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The Adventures of Aborted Andy | Episode I: Meeting Your Maker
David Himmel
The Adventures of Aborted Andy | Episode I: Meeting Your Maker
David Himmel

Andy was good at his job. And for a nine-month-old baby, he was really good at it.

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When Reality Punches Ideology, We Must Embrace the Flaws in Our Perspective
Don Hall Don Hall Don Hall Don Hall

When Reality Punches Ideology, We Must Embrace the Flaws in Our Perspective

It’s hard to square the whitewash of white supremacy when so many non-white voters reject the basic premise. When millions of voters who are not white vote for the obvious racist candidate there has to be a more nuanced and data-driven rationale. If the Progressive Left can say with a straight face that Biden won because of black votes or black women votes or Indigenous votes then they must accept that Trump came far closer than expected because of black votes or Latino votes or Muslim votes.

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The Cross the Left Must Bear
Don Hall Don Hall Don Hall Don Hall

The Cross the Left Must Bear

Suddenly the Glue Stick kid started screaming “CHESS CHESS CHESTER CHESS! It’s all about fucking chess but what about ME! WHAT. ABOUT. MEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!” and he rapidly swallowed three pawns off of one of the closer games and choked himself until the school nurse could get him to vomit them up.

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Notes from the Post-it Wall | Post-Election 2020 Edition
David Himmel, Post-It Wall Notes David Himmel David Himmel, Post-It Wall Notes David Himmel

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Post-Election 2020 Edition

The Republican Party gained more ground locally, and even some nationally. The courts are full of conservative judges who have every opportunity to legislate from the bench. The fight rages on, and progress is still a little behind. We must be more tortoise and less hare. Mitch McConnell not only looks like a tortoise, he’s been playing the slow and stead game for a long time, which is why he’s winning.

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Grappling with Postmodernism in a Post-Trump America
Don Hall Don Hall Don Hall Don Hall

Grappling with Postmodernism in a Post-Trump America

A couple of rules of thumb I’ve learned to follow in the past four or five years:

  • If I read it on social media, best to assume it’s bullshit.

  • If the belief is not backed up by data, it’s bullshit.

  • If a politician says it without supporting evidence, it’s bullshit.

  • If it’s full of ‘buzzwords’ (intersectionality, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, TERF, fragility), it’s bullshit.

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100% Within My Rights
MT Cozzola MT Cozzola MT Cozzola MT Cozzola

100% Within My Rights

Until this moment, I have not really appreciated the magnitude of the problem of misdirection. Big lies are easier to spot and avoid. Mitch has not repeated Trump’s extreme lie that the election was “stolen.” He has only said Trump is “100 percent within his rights to look to allegations of irregularities and weigh his legal options.” True enough. I mean, we’re all 100 percent within those rights at all times, aren’t we?

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Love in the Time of Pandemic
Elizabeth Harper, Poetry Elizabeth Harper Elizabeth Harper, Poetry Elizabeth Harper

Love in the Time of Pandemic

I want to inhale you, smell your hair, rub my cheek against yours, hold you close and dance in the moonlight

I want to talk to you, tell you everything: the important stuff, the trivial stuff, the mind-blowing stuff, the boring stuff

I want to hold your hand, sit in silence, sip from the same glass, eat from the same plate, sleep in the same bed

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Now Is the Time to Be Gracious and Get to Work Being Honest with Ourselves
Don Hall Don Hall Don Hall Don Hall

Now Is the Time to Be Gracious and Get to Work Being Honest with Ourselves

At this phase, Trump ain’t going quietly. Lots of lawsuits. Recounts. Tantrums. Conspiracy theories. We now get to witness the full madness of our King George, a meltdown so massive it would be good to take serious note of how badly we can get things wrong in our democracy. One fact we need to acknowledge before our nipples get hard and we go running in the streets naked, flogging MAGA hat wearers with our engorged cocks:

If it hadn’t been for a pandemic, he would’ve won.

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