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I’m Begging The Democrats To Watch TV

I’m Begging The Democrats To Watch TV

Americans are raving with praise for a show about a billionaire family being tormented and killed by a saucy little demon and Democrats are shying away from an Eat The Rich ethos. That millions of Americans are titillated by the suffering of the wealthy on their TV screens apparently means

The Free Speech Warriors And Their Bad-Faith Game

The Free Speech Warriors And Their Bad-Faith Game

Any time I wonder what kind of speech the Free Speech Warriors are defending, I’m reminded of the ocean of bad faith in which they so happily swim. Two or three times a year, the world’s foremost Free Speech Lovers will get together and sign a statement about

A Bad-Faith Presidential Candidate To Save Us All

A Bad-Faith Presidential Candidate To Save Us All

I can see it so clearly in my mind’s eye: A Democratic presidential candidate adorned in all the trappings of 21st century jingoism, using the no-holds-barred language of conservatives, bulldozing his way through Republicans and into the hearts and minds of normie voters who love this shit. This presidential

Be The Tree

Be The Tree

Social media, once you’ve breached a certain follower threshold, is like a nonstop party begging for your attendance. For some folks, that threshold is a few thousands followers. For others, it’s tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands. I don’t say any of this to garner

Why No One Cares About The Biden Impeachment

Why No One Cares About The Biden Impeachment

There was a time in American history – around 36 months ago – when articles of impeachment against a United States president was a Big Fucking Deal, a Thing That Demands Attention. It meant the president had done something extraordinarily illegal and was deemed no longer fit for office even by the

Book Burning And The Power Of Bad Faith

Book Burning And The Power Of Bad Faith

In what could very well be a deleted scene from 2006’s Idiocracy, but what is instead a real clip from our increasingly dumb and dangerous political landscape, a Republican gubernatorial candidate in Missouri recently used a flamethrower to set books aflame as giddy supporters cheered on. This scene could

We Need To See More Pain

We Need To See More Pain

The cushy trappings of modern life have tricked us into believing the conflict between labor and capital belongs to a bygone era. You’re not working fourteen hours a day in the pitch black of a coal mine so you might put food on your family’s table. Your boss