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- News, Opinion April 2, 2025
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Americans hide under the covers while evil presides.
Taking a Gander
- Why do good people remain silent? The answer seems ridiculously clear: Safety.
- News, March 26, 2025
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Trump will huff and puff, and Americans will see what their democracy is made of.
Taking a Gander
- Sunday, March 23, was the anniversary of some notable historic events. On that same date in 1919, Benito Mussolini founded the Fascist political movement in Milan, Italy. In 1933, the German Reichstag passed the “Enabling Act,” cementing Adolf Hitler’s authoritarian power. Back in 1775, Patrick Henry made his famous declaration to the Virginia Provincial Convention, “Give me liberty, or give me death.”
- News, Opinion March 19, 2025
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Has America already forgotten 1776?
Taking a Gander
- Thomas Paine, one of America’s greatest advocates, was a vocal and ardent supporter of the American Revolution. It is estimated that two of his pamphlets, Common Sense and The American Crisis—which George Washington actually read aloud to rally his troops—were largely responsible for pushing the colonists out of their comfort zone and supporting the war of independence from Britain.
- News, Opinion March 12, 2025
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News junkies, rejoice! Trump wants to be Charles Manson or Ted Bundy.
Taking a Gander
- During his first four years in the presidency, Donald Trump never said or did anything that was worthy of stardom, particularly anything that anyone could ascribe to his self-proclaimed “stabile genius” and delusional “valedictorian” past. Of course, that didn’t parse, at all, with his perpetual appearances on the front page and prime time of American and world media.
- News, Opinion March 5, 2025
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Burger King Trump abdicates throne to shoot-’em-dead sidekick.
Taking a Gander
- I don’t know about you, but I’m feeling extremely uncomfortable. I watched one of the first televised promos from the Oval Office and it left me troubled. Really!
- News, Opinion February 26, 2025
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Mitch McConnell quit taking his puberty blockers.
Taking a Gander
- Even the most loyal Republicans have to be realizing the inevitable—that the new order of MAGA insanity must be brought to an end. But that’s going to be a tall order, considering that today’s GOP is almost all spineless, morally bereft and can’t see the big picture because Trump’s fat butt cheeks are wrapped around their faces.
- News, Opinion February 12, 2025
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A time-tested business model invented by one of Donald Trump’s earliest ancestors.
Taking a Gander
- Once upon a time, about 1,000 years after the end of the last ice age, there lived a caveman named Usago.
- News, Opinion February 5, 2025
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America’s wedding ceremony with Trump is over, but the honeymoon was completely skipped.
Taking a Gander
- The lovely bride—let’s just call her Donetta T. Rump—had been so convincing before the wedding. You understood that this was going to be the start of a new life and that the entire world would be your oyster. This was the woman you had dreamed of; she was the completion of everything you wanted and everything you hoped to become.
- News, Opinion January 29, 2025
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Washington’s new tourist attraction—the Jan. 6 Day of Love Memorial.
Taking a Gander
- There’s so much going on in America today, it can be overwhelming. If that’s the way you’re feeling, I can heartily recommend a trip to our nation’s capital.
- News, Opinion January 22, 2025
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Hell freezes over—Washington, D.C. at 25 degrees. for Trump's second inauguration.
Taking a Gander
- Inauguration Day is supposed to be a happy celebration. This one wasn’t. It totally forgot the American Dream, and it ushers in a new wave of WASP bigotry that may well contribute to our country’s demise.
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American voters put immediate threats over long-term risks during 2024 election.
Taking a Gander
November 13, 2024
News junkies, rejoice! Trump wants to be Charles Manson or Ted Bundy.
Taking a Gander
March 12, 2025
