Hey, I’m all for tuition-free college in the United States, but here’s an example of someone who probably wouldn’t appreciate such a benefit: A University of Hartford student faces a hate crime charge after she admitted to covertly harassing her black roommate, according to police. Hartford Police are requesting that Brianna R. Brochu, 18, be […]
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Ed Gillespie Spits on Heather Heyer’s Grave
Has he put out an ad tying Ralph Northam to Sayfullo Saipov yet? After this Tuesday, win or lose, Virginia GOP gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie will go down in history as one of the worst race-baiting American politicians of the early-21st century, a George Wallace for the emoji age. Gillespie’s white-is-right campaign is, shall we […]
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Virginia Slim: Could A Right-Wing Minion Win the Old Dominion?
If Ed Gillespie pulls off the upset, it could have major consequences for 2018.
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A Nightmare in New Hampshire
They might as well have been shouting “You will not replace us!” State authorities in New Hampshire are investigating a possible hate crime after a family reported that their 8-year-old boy was pushed by teenagers off a picnic table with a rope around his neck, injuring him. The boy, who is biracial, was treated in […]
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Not Suitable for Children
Remember eight years ago this week, when right-wingers freaked out over President Obama’s back-to-school address to public school children? MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow noted at the time that the right-wing meltdown was completely irrational, since Obama said nothing offensive during the speech. Eight years later, if Donald Trump decided to deliver a back-to-school address to America’s […]
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Trump Turns on Yet Another Ally
Gary Cohn is the latest victim of a pattern that keeps happening over and over again.
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Could Germany’s Past Be America’s Future?
What happened to interwar Germany may provide a looking glass into what is now befalling America.
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Will Congress Make Trump Eat His Charlottesville Words?
If a joint resolution introduced in the Senate passes, the president may have to do exactly that.
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Contemplations on the Topic of Hate
Here are some words of wisdom that make me think more deeply about my assumptions.
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Elizabeth Warren’s GOP Challengers Have No Credentials and No Credibility
Like a championship team whose top rivals are nowhere in their class, it appears that US Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) will be facing off against a member of the GOP B-team next year. Apparently, the days of Republicans recruiting main-event players (Mitt Romney in 1994, Bill Weld in 1996) to challenge the Bay State’s senators […]
