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I can’t pray for Alexey Navalny but I can do this
I don’t believe in anybody’s god and I certainly don’t believe in prayer. But I do believe in Alexey Navalny and am horribly upset that this remarkably courageous person (with a sense of humor, yet) has probably been poisoned, probably … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, The Facts of Life, voting and voting rights
Tagged Alexey Navalny, Julia Ioffe, New Yorker, Putin, Rachel Maddow, Russian oppression
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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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A huge sigh from me but…I must weigh in
…on the post-Mueller media reaction. Et cetera. First, Carl Hulse’s piece in today’s Times received a thorough whipping by Times readers. And he deserved all of it. He opined — no, not just “opined”; he virtually insisted — Mueller’s testimony … Continue reading
Posted in Impeachment, Mueller investigation, The Facts of Life
Tagged Adam Schiff, Ari Melber, Carl Hulse, Chuck Todd, Don McGahn, Ezra Levin, Indivisible, Intelligence Committee, Jerry Nadler, Judiciary Committee, Miss Julie, MSNBC, Nancy Pelosi, Rachel Maddow, Robert Mueller, Strindberg, TV pundits
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