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Before we begin, let’s get some truths out of the way. You are not going to have a discussion with a right-wing troll because they are not there to have a discussion. They are there for one reason only: to disrupt. Their dishonesty is not a character flaw, it is a deliberate strategy to gaslight you. (Gaslighting is a method people use to “win” an argument by getting you to question your own reality by denying things you both know to be true just for the sake of denying them.) Their outrage is entirely duplicitous. They will pretend to earnestly demand proof of right-wing racism,Read More →

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President-elect donald trump blamed the hacking of DNC computers by Russian operatives on the DNC itself, tweeting “Gross negligence by the Democratic National Committee allowed hacking to take place.The Republican National Committee had strong defense!” On Saturday, trump continued his Putin love-fest, tweeting, “Having a good relationship with Russia is a good thing, not a bad thing.” He further concluded that only “stupid” people don’t want good relations with Russia. While it is arguable that good relations with all nations is a good thing, those good relations should not be based on us ignoring the bad things those nations do. Meanwhile, in trumpland, where plagiarismRead More →

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Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died February 13, 2016. On March 16, President Obama nominated Merrick Garland to fill Scalia’s vacant seat. At the time, Senate Republicans continued their then-7-year-long strategy of refusing to do their jobs. They decided it was better to sabotage the Supreme Court for 11 months and place their hopes in winning the White House and the ability to pick a right-wing justice to fill Scalia’s vacancy. Keep in mind this was after numerous Republican senators had publicly stated that Merrick Garland was probably the most qualified candidate for the Supreme Court. With donald trump’s electoral victory, Senate Republicans celebrated theirRead More →

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The GOP Congress voted to reverse their earlier secret vote to gut the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) after being surprised that the public was incredibly unhappy with the idea that the political party that now controls all three branches of government seemed to want to do away with any ethical oversight, especially in light of the many ethical questions being raised regarding the incoming president. Many people are crediting the president-elect for shaming Republican lawmakers into rejecting their desire to eliminate ethical review, but we should not be so quick to give the president-elect credit for the decision. Here is what president-elect trump had to sayRead More →

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It all began with an innocent-enough tweet on Thursday, December 22. “The United States must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes [sic]” It continued with Kellyanne Conway appearing on Rachel Maddow’s show Thursday evening to tell us all that president-elect trump didn’t mean that he wanted to increase the number of nuclear weapons, but he didn’t not want to increase them, either. Then, in typical trump fashion, he spent the next morning making his apologist look like a fool (calling Mr. Gingrich?) by telling Mika Brzezinski “Let it be an arms race”Read More →

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“You’re not a wartime consigliere.” These famous words were spoken in The Godfather: Part II to Tom Hagen by Michael Corleone when Michael decides that Tom his not equipped to counsel him as the family prepares for war. Today, president-elect donald trump rewarded his campaign manager Kellyanne Conway by naming her his wartime consigliere counsel to the president. It leaves one wondering if Kellyanne is a wartime consigliere. Meanwhile, in news that should concern us all… Here’s what our incoming president tweeted today: “The United States must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability until such time as the world comes to its senses regardingRead More →

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On Monday, December 19, senate majority leader Mitch McConnell said of the Russian Hacking Scandal, “There’s no question that the Russians were messing around in our election.” On Tuesday, December 20, he decided there was no reason to investigate just how the Russians messed around in our election. Meanwhile, in news that doesn’t matter… There are rumors swirling that Drake and Jennifer Lopez are dating. Yeah, I didn’t care, either.Read More →

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…in foreign lands. In Turkey, an 0ff-duty police officer shot and killed Andrey Karlov, the Russian ambassador to Turkey while speaking at an art exhibit in Ankara. The gunman shouted, “Do not forget Aleppo! Do not forget Syria!” Meanwhile, in Berlin, at least 12 people were killed when a large semi-truck drove into a crowd of shoppers at a Christmas market. And finally, donald trump secured his presidency when the electors met at all 5o sate capitals and officially voted him into office. Let the nightmare officially begin. Meanwhile, in news that doesn’t matter… The Internet openly wept as Rob Kardashian took to snapchat toRead More →

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For the past 16 years or so, every time we get a new president, China tests them. With George W. Bush, it was by flying one of their fighters too close to one of our Navy aircraft, causing a collision, killing the Chinese pilot, and forcing the U.S. Navy to make an emergency landing in China in what has become known as the Hainan Island incident. The Navy personnel were captured by Chinese officials and held for 10 days until U.S. officials gave in to Chinese demands and apologized for colliding with the Chinese fighter jet (though officials later adamantly denied they ever apologized, andRead More →

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Standing behind a green and red podium poster that read, “Merry Christmas, USA; Thank You Tour 2016”; president-elect donald trump told his fawning supporters that they were vicious and violent during the campaign, and they happily cheered to be told this, apparently forgetting that they were quite sanctimoniously outraged to have been characterized as violent during the campaign.   Meanwhile, in news that doesn’t matter… MTV has a show called Teen Mom OG, and it “stars” people in their 20s, and they are feuding. You didn’t care? Neither did anyone else.   You should also know… Trump supporters have their own, special dating site. YouRead More →