01/20/2020 archive

The Parnas Problem

As I pointed out when I was trashing Matt Bai for posting a profoundly racist editorial in the Times (which should be held to account for even publishing that garbage), Jennifer Rubin is no Liberal of any sort. Distinguished person of the week: Lev Parnas By Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post Jan. 19, 2020 Parnas’s stash …

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Because Numbers Are Fun!

Umm… do the math? President Trump made 16,241 false or misleading claims in his first three years By Glenn Kessler, Salvador Rizzo, and Meg Kelly, Washington Post Jan. 20, 2020 Three years after taking the oath of office, President Trump has made more than 16,200 false or misleading claims — a milestone that would have …

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Cartnoon

John Oliver- “Your Mother is going to die.” “Just kidding. She’s going to live forever. It’s a joke!” As I recall I said something about not always being hah, hah funny.

Letter From Birmingham Jail

I like to publish this on Martin Luther King Jr. Day (in fact more frequently than that) because it holds many valuable lessons for those of us who believe in Direct Action, some of which I have highlighted. I won’t bother blockquoting. ek hornbeck MY DEAR FELLOW CLERGYMEN: While confined here in the Birmingham city …

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The Breakfast Club (Bones)

Welcome to The Breakfast Club! We’re a disorganized group of rebel lefties who hang out and chat if and when we’re not too hungover we’ve been bailed out we’re not too exhausted from last night’s (CENSORED) the caffeine kicks in. Join us every weekday morning at 9am (ET) and weekend morning at 10:00am (ET) (or …

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