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Navalny didn’t believe in death. Neither do I
I jumped out of my chair. An involuntary shock reaction to the headline in the New York Times. It doesn’t seem possible. The other night, a friend of Navalny’s, Russian journalist Mikhail Zygar, talked to Lawrence O’Donnell. When O’Donnell suggested … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption, Journalism, The Facts of Life, War on Ukraine
Tagged Alexey Navalny, Lawrence O'Donnell, Masha Gessen, Mikhail Zygar, Russian history, The New Yorker, Tucker Carlson
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Big rig drivers wanted
From Harper’s Weekly Review: After three months of negotiations, the United States House of Representatives passed a trillion-dollar infrastructure bill that, among other goals, aims to improve public transportation; expand broadband internet access; establish a Women of Trucking Advisory Board, … Continue reading
Posted in The Facts of Life
Tagged Harper's, infrastructure bill, Lawrence O'Donnell, long distance trucking, New York Times, Trucking Advisory Board, Women's Trucking Board Advisory
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Pundit or expert: a top-notch definition
Chapter 5 of How I Learned The Facts of Life is “Pundits and clairvoyants and the facts of life.” In it, I do my own little definitions of pundits and experts. (Clairvoyants need no definition, although I slap at a … Continue reading
Posted in Fascism, Law, suits and order, political campaigns, Politics, Racism, The Facts of Life, Trumpism
Tagged American fascism, Lawrence O'Donnell, Neal Katyal, Portland, Rachel Maddow
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