Reading Time: 8 minutes After Trump received a 37-count federal criminal indictment, reactions ran the full spectrum, including incitements to armed conflict. But calls to extremist action have been part of Trumpism from the start.
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Posted inWar and Peace
Too little, too much: This week in war crimes, leaked intel, and book bans
Reading Time: 5 minutes One key facet of humanism is the importance of being informed. How can one pursue policy that improves human agency without a clear understanding of what limits us? But in at least three ways this past week, we’ve been presented with the challenges of staying informed in as useful a manner as possible: through footage […]
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What has the GOP become? Four jaw-dropping stories
Reading Time: 5 minutes Before you pull out the whataboutery card on me, as a Brit, I know we have a slew of our own problems. But having just been alerted to 4 stories in 5 minutes that literally made my jaw drop, I am left asking (and not for the first time), America, what the hell are you […]
Posted inViolence
Guns and religion: The nexus of the AR-15’s obscene popularity
Reading Time: 5 minutes Turns out Barack Obama was right about guns and religion. During his successful 2008 presidential campaign, he alluded to white, blue-collar manufacturing workers in America who were terribly incensed that their well-paying jobs and comfortable lives had vaporized in globalization during the previous quarter century: “And it’s not surprising then they get bitter, they cling […]
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How do a conservative Christian and a liberal atheist agree on Ukraine?
Reading Time: 7 minutes A conservative Christian and a liberal atheist walk into a…YouTube interview and discuss their agreement on Ukraine. You could be forgiven for thinking there is little scope for agreement, but you would be wrong. How have they both arrived at the same destination—hosting YouTube channels giving daily geopolitical analyses of the War in Ukraine, with […]
Posted inSatire
New year’s resolutions for the right wing
Reading Time: 3 minutes As another year ends, we all seek to learn from past lessons and apply them to next year. A new goal, a new lesson learned, something to guide us as we continue on our lifelong journey of self-improvement. Some of the people on this journey may have political opinions slightly different than yours. The far […]
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Your $5 donation is the only thing that can save democracy
Reading Time: 2 minutes Dear Casey, Our situation is even more dire than when I sent a similar email yesterday. The Republicans have taken back the House and now have the opportunity to pass restrictive laws that will strip away your freedoms. Now, I know what you’re thinking. “Will $5 really do anything?” Yes! Casey, our coffers are empty. […]
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The Red Ripple won’t affect US support for Ukraine
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Red Wave never happened, and left-leaning seculars are generally very happy about this considering what might have happened. But for some, this is not just from a political standpoint concerning hot potatoes like Roe v Wade and women’s autonomy, but from the point of view of the geopolitics of the Russia-Ukraine War. The US […]
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Do MAGA minions realize they’re voting for more poverty and disrespect?
Reading Time: 6 minutes As the 2022 midterm elections loom large, it appears MAGA devotees have everything bass-ackwards. Do true believers in the overwhelmingly white, Christian, over-65-retiree MAGA base actually believe that Republican leaders, if elected, will give them what they truly want? More likely, the opposite will occur, eventually, because the authoritarian despots-at-heart that MAGA-sters hope to elect […]