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"What is Truth?"

"What is Truth?"

When "alternative facts" become gospel.

The Little Pink Rabbit on Highway 83

The Little Pink Rabbit on Highway 83

By the end of 2024, at least 80 people had died in Operation Lone Star pursuits, including children and bystanders. Even some officers began to question the chase policy. “We’re not stopping the cartels,” said one DPS trooper anonymously. “We’re just chasing shadows and wrecking families.”

Let Loose the Frogs of War

Let Loose the Frogs of War

With apologies to Shakespeare.

Apocalypse? Maybe Now.

Apocalypse? Maybe Now.

Noonan nailed it.

The Mad King

Like an evangelical minister doing coke rails behind the pulpit, Hegseth paced and preached. “No more division, distraction, and gender delusions. No more debris. As I’ve said before, and will say again: We are done. With that. Shit.” And then he gave them 45 minutes of that shit.

I Bless the Rains Down in Africa

I Bless the Rains Down in Africa

By the way, I wrote this entirely with an autopen.

One Nation, Under Gun

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One Nation, Under Gun

To treat Charlie Kirk's fate as inexplicable is to misunderstand the soil from which violence grows in America. In most states, it’s easier to buy an AR-15 than it is to register to vote. We act shocked when those weapons are turned on politicians, activists, or everyday citizens.

The Turkey that Destroyed US Healthcare

The Turkey that Destroyed US Healthcare

The swarthy and sinister RFK Jr, the one who appears every bit as baked - physically and mentally - as that dead brown bird on your Thanksgiving table, is dismantling what's left of America's health care system.

OK, I'll Weigh In

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OK, I'll Weigh In

Well, here we go again.

The Way We Were

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...

Incoming!

Keeping up with this is is giving me whiplash.

Onward Into the Past

Onward Into the Past

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

Autocrats in Alaska

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."

Slouching Towards Bethlehem

Slouching Towards Bethlehem

Miss the Cold War yet?

The Texas Template

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.

A Republic, If You Can Keep It.

A Republic, If You Can Keep It.

Maybe this is how it all ends.

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!"

Another Man Without a Country

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.

No Ordinary Time

No Ordinary Time

With apologies to Doris Kearns Goodwin.

Jeffrey, Who?

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

Remain Calm. All is Well.

Remain Calm. All is Well.

The doom loop has officially begun.

We've Come Undone

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.

Bipartisan Style Tips. Free of Charge.

Bipartisan Style Tips. Free of Charge.

Maybe they should all try decaf.

Thank you For Your Attention To This Matter

Thank you For Your Attention To This Matter

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

"We Love You God"

"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.