Perfectly Legal, But Wrong
When “perfectly legal” is a lame excuse for doing the wrong thing
Society and Politics
The Domination Game
If a 5,000 year plus social construct keeps us bound to hierarchy and domination, are we really as “brave and free” as we like to think? It seems like humanity may be stuck with an ancient trope: the domination game. That game has many names, and we now see it...
A Slush Fund for True Patriots?
We live in such strange times, no? Our President sues the very government that we elected him to run because someone in the IRS during his first term leaked some of his tax information. Now the “case” is “settled,” according to Acting Attorney General Todd...
When Lies Become the Gospel
Recent polls indicate that a majority of Republican voters continue to believe the 2020 presidential election was stolen from Donald Trump. If Goebbels is right and the truth is a lie that is repeated a thousand times –– and this lie has been repeated thousands of...
Meet Our Ministry of Propaganda
Are we great yet? Alex Pretti was shot ten times by ICE agents. Videos show Pretti holding a phone while helping protesters, contradicting claims he approached agents with a drawn gun or intended mass violence. Almost immediately, Border Patrol chief Gregory...
Lying for Jesus, or “I Can’t Leavitt Alone.”
Multiple major outlets report that President Trump referred to Greenland as “Iceland” on four separate occasions during his World Economic Forum remarks in Davos. Coverage describes him repeatedly saying “Iceland” when clearly talking about his push to acquire...
Trump’s Even “Greater” America ~ Taking Over the World!
Are you proud to be an American yet? Donald the Dominator has single-handedly revived American imperialism with the “Donroe Doctrine.” Forget his silly “taking” the Gulf of Mexico and renaming it the Gulf of America ––that was so small time, like child’s play with a...
“Hot Lips and Rhetoric” ~ On the Bondi Beach Shootings
Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the Bondi Beach shootings as an antisemitic terrorist attack, and he blamed Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Albanese, he said, had allowed antisemitism to spread, contributing to the conditions that led to the massacre. What was the...
Trump and Vought Shut Down Atmospheric Research
The Trump administration said on Tuesday, December 16 that it was breaking up one of the world’s preeminent Earth and atmospheric research institutions, the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), based in Colorado. It’s a move that comes amid escalating...
Is Cruelty the New Cachet for Young Republicans?
I Love Hitler? Politico recently reported on how a group of Young Republican leaders gleefully engaged in hate speech by texts that were racist, misogynistic, and even antisemitic. These individuals are alleged to be emerging leaders for a future GOP. Most...
“I’ve had it with these Democratic Domestic Terrorists!”
(The quote paraphrases the GOP "leader" who is two heartbeats away from the Presidency.) Previously, Trump, GOP politicians and news outlets on “the right” repeatedly claimed that Democrats were “radical left lunatics” who were “demonic.” Many people who plan to...