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Through The Looking Glass: Vaccine Edition
Ironically, our Health and Human Services secretary is a danger to our health
Sep 11 • 
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Overreach
Ignore the public; ignore the courts; ignore the Constitution
Sep 4 • 
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August 2025

They are NOT Conservatives
They are authoritarians who just play conservatives on TV.
Aug 28 • 
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Local News
As local ownership diminishes, we lose an important voice.
Aug 21 • 
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Democrats in a Bind
Aging leadership and a win-at-all-costs opposition have hamstrung them.
Aug 14 • 
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The Gerrymander
Long a political reality, it's now enhanced by precision software. There ought to be a law.
Aug 7 • 
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July 2025

Promises, Promises
His word is temporary at best, disposable at worst.
Jul 31 • 
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Who Is The Real President?
The elected one is uninterested in most of the job, so he's outsourced it.
Jul 25 • 
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The Immoralists
How is it that those who seek the moral high-ground usually turn out to be low-lifes?
Jul 17 • 
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The Old Deal
The President's people are chipping away at the New Deal like it's an ICE sculpture.
Jul 10 • 
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The Powerful v. The Powerless
As cynical as it gets: Tax breaks now; Medicaid and SNAP cuts the day after the midterm elections (assuming they happen).
Jul 3 • 
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June 2025

In The Land Of Contradictions
A reordered Middle East may be in the offing. But, this being the Middle East, it may not.
Jun 27 • 
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