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Right-Wing Judges Are Empowering Themselves With One Weird Bad-Faith Trick
It will now be activist judges who define law, not Congress or the executive branch.
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Fascism and Bad Faith
They Want Your Despair. Withhold It.
Doomerism is what the fascists want. It is their lifeblood.
One Weird Trick To Make Donald Trump Look Competent
That Joe Biden is the final bulwark against an organized and determined fascist movement will not do much for my sleep.
Billionaires Don't Seem To Think Biden and Trump Are The Same
Billionaires are not forking over hundreds of millions of dollars just because they want to trigger the libs.
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My Dad's Right-Wing Bubble Was Popped
"I thought blue states had banned the pledge of allegiance," he said. "Because they hate the country."
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Samuel Alito’s Bad Faith Has Been Laid Bare
Alito was recently caught being honest about his radical judicial philosophy. That's good.
The Speech Is Free And It's Poisoning Everything
The continued existence of democracy depends on what might be called – depending on your politics – content moderation or speech suppression. Free speech in the 21st century is a fucking snake eating its own fucking tail, devouring itself until nothing is left. Freedom of speech, as I’ve detailed ad nauseam
No One Cares About The Economy In Good Faith
I find it equal parts infuriating and humorous when I read a New York Times story in which a reporter asks with great earnestness why some baby boomer at a Midwest diner is voting for Donald Trump and they respond with some practiced word salad that's supposed to
Fascism and Bad Faith
Ridding Ourselves Of The Little Fascist Within
In these times of creeping societal decay we should do what we can to see ourselves in the light of day and ask why we might accidentally align with the values of a fascist movement we vehemently oppose.
I Was Plugged Into The Fear Machine For Ten Minutes
When I stopped and watched Fox for ten minutes last night, the spectacle was some mixture of sad, comical, and deeply confusing.
Fascism and Bad Faith
When The Socialism Is National And The Faith Is Bad
Equating the most vile political movement of the 20th century with an ideology bound and determined to protect human beings from capitalist excesses and exploitation is as bad as the faith gets.
Fascism and Bad Faith
Fascism's False Promise of Revolution
The fascist call for revolution is, by default, in bad faith.