It was astonishing to watch George W. Bush and Dick Cheney be treated as elder statesmen during Donald Trump’s attempted coup d’état considering the fact that they did the same thing in 2000 — and it worked.
American Dream, 2021 Edition
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People from other countries used to dream of coming to the United States. Now even smart young people see few prospects for a bright future. Many of them are looking at their family trees to figure out whether they qualify for a foreign passport.
You Can Sponsor an American for Just $6 a Day
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The average congressman is worth $1 million and current base salary of $174,000 a year. Many of them are in considerably more. Yet they think it’s perfectly reasonable to stimulate the economy with $1200 checks every six months. No wonder the economy is tanking again.
When You Find out You’ve Been Doing Terrorism Wrong
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It was astonishing to watch hapless Capitol Police not only be easily overwhelmed by a mostly unarmed rabble as they invaded the Capitol building, but some police so clearly ideologically aligned with the protesters who wanted to reverse the election in favor of Trump that they moved gates aside to let them pass and took selfies with them.
Penguin Awareness Day
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For many Americans, and not just Republicans, the excitement that some Democrats feel for what looks to be an extremely lackluster Joe Biden administration is beyond perplexing.
Coup Coup Kachoo
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President Donald Trump appears to be plotting a coup d’état to keep himself in office despite having lost the election. What exactly will that mean?
There’s Still One Thing That America Is Good at
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We can’t fix schools. We can’t help the jobless. We can’t do healthcare. But there’s still one thing that America can do well.
Tax Turnabout Is Fair Play
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Tens of millions of people have lost their jobs, tons of businesses have gone under but the best the government can offer is a single $600 stimulus check. If they are going to be so lame, can we?
Everyone Must Go
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Evidently the Trump Administration is terrified that the Joe Biden Administration won’t kill federal inmates with the same glee as they are doing, so they are ramping up the speed of judicial murders before they head out the door on January 20th.
The 12 Days of Covidmas
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Nothing about the Year of COVID was normal. The same goes for the year-end holidays, when hundreds of thousands of Americans were forced to celebrate alone.
