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Coded Messages

© Matt Bors When I first heard about protestors with signs saying “All Lives Matter” I thought they were protesting abortions. Of course, the same people want us to indiscriminately bomb some countries until the “sand glows in the dark“. And Donald Trump doubled down on his proposal to kill the family members of ISIS […]

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The Joke is On Us

Go read Matt Taibbi’s latest column in Rolling Stone, “In the Year of Trump, the Joke Was On Us. Yes, even if you are sick and tired of reading about Trump. This isn’t about Trump, it is about us. UPDATE: If you need something lighter to read on this fine New Year’s day, I suggest […]

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Late Night Political Humor

“Let’s talk about Donald Trump, because we do it every night. He said that he may skip the next Republican debate on CNN unless the network pays him $5 million. But CNN laughed it off, saying, ‘We don’t have $5 million.’” – Jimmy Fallon “CNN was like, ‘Fine, we’ll just let Jeb Bush talk for […]

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A Happy New Year from Obama

Obama believes that not only was 2015 a good year, but 2016 will be even better: And it looks like Obama has reason to be happy. According to Real Clear Politics, Obama has broken the “second term curse”. What’s the “second term curse”? When a president is reelected, they often have problems midway through their […]

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The Year in Review – Part 2

© Tom Tomorrow Can we take any more of this presidential race? Can we survive another eleven months? Is there anything that can happen that hasn’t already happened?

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Will Trump Destroy the GOP?

Eugene Robinson has an interesting opinion piece in WaPo titled “How Donald Trump destroyed the Republican Party in 2015”, as if it is a fait accompli. He does soften that, saying “An entity called the GOP will survive — but can never be the same.” His point is that Trump has exploited the resentments and […]

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A Holiday Wish

© Stuart Carlson Aren’t we the land of the free and the home of the brave?

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Third Time’s a Charm?

Republicans keep trying to create a conservative utopia, with predictable results. First there was Kansas, where Sam Brownback showed us how to cut taxes and destroy the social safety net, and when that failed, they doubled down with even more tax cuts (for the rich) and spending cuts, with disastrous results. But did they learn? […]

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They’re Everywhere!

© Jen Sorensen Considering that our country is a total melting pot of different cultures, races, and ethnicities, it is amazing that we have a long history of freaking out about different groups over our entire history. Including the Irish, Chinese railroad workers, Catholics, the Japanese during WWII, and on and on.

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All Hail, the King of Whoppers

FactCheck.org, for the first time ever, has named a “King of Whoppers“. As they put it, “In the 12 years of FactCheck.org’s existence, we’ve never seen his match.” And that’s saying alot, as this has been a “banner year for political whoppers.” You can probably guess the Master of Mendacity, it’s Donald Trump. Not only […]

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Late Night Political Humor

“In a recent interview, Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka said that there are times when she disagrees with her father. But then there are MORE times when she likes the idea of inheriting a billion dollars. Double-edged sword.” – Jimmy Fallon “Donald Trump is still under fire for mocking a reporter with physical disabilities. Trump told […]

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How Terrorists Are Born

At least his skin is the right color. UPDATE: A reader sends links to conservative writers who actually believe this, and make the case that it is the Empire, not the rebels, that is the force for good in the Star Wars universe. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/act-four/wp/2015/10/29/the-destruction-of-alderaan-was-completely-justified/ http://www.weeklystandard.com/the-case-for-the-empire/article/2540

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Poor Climate

Senator Lindsey Graham dropped out of the presidential race. Why is this significant? Because he was the last remaining major Republican candidate who publicly accepted the scientific consensus of climate science. You know, that the climate is warming and we are the cause of it. Now there are none. At the presidential debate in October, […]

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The Year in Review – Part 1

This is one of my favorite things from Tom Tomorrow each year. © Tom Tomorrow

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Carly Fiorina is a Liar!

Salon has a great article titled “Carly Fiorina is a liar: And everyone should finally just say it — loudly“. So I am obliging them with my headline. She famously claimed to have seen a horrific video about Planned Parenthood. But when confronted by the fact that said video simply does not exist, she doubled […]

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