Tag: Republican corruption
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Are Republicans Hard Wired To Be Mediocre?
There’s a moment at the end of the movie “Amadeus” where the character Salieri — the court composer to the Hapsburg Empire — looks to the priest weeping in front of him. The priest had come to hear Salieri’s confession but got way more than that. Salieri has just confessed to, more or less, murdering…
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Republicans Love Their Kool-Aid The Way Other Americans Love A Good Glass Of Wine
Nobody with an “R” next to their names has any delusions about who or what Donald Trump is. When they surrendered their party to him, they did it knowing exactly what the outcome would be — because they wanted what he wanted: permanent power. Republicans are playing for keeps because they have to. It’s all…
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How WOULD America Act If Trump COULD Finish His Authoritarian Coup D’Etat?
We are living through the most jaw-dropping story no writer could possibly write (and get away with). But the rules of storytelling still apply — because storytelling rules are based on how human beings behave. When storytellers get human beings wrong? The people listening to their stories bail. The stories no longer make sense because…
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The Rule Of Law Didn’t Let Us Down, We Let IT Down
Laws don’t enforce themselves. People have to do that for them. If people don’t enforce the rules they created for themselves, they shouldn’t be surprised when the rules stop being followed. The Great Experiment that is the United States is its reliance upon law — not an individual ruler’s whims — as the basis for…
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Donald Trump Has Never Been Legitimate POTUS Which Means NOTHING HE’S DONE Is Legitimate Either
I don’t know about you, but I look forward to the Rule Of Law’s return. It won’t sit well with any Republicans — they won’t even recognize it. But it’s returning and when it’s back in its rightful place — we’re going to treat it like the jewel that it is. The first thing the…