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On Cat Ladies, Mama Bears and ‘Momala’

Tressie McMillan Cottom New York Times
“All female political candidates are expected to narrate their motherhood status or, at least, their mother-like qualities,” writes @tressiemcphd . “But no other presidential candidate had to meet this challenge the way Harris will.”

Candidate From Hell: Why Voting for Donald Trump Is a Suicidal Act

Tom Engelhardt TomDispatch
Donald Trump, J.D. Vance, and crew are determined to fully reject that Green New Scam (as Republicans now love to call it), which means the two of them are intent on making you, me, and everyone else on this planet sweat, sweat, sweat.

Tidbits – Aug. 15 – Reader Comments: Harris-Walz, the Grassroots; Progressive History: Camp Wo-Chi-Ca; UAW Hits Trump, Musk With Federal Labor Charges; Ukraine War; Take Action: Ensure UNRWA Funding Is Restored; Honoring Legacy of Jesse Jackson, Sr.

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Reader Comments: Harris-Walz, the Grassroots; Progressive History: Camp Wo-Chi-Ca; UAW Hits Trump, Musk With Federal Labor Charges; Vance and Women; Ukraine War; Take Action - Ensure UNRWA Funding is Restored; Honoring the Legacy of Jesse Jackson, Sr

Tidbits – Aug. 1 – Reader Comments: Netanyahu’s Bellicose Congressional Address; VP Pick Who Could Ruin Unity; Sonya Massey Should Still Be Alive; Unarmed Response; Top 1% Have More Wealth Than Entire Middle Class; Week of Action for Utility Justice

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Reader Comments: Netanyahu’s Bellicose Congressional Address; VP Pick Who Could Ruin Unity; Sonya Massey Should Still Be Alive; Argument for Unarmed Response; Top 1% Have More Wealth Than Entire Middle Class; Week of Action for Utility Justice; more

Tidbits – July 25 – Reader Comments: Passing the Torch; Calling All Students Going Off to College-Get Your Absentee Ballots; Bernice Johnson Reagon; Ending Taxes on Tips?; March To End Climate Destruction-July 27; Cartoons; More

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Reader Comments: Passing the Torch; Calling All Students Going Off to College -- Get Your Absentee Ballots Now; Bernice Johnson Reagon; Ending Taxes On Tips; Record Breaking Corporate Profits - Not Inflation; March To End Climate Destruction-July 27

‘He’s Dangerous. So Is His Book.’

Michael Kruse Politico
An Appalachian writer says Hillbilly Elegy played to bogus notions on the left and right about the impoverished region. The only thing that benefited was Vance’s political career.

Tidbits – July 18 – Reader Comments: GOP Convention and Trump Shooting; Ocasio-Cortez Takes On Thomas and Alito; IDF Ordered Hannibal Directive on Oct 7; Protest Netanyahu’s Visit to Congress; at the Heart of Health in Cuba Tour; Cartoons, More…

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Reader Comments: GOP Convention and Trump Shooting; Ocasio-Cortez Takes On Thomas and Alito; IDF Ordered Hannibal Directive on Oct 7; Protest Netanyahu’s Visit to Congress; At the Heart of Health in Cuba - People-to-People Tour; Cartoons, more....
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