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Hey! I Put Out the Fire! (I started)

Just when I think I'm out, they drag me back in.

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"What is Truth?"

When "alternative facts" become gospel.

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The World Turned Upside Down

OK gang, here's where we are in a nutshell. (Spoiler alert: "King George is dead! Long Live King Trump?")

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Let Loose the Frogs of War

With apologies to Shakespeare.

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A Soldier's Duty

"I was out there crying when I seen the little girl come around the corner, because they was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other. One of them [soldiers] literally laughed. He was standing right here. He said, ‘Fuck them kids.’”

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Apocalypse? Maybe Now.

Noonan nailed it.

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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.

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I Bless the Rains Down in Africa

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

national politics

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.

Health Care

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.

national politics

OK, I'll Weigh In

Well, here we go again.

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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Big Bird Flips the Bird

When Winston Churchill was asked to cut funding to the arts in order to support the war effort in WWII, he responded, “Then what would we be fighting for?” **

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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.

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Incident at Buc-ee's

Trump supporters have taken the hint and are ready to punch or to shoot. Trump haters feel cornered and out of peaceful options. Both groups may find common ground in their collective nihilism - ready to declare war on a common enemy - Trump and the rest of the 1%.

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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.