Rick Wilson,…