Category: Opinon
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They Came In Like A Wrecking Ball
While destruction renovation of the White House may be symbolic, the wholesale assault on our country is anything but. Even in the best of times, America has had countless areas in need of improvement, rethinking, and reconstruction. But right now, our most urgent task is survival—of both the nation itself and the communities within it, particularly those…
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Dear Leader Trump, best president ever?
Three Presidents, Three Legacies George Washington led the fight to free the American colonies from British rule, commanding the Continental Army in a war for independence that laid the foundation for a new nation. Abraham Lincoln, as commander in chief during the Civil War, worked to preserve that nation and end slavery. He stood against…
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Killing Without Evidence: Trump’s Drug War Means the Blood is On Our Hands
Wannabe king Donald Trump has adopted a new tactic in his never-ending quest for a Nobel Peace Prize: conducting unjustified military strikes on boats, primarily in the Caribbean. At least five attacks on boats that set sail from Venezuela and Colombia occurred in the run-up to the October 10 announcement that Trump had not been awarded…
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You Would Think Terrorists Hit the White House
You might think that terrorists have hit the White House. And according to millions and millions of us, you wouldn’t be wrong. I know that building demolitions look like bombings when they’re in progress, but the symbolism is still spot on. Less than three months after vowing to leave the White House untouched during the…
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Adventures with ChatGPT and “protest” imagery.
I’m lazy. I don’t do graphic design anymore. On Sunday, October 19th, I asked OpenAI’s ChatGPT to help me with a graphic for this site. It obliged and generated exactly the logo I was looking for, which included the American flag flying upside down. Spiffy! That should be the end of the story, but on…
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Mike Johnson’s Hypocrisy on “Freedom of Speech”
Mike Johnson (who is definitely not on Grindr) demonstrated just how disingenuous he is — and how gullible his followers can be — when he took to the podium to both criticize Americans planning to take part in the October 18th “No Kings” rallies and claim that Republicans have somehow restored freedom of speech. Think about that:…
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Liquid Death. Cultural Appropriation.
I don’t know exactly when it came out, but the other day I noticed that Liquid Death has a flavor called “Dead Billionaire”. Woohoo! They’re one of us! Must drink Liquid Death and show off exactly which side of the divide I am on, right? Last year, Liquid Death raised a round of funding that…
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Thoughts on Charlie Kirk
In the last few hours I’ve seen many clips and reels from TikTok and X (Twitter) showing the outrage over the horrific public assassination of Charlie Kirk coming from the political Right. While it’s saddening to see people grieving the sudden loss of someone they cared about, it’s been deeply frightening to see those same…