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July 19, 2024

A Party of Precarious Manhood, Led by a Blithering Idiot

Harold Meyerson The American Prospect

Trump’s acceptance speech was a mishmash of self-love, protestations of toughness, and prefabricated lies.

July 19, 2024

In Private Speech, J.D. Vance Said the “Devil Is Real” and Praised Alex Jones as a Truth-Teller

Andy Kroll, ProPublica, and Nick Surgey, Documented ProPublica

Vance may these remarkes in a private speech to the secretive Teneo Network. The GOP vice presidential nominee has been a member of the Leonard Leo-backed group, which seeks to cultivate conservative influence in business and culture.

How Cults Use Language to Control | Otherwords

July 19, 2024

If there's one thing cult leaders do, it's talk. A LOT. Language is an integral part of how cults keep their members bonded, isolated and obedient.

We Need to Rethink Exercise – The Workout Paradox

July 19, 2024

Exercising barely changes your daily calorie burn. Welcome to the workout paradox!

The Project 2025 Song

July 19, 2024

After hearing Kevin Roberts of the right-wing Heritage Foundation talk about their Project 2025 plans for America, Mangy Fetlocks feared they might have a public relations problem

Delta's Illegal Union-Busting Habit

July 19, 2024

Delta cargo workers move thousands of pounds each day, in brutal heat and bitter cold, for low wages with little time off. Now they’re on the verge of a historic union victory.

The GOP Wants Us To Forget

July 19, 2024

Donald Trump accepts the GOP nomination in a rambling speech, following Hulk Hogan and Kid Rock

July 19, 2024

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The GOP Wants Us To Forget. Delta's Illegal Union-Busting Habit. The Project 2025 Song. We Need to Rethink Exercise – The Workout Paradox. How Cults Use Language to Control | Otherwords.

July 19, 2024

On Thin Ice

Anne Gruner New Verse News

The poets says doomsday: climate heat is serious business, coming sooner than you think.

July 18, 2024

(Mostly) Useful Government Numbers About Poverty, Jobs, and Unemployment

Frank Stricker Dollars & Sense

The population of job-seekers is greater than the BLS’s unemployed population. It is closer to National Jobs for All Network’s (NJFAN) Full Count, which adds part-timers who want full-time work and people who want jobs but have not searched recently.