Editor’s note: we are running a series on the Albuquerque Rapid Transit System (A.R.T. for short). This was a disastrous attempt on the part of the Republican Mayor to create a “bus rapid transit” line in the city. The city’s residents were supportive of the an investment in improved mass transit, until they discovered that…

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Editor’s Note: Sometimes, in all the press of conflict, we forget what we’re fighting for—specifically, in a Trumpian age of vulgarity and greed, we defend what is beautiful, graceful, and wise. In the following essay, our Central European correspondent, Colette Hartwich, reminds us of that by directing us to a recent exhibition of the works…

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If you’re anything like us, you’ve wondered how anyone…anyone at all!…could continue to support Trump given all the evidence of just what a scam artist he really is. Well, unfortunately, here’s a bit of explanation. Remember “Reverend” Jim Bakker? The televangelist who was Tammy Faye’s other half? And who was accused of raping his secretary…

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The last few weeks have proven what we all suspected: the National Rifle Association is a serious problem. Not because of guns, specifically, but because it appears to be shot through (no pun intended) with foreign agents. It looks more and more as if the group is not really in the business of promoting, however…

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…The Bell Tolls for Thee By Rabbi Yeshaia Charles Familant     Reverend Irene Monroe is an African-American lesbian feminist minister, and in wide demand as a motivational speaker, preacher and writer. She has the credentials for being a liberal, both socially and religiously. Rev. Monroe states that “the uptick of dystopian novels is one…

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There is an extremely interesting article over on Politico this week, Never Trumpers Will Want to Read This History Lesson by Joshua Zeitz. In it, Zeitz argues that Never-Trumpers, the honorable Republicans who find themselves walking away from the GOP rather than give aid and comfort to the criminal organization it has become, may be…

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“I’ll tell you one thing,” Trump supporters would often declare when asked why they supported their candidate, “he ain’t gonna be going around the world apologising for us like Obama!” Quite when Obama’s “I’m Sorry” tour took place is a piece of information tantalisingly lost to history, but the subtext at least was pretty clear:…

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And the age of Trump continues to offer us no end of madness, sorrow, and entertainment. Among the stories we’re following on the web this week are: Just in case you missed it, CNN among others is reporting that Robert Mueller is seeking immunity for five witnesses in the upcoming prosecution of Paul Manafort. In…

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Of all the astonishing things that came out of the Putin-Trump summit (read “lurid love fest”) the thing which most astonishes me personally is that Putin offered to let Robert Mueller interview a few of his more obvious Russian suspects …if Trump let Russian agents “interview” former U.S. ambassador to Moscow, Michael McFaul. And then…Trump…

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