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Daily News readers weigh in on Mamdani
I knew a post-primary read of the Daily News’s Voice of the People (letters to the editor) would be fun. And it was. Ed, from Ridgewood, NJ, says that Trump had a great week bombing and the Democrats had a … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Journalism, MAGA, News media, Politics, Racism, The Facts of Life, voting and voting rights
Tagged Alvin Bragg, AOC, Democratic Socialism, Nancy Pelosi, New York City primary election, New York Daily News, NYC billionaires, Zohran Mamdani
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‘Is There a Dignified Legal Way, Preferably in Latin, to Say “Holy Shit”?’
Paul Krugman asked this question as his response to the U.S. International Court of Trade decision soundly thumping Trump’s tariff mania. Immediately, I grabbed my Latin-English dictionary. “Holy” is easy. It sprung to mind without the dictionary. Sacer (sacred to … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Judiciary, MAGA, News media, The Facts of Life, Trumpism
Tagged Latin, Paul Krugman, stercus sacrosanctum, Trumps tariffs, US International Court of Trade
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Is there such a thing as “brainwashing”?
It all started with that uneradicable question: why did anyone vote for Trump? For years I’ve been trying to uncover the answer by digging around in people’s brains. No, I’m kidding. I have been digging around, though, in a wide … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, MAGA, The Facts of Life, Trumpism
Tagged amygdalas, brainwashing, Nikhil Krishnan, The New Yorker, Trump
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