Some Good News For a Change Weekly Roundup for 11/3 to 11/9

For the first time in a year, I get to write about good shit happening. Yay!
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The #1 Threat to Democracy In the U.S. Today Christian nationalism is the biggest threat to freedom that this country has ever faced.

Christian nationalism is the biggest threat to freedom that this country has ever faced. And, I'll be explaining why I say that in this new series.
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Is This Shit Getting Old or What? Weekly roundup 10-26 to 11-2

Last week was yet another shitshow in a months-long string of shitshows, and I’ll show you what I mean
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Call It What Is: A Labor Camp Hello, friends.

Utah is sucking up to the Trump regime by building a 1300-bed "homeless campus". You can probably guess why I used those quotation marks.
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They're Getting Bold With This Nazi Shit So, over the weekend, a man showed up at Cutters Pub, a bar in downtown Athens, Georgia, dressed in a Nazi uniform.

I’m assuming that we’re all decent people who are appalled at the sight of a goddamn Na*i uniform on our streets and wondering what can be done about it. Here’s what I’ve come up with.
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I'm Back Weekly Roundup 10-19 to 10-25

Well, I'm back to swimming in the river of shit that is American politics, so you don’t have to, which is why you subscribed to this newsletter (some people even support me monetarily, hint, hint). Here's a bit of what happened last week.
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Weekly Roundup 10/12 to 10/19 So, this was… let’s call it an “interesting” week.

It's the latest weekly round-up!
Also, just a quick heads up: Newsletters may be a little spotty over the next few days. My car bit the dust, and my focus has to be on finding new(er) transportation.
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Young Republicans Love Hitler? Tuesday, Jason Beeferman and Emily Ngo of Politico reported that the digital newspaper had obtained a collection of Telegram chats containing messages from Young Republican leaders in New York, Kansas...

If you've ever wondered what Republicans say when they think we're not listening, here you go.
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What Christian Nationalism Looks Like The Columbus Day Proclamation

Last Thursday, the regime put out a presidential proclamation saying that Monday, October 13, would be Columbus Day, and that shit was wild.
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It's Just One of Those Weeks Weekly Roundup 10/4-10/11

That's more of a Smosh reference than a Limp Bizkit one. Either way, it feels like the best way to kick off this week's round-up of the dystopian shitshow that is America.
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The Bunny, the Bowl, and the Butthurt Things have been a little intense around here lately, and today I thought I’d take on a topic that’s lighter in tone.

Let's take a break from the heavy shit and talk about something lighter: the MAGA meltdown over Bad Bunny doing the Super Bowl halftime show.
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The only thing that surprises me about Republican lies anymore is how they get away with being so sloppy about it. But, I guess you can pull that off when your whole model is confirming your members' biases

Shut Down For What? So, we’re in another government shutdown, the third under the rule of this screaming carrot demon, which ties him with Reagan.

So, we’re in another government shutdown, the third under the rule of this screaming carrot demon, which ties him with Reagan. Today, I want to talk about why I think that might be
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It Has Been a Week Weekly Roundup for 9-27 to 10-4

The weekly roundup is back! Was it another episode of the dystopian shitshow that is America right now? Ain't sayin'. You'll just have to read it and see.
(jk, we all know it was.)
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A Military Facepalm Moment A week ago, Secretary of Defense and anthropomorphic whiskey barrel, Pete Hegseth, sent out an order calling about 800 senior commanders and NCOs to Marine Corps Base Quantico for a meeting.

My take on Tuesday's debacle, I mean PR stunt. Umm, gathering of military leaders?
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A Hot Take From An Autistic Person A Few Words On the "Tylenol Causes Autism" Bullshit

While a lot has been said about this Tylenol/autism bullshit, I feel like actual autistic voices have been drowned out. So, today, as an autistic person, I’m going to say some shit. And, some of you aren't going to like it.
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The Tide Is Turning? This week, former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich wrote that the tide is turning against the Tangerine Tyrant and his band of grifters, incompetents, and fools.

Bit of a change for this week's roundup. Instead of a bunch of stories with short blurbs, I took 4 of the most important stories and went a little deeper. I hope you like it.
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Guess Who's Back? Hey guys, remember last week when the head of the FCC went on a right-wing podcast and threatened the licenses of broadcasters if they didn’t “take action on Kimmel”?

Jimmy Kimmel returned to the airwaves last night, and it was glorious. In large part because Americans came together to tell the authoritarian assholes channeling Joseph Goebbels to fuck off.
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Antifa and Proud Of It If the right-wingers in this country have a boogie man, it's antifa.

If the right-wingers in this country have a boogie man, it's antifa. But every American should be antifa (aka antifascist). And, it's fucking weird that some of you have a problem with that.
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It's First For a Reason The Trump Regime's Attack On Free Speech

In Monday’s roundup post, I told you I planned to take a deeper dive on the Epstein mess this week, but some shit has happened that I feel needs to be addressed right now: the regime is trashing the 1st Amendment.
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That's Not How Freedom of Speech Works The Right-Wing Response to Charlie Kirk's Murder

MAGA types are suddenly against political violence in this country. I don’t know about you, but I find this crowd’s newfound abhorrence of this shit, well, let’s call it “interesting”.
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Holy Shit, What a Week September 8th (roughly) to September 15th

Charlie Kirk’s murder has taken up almost all the oxygen in the room, suffocating a lot of other important but less sensational stories, so a weekly roundup post seems like a good idea.
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Dark Days Ahead The Assassination of Charlie Kirk

I warn you, this one's different from my usual newsletters; I’m keeping it serious. That just feels like the right way to approach this, what with someone being dead and all.
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Donnie's Love Letter to "A Terrific Guy" The Birthday Letter Gets Released

Like Watergate, the Church Committee (that’s where we found out about all the fuckery the CIA had been getting up to), or pretty much anything to do with the Clintons, this thing just won’t stop.
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He Was What??? Well, I’m back at it after a weekend camping trip with my grandkids.

Between the O'Keefe video and Mike Johnson's "Trump was an FBI informant" comment, this Epstein shit is getting wild.
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So, We're Just Blowing Shit Up Now? Normally, today’s newsletter would be a roundup of the past week’s news.

This is pirate shit. No, I take that back. Pirates don't indiscriminately murder people like this.
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Something Weird Is Going On If you were online very much this weekend, you may have run across an interesting phenomenon: rumors were flying hot and heavy that our dementia-addled doofus of a president was dead.

Over the weekend, rumors were flying hot and heavy that our dementia-addled doofus of a president was dead. While yesterday's appearance put an end to them, I do think there's fuckery afoot.
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Is the Terrorgram Collective Still a Thing? Robin Westman and Nihilistic Violent Extremism

Certain conservative assholes would have you believe that last week's mass shooting resulted from the shooter's gender identity. But I think it has to do with they'd rather not talk about: neo-Nazis
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Is This A Lot? It Feels Like A Lot. August 23rd to August 29th

Well, it’s been another wild week. I know I say that every time, but this one’s a little different. When I say “week”, I really mean “one day”, i.e., Monday. Sadly, there’s plenty more fuckery to talk about.
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Iowa’s Joni Ernst won’t seek reelection next year The Republican's decision comes in a red-leaning state Democrats hope to target.

PSA: Saying dumb shit like "We're all going to die," and then doubling down with a shitty, condescending video *in a graveyard* is not conducive to continuing your political career.
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