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Howard Zinn:

If those in charge of our society — politicians, corporate executives, and owners of press and television — can dominate our ideas, they will be secure in their power. They will not need soldiers patrolling the streets. We will control ourselves.

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The Artifice of the Deal, Reprise 0

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Desecration Nation 0

PoliticalProf.

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The Me Veneration 0

Trump takes a curtain call.

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“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0

Thom hears a rhyme from the reign of England’s King John.

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*Mark Twain.

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The Artifice of the Deal 0

Donald Trump holds up a

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This New Gilded Age 0

It appears that the Trump maladministration is on the side of those who like to play monopoly.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Yet another member of America’s unregulated militia performs a random act of politteness.

A 4-year-old boy was hospitalized after being struck by stray bullets during a birthday party Sunday evening, according to Wilmington police and the child’s family.

We are a broken society.

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Olympia Snowe:

My concept of government’s role in people’s lives is that it is limited but legitimate, and essential when people have nowhere else to turn.

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A Tune for the Times 0

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Establishmentarians . . . 0

. . . are joining up with the Republican thought police.

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Spin City 0

Newsman:  Tonight on Action McNews!  An exclusive interview with President Trump.  Newswoman to Trump:  Sir, do you have any evidence to support your recent claimms of election rigging?  Trump:  Quiet, Piggy!  If you had a good brain like me, you'd understand--when Republicans lose, the election was rigged.  Whne they win, it was not.  It's just science!  (Trump falls asleep.)  Newswoman:  Yes, sir, but can you give us any--er--uh--sir?  Biff, the President appears to have fallen asleep, again.  Newsman:  He did promise a war on woke.  (Stephen Miller steps in front of the camera.)  Miller:  Excuse me.  These are more disgusting lies from the fake news media.  The President is merely resting his eyes.  This interview is over.  (Camera goes dark.)  Newsman:  Well, Wanda, he is a busy man who looks at a lot of things.  His eyes must need a lot of rest.  Newswoman:  Okay.  Coming up next:  Elon Musk incites anti-immigrant violence in Belfast.  Should powerful men every face even a single consequence for their reckless, sociopathic behavior?  Newsman:  Special guest Bari Weiss explains why they should not.  Newswoman:  And also why we will both be unemployed soon.  Newsman:  Wait, what?  Newswoman:  First, these messages.

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Still Rising Again after All These Years 0

Thom explains how the Trump maladministration and its American Stasi are routinely violating the U. S. Constitution in pursuit of their racist agenda. (Warning: Short commercial at the end.)

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Crisis Managers 0

Caption:  Situation Roon Today.  Image:  Trump aides gathered in the situation room starring perplexedly at boxes and boxes of

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Gutting Out the Vote 0

The Trump maladministration contines to try to make something out of nothing–or, at least, little more than nothing.

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Emoluments 0

Via the Las Vegas Sun, Lynn Schmidt follows the money from the U. S. Treasury into the Trump family’s pockets.

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Peter Nivio Zarlenga:

No authority is higher than reality.

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And Now for a Musical Interlude 0

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Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0

Seeing stuff that isn’t there? It’s, like, tripped out, dude.

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The Past as Prologue 0

Phenix S Halley steps into the Wayback Machine and offers a glimpse of the America that the Trump maladministration would make great again.

Afterthought:

It’s the America I grew up in.

I don’t want to go back.

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