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And Now for a Musical Interlude 0

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DOGE Bull 0

C&L follows the money.

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Establishmentarians 0

Couple stands outside

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The Lynch Mob 0

At The Philadelphia Inquirer, Will Bunch offers a theory as to why Congressional Republicans want to persecute Dr. Anthony Fauci for doing his job (and doing it quite well, I might add).

Methinks he’s onto something.

No excerpt or summary will do his piece justice. Just go read it.

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Fruit of the Loon 0

At Above the Law, Joe Patrice makes a strong case that one of the co-founders of the Federalist Society is bananas about bananas.

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Ad Hoke 0

At the Psychology Today website, Marianne Brandon expresses–er–skepticism over advertisements from Big Tech claiming that they “believe in you,” i. e., people, users, the targets of the ads. A snippet, in which she decodes de code:

The ads want you to hear “we believe in people” as a statement about your resilience and your capacity for connection. What it actually means, if you look at what these companies have built over two decades, is closer to this: We believe you are predictable. We believe you are exploitable. We believe that when we build something compelling enough, you will choose it over the healthier, harder thing, almost every time. And we like those odds, because we’ve tested them for years and they’ve made us some of the most profitable companies ever to exist on Earth.

Follow the link for the rest.

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What’s in a Name 0

Sometimes, quite a lot.

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QOTD 0

Alexander Hamilton:

Constitutions should consist only of general provisions; the reason is that they must necessarily be permanent, and that they cannot calculate for the possible change of things.

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A Tune for this New Gilded Age 0

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Republican Family Values, Reprise 0

Democratic Donkey holding an apple standing next to a little girl eating an apple says,

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Republican Family Values 0

Honest to Betsy, you can’t make this stuff up.

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Red Scare Redux 0

Thom argues that Trump’s attempt to create a new “red scare” is yet another Trump con. Rather, he suggests that

Americans aren’t embracing socialism—they’re rejecting 45 years of Reaganomics, billionaire rule, and an economy rigged against the middle class.

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Wartime Shortages 0

Pete Hegseth looking at an almost empty box of missles says,

Via Job’s Anger.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Yet another “responsible gun owner” exposes a child to a portable phallus:

Investigators say the toddler was outside when he climbed into a parent’s vehicle, found a handgun belonging to the parent, and the gun fired once, striking him in the finger.

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The Disinformation Superhighway 0

At the Psychology Today website, Hansika Kapoor explores the use of “rage-baiting” to get clicks. A snippet:

. . . angry people engage more with content that upsets them. Today, deliberate provocation online fuels engagement metrics, and these numbers transform into revenue from social media platforms.

Methinks it a timely read .in these days when so many monger hate for profit and power.

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QOTD 0

Adam Smith:

No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable.

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A Tune for the Times 0

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A Notion of Immigrants 0

Via the Las Vegas Sun, Gustavo Arellano decodes de code.

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The Promise Breaker 0

David wonders whether the Trumpettes are starting to realize that they’ve been conned. (Warning: Language in some of the clips David shows.)

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Vaccine Nation 0

Line of school chidren awaiting vaccinations approach RFK Jr., who's holding a syringe labeled

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