My Journal

MAGA “Freedom”

What does “freedom” really mean to MAGAs, anyway?  Right-wing Commentators take every opportunity to shout about American freedom, insisting that it is under threat from ...
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Trump Reveals Character

It’s been said that the presidency doesn’t build character, it reveals it. There’s never been a more dangerous example than Donald Trump, whose four years ...
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Threatening Us With “Isms”

If every American had a dollar for every time the Republicans labeled their opponents Marxists, socialists, or communists we would all be in the top ...
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MAGA Nostalgia

Guess what, yet another poll was released that asked Americans if they think the country is on the right track.  An overwhelming majority said it ...
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Damage Trump?  Really?

“They want to damage me so I can’t go back to work for you.  And I don’t think that’s going to happen.” Donald Trump We ...
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Reparations for Crime?

Senator Tommy Tuberville of Alabama is unquestionably an “ULTRA-MAGA” among MAGAs!  His latest rant went beyond “racism” or “hate speech,” more closely resembling the fire ...
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MAGA Deniers and QAnon Believers

Along with election results they don’t like, MAGAs reject and deny just about anything they don’t want to accept as the truth.  Indeed, they reject ...
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The Three Stooges from Hell

Well, the three stooges in question are certainly having a well-deserved hard time of it lately, aren’t they?  A lot of comparisons were drawn between ...
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The Immigrant “Invasion”

Is there no end to what Governors DeSantis of Florida and Abbott of Texas will do to capitalize on the xenophobia and paranoia of their ...
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Honoring White Domination

The British royal family is about more than white privilege; it’s about white domination.  The death of Queen Elizabeth II and the ascendance of King ...
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Trump’s Pardons

The former president is now dangling the prospect of pardons for MAGAs imprisoned for their participation in the January 6th insurrection.  Not only are such ...
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We Can All Dream, Can’t We?

Wouldn’t Trump in an orange jumpsuit, his wrists in handcuffs, be a sight for sore eyes? This humble spirit doesn’t like to talk that way, ...
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Trump is a Cornered Rat

What can I possibly say about Donald Trump that I—or someone else—haven’t said already?  But once again, given he’s consuming all the oxygen in the ...
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The Great White Martyr (for White Privilege)

Last week I spoke of Donald Trump’s endless grievances and boundless persecution complex, but little did I know what was coming.  In the midst of ...
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Take Away Their Megaphones!

The defamation trial of Alex Jones reminds us that the sleazy conspiracy theorist and former president Donald Trump are two peas in the same gruesome ...
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The Turtle’s Grandfather

I‘m sorry that old age has made Mitch McConnell look like a turtle’s grandfather (although they say time gives you the face your deserve), but ...
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187 Minutes in Trump’s Very Dark Place

As I said the week following the insurrection, the events at the U.S. Capitol on January 6th were a sad reminder that whiteness still bestows ...
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Was Trump Really President?

What’s clear from the January 6 Committee hearings is that Trump didn’t conduct the business of the Presidency between election day and Joe Biden’s inauguration.  ...
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Audacious Distraction

While Americans are kept safely distracted by an endless array of “culture wars,” most of which are devised by the MAGA Republican right, our economic ...
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Demented Narcissist Leading the MAGAs

There are those (mostly MAGA Republicans, of course) who think we should move on from the events of January 6.  But how can we put ...
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