I am going to confess to you today. I am going to confess that I went to bed last night quite depressed. Indeed, desolate. I woke up this morning the same way. I was, and am, despairing because of Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh. Last night, I knew that the GOP would attempt to…

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So who won? Right now, it is impossible to say. As a liberal, and a Trump opponent, I think Ford did. I think she presented her case extraordinarily well, and controlled the narrative from beginning to end. But, come, let us confess. Others will see the affair quite differently. Many, and not just men, and…

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There’s a point, way early in the morning, where you realise that the eastern sky has turned to blue. It’s not dawn – dawn comes later. But there’s a certain point where you realise that dawn is on its way. Tonight feels like that. Because this isn’t some glorious feminist sunrise where all women will…

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Ask a Trump supporter where their “deal- maker” president made his mark and they’ll probably cite Manhattan real estate. But the truth is Donald Trump’s past has more to do with Atlantic City New Jersey than anywhere else. Donald Trump started making a name for himself back in 1982 when construction began on Trump plaza…

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By Chris Madsen This is in no way an exhaustive list but these are some of the most obvious ways to recognize fascism: Big business is always preferred over the individual or overall societal goals.  Capitalism can still be going on, but all the laws and regulations begin to be designed only for the benefit…

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Recently I took Uber from San Jose to San Francisco.  The driver was a 31 year old black guy who had endured a rocky home life in Arizona and California.  I usually don’t talk politics with someone I don’t know, but made an exception in his case. When I asked him what he thought of…

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John Bolton is Trump’s “national security adviser.” That means he should be focused on things like, oh, I don’t know, the survival of the nation in a world filled with hostile powers and China and Russian and terrorists and all that good stuff. But, guess what, he’s not particularly interested in those things. What is…

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Yeah, um, so… this: “Trump tweeted that he would be “doing a major rally” in support of Cruz in October in “the biggest stadium in Texas we can find.” “ So, I guess that would be the “Bigly Stadium” in San Antonio, since the Mega-stadium in Houston was destroyed by Hurricane Harvey which was caused…

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by Colette Hartwich – Soreau When the Berlin Wall collapsed, I told my German husband, who, understandably, was enthusiastic, that a time would come when Germans, on both sides of the Wall, would realize it was an illusion and many, on each side of the “Mauer”, would start rebuilding it. Alas, In the German city…

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It’s all very well for us members of the Liberal Media to sit here on our high horses, stabled as they are in our ivory towers, built atop the moral high ground. Sure, we’re all fancy, highfalutin’ things like “not card-carrying racists” and “on the right side of history,”, but what do we actually do?!…

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