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No Excuses for Greed and Selfishness

On Morning Joe today, they were talking about news companies appeasing Trump.  As Mike Barnacle put it, “the blanket of fear” that President Trump has spread over everything, including the media, “is the largest story of our times.” Then Joe … Continue reading

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No, Spkr Johnson: “No Kings” IS “Love America”

We Americans love to label things, no doubt. And labeling things can be important in politics. Labels can give us a shorthand, and they can serve as rallying cries. At this point, we can’t for instance any longer avoid calling … Continue reading

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Whispering in the Storm

The daily nightmares continue. There are reasons for hope – more on that another time. But there continue to be reasons to fear, perhaps most significant among them is that the more Trump feels cornered, the more desperate his actions … Continue reading

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Briefing on Chicago and National Guard from the Brennan Center

The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU has done a lot of excellent long-view and just-in-time online programming around actions undertaken by the Trump administration and others. They pull together great panels, and Barb and I have learned a lot … Continue reading

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