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The Question of the Time for each American:
“Have I committed myself to a political agenda that works against my own interest?” How we each respond to the answer to this question should be informed by the answer to this second question: “Is my best interest in opposition to the greater good?” It is impossible to make sense of everything that is going…
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Class Warfare Erupts Openly—Can you see it?
The Trump social media post depicting a former president and his wife as apes has, at long last, inspired even some of his supporters to object that he has gone too far. The post was reportedly removed after 12 hours because of the push-back; some Trump supporters are going so far as to express disgust…
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What’s Trump Doing with Venezuela?
Everyone is wondering “What is Trump’s intention regarding Venezuela?” Obviously, this isn’t about protecting Americans from drugs. First of all, the US Coast Guard for decades has been successfully and lawfully interdicting boats suspected of transporting illicit drugs into the US; we don’t need to be murdering mariners on the open seas with no evidence…
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Why the Epstein Files are Different
Ever since Trump announced that he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue without losing votes and then appeared to prove this by ducking through release of the Access Hollywood tape unscathed, it has been a mystery what it would take for Trump’s supporters to turn on him. Scandal after scandal that would have terminated any…