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A Third Party Perspective on the Rightward Lurch of the US Body Politic
The chickens that the Democrats hatched in 2016 came home to roost in 2024. Back then, the Democratic National Committee (DNC), representing the party’s establishment, promoted Donald Trump as the Republican nominee. They thought him to be an easy mark who would be opposed by both the Republican Party establishment and most US voters. That […]
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The Country of the Rust Belt and the Broken Road
José Clemente Orozco (Mexico), The Epic of American Civilisation, 1932–1934. In his inaugural presidential address on 20 January 2017, Donald Trump used a powerful phrase to describe the situation in the United States: ‘American carnage’. In 1941, seventy-six years before this speech, Henry Luce wrote an article in Life magazine about the ‘American century’ and […]
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Oklahoma Supreme Court Repeats Disinformation That Charter Schools Are Public Schools
In a much-awaited case brought forth by Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond (Drummond v. Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board), the Oklahoma State Supreme Court ruled 6-2 on June 25, 2024, that St. Isidore of Seville Catholic K-12 Virtual Charter School is unconstitutional and cannot open and enroll students in Fall 2024. The online religious […]
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The Weaponization of Health Care and Education is Incompatible with Democracy
Terror: noun ter· ror ˈter-ər ˈte-rər plural: terrors Violence or the threat of violence used as a weapon of intimidation or coercion — Merriam-Webster, 1828 While the Western elites continue to pour money and materiel into their terrorist proxies in Kiev and Tel Aviv American society is grappling under the iron heel of a different kind […]
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Dogmatic Neoliberal Democrats
Orientation How dare you! How can you write an article against the Democratic Party less than six months before the election? You must be a Trump supporter! We must keep Trump out of office no matter what! Vote Blue no matter who! (Or now, Vote Biden no matter what!) Only a privileged person would consider […]
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Brazil’s Flood of Austerity and Climate Catastrophe
Padre Josimo Settlement From 28 April, heavy rains, strong winds, and widespread flooding have lashed the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, killing over 160 people and impacting 2.3 million. The waters rose and rose again, rushing through houses and fields, erasing not only homes and the memories built there but also many […]
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