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A collection of 269 posts

Health Care

The Way We Were

For the first half of the 20th century, summers were not carefree for children or adults. Swimming pools were often shuttered, playgrounds empty and quiet, and parental dread informed every decision about their children’s activities. The polio virus invisibly stalked the world...

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Incoming!

Keeping up with this is is giving me whiplash.

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Onward Into the Past

They're taking us backward. How far can they go?

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Autocrats in Alaska

"In a sane world, one not run by war-mongers, defense contractors, convicts, corporate media, and giant banking and investment firms, Putin and Trump would have been arrested and detained before their feet touched the red carpet strewn across the tarmac at Alaska’s Elmendorf Air Force Base."

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Slouching Towards Bethlehem

Miss the Cold War yet?

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The Texas Template

MAGA Texas politicians have taken the infamous Parr political family’s petri dish out of the historical closet and studied it for tips on how to destroy democracy for fun and profit, and Trump is learning from their research.

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A Republic, If You Can Keep It.

Maybe this is how it all ends.

Economy

Crypto Crooks

"Though "currency" is in the name, cryptocurrencies aren't and never have been. They're made up, a fantasy, have no intrinsic value, aren't backed by anything, & require complete suspension of belief to invest in. As I keep yelling at people in Walmart "pajamas aren't pants!," Bitcoin isn't money!"

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Another Man Without a Country

Look how far we have come! The Supreme Court has given the current and all future presidents immunity, and we have a man in the White House who is lying about being a pedophile and hanging out with a character who facilitated acting on those urges.

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No Ordinary Time

With apologies to Doris Kearns Goodwin.

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Jeffrey, Who?

Oh, for when life was simpler and we argued over Obama's birth certificate.

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Remain Calm. All is Well.

The doom loop has officially begun.

Immigration

We've Come Undone

How expensive is our xenophobia? The annual cost of detaining a single immigrant is $58,000, which could provide a year of Medicaid for three adults, a year of SNAP food benefits for 12 individuals, or fund multiple visits to emergency rooms at public hospitals.

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Bipartisan Style Tips. Free of Charge.

Maybe they should all try decaf.

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Thank you For Your Attention To This Matter

No more endless wars...OK, except this one.

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"We Love You God"

Nobody changes leaders in the middle of war. Trump, hammered in the polls for tariffs and DOGE cuts, is posturing as a war president and using phrases like this attack “was the likes of what the world has never seen,” and “We love you God,” even as he is launching an unprovoked attack on Iran.

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Apocalypse...Uh...Not Now. Somewhere Down the Road

It's been a heck of a week, Brownie.

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Breaking Up Is Hard To Do - Pride Edition

Musk wanted to stay in his role beyond the 130-day time limit set by statute. But, love grows stale, it seems, and a 4-month relationship is more than Trump could bear. The Oval Office simply couldn't continue to hold two egos of this size. Our daddies are breaking up.

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The Book of War

"Americans don’t have the only culture on the planet struggling with values, but we seem unable to stop funding weapons and wars while we take food and hope and health from children."

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Open the Pod Bay Doors, HAL...

That was the week that was.

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The Thrill is Gone

Your nighttime dreams are forgotten as you doomscroll yourself awake. There's no time for daydreams as your phone pings with every Trump alert. Our mental health is in decline as the country falls off the World Happiness Chart.

Border

Gulag America

The process, as everyone knows, is called “profiling.” If you approach the checkpoint as a white person, the odds of you being detained are minimal. Traveling north while brown is more problematic.

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The Art of the Deal, OK, Sort of...

Yes, it's TDS. Trump Distraction Syndrome.

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"You Effed Up. You Trusted Us."

Can we get a mulligan on the last election?

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Remember When We Listened to the Radio

"His pointing turned into jumping up and down, serious histrionics. I turned around and discovered that the red microphone light was still on and the morning audience had heard our entire conversation. The “Great Voice of the Great Plains” was swearing at people as they rolled out of bed."