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Rogue One, Women's March, and Me

First, I want to thank you all for helping me with my despondency yesterday.  It was a rough night for me. I hardly slept at all on the 19th through the 20th — after I posted that diary, I kept waking...

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Captain EO

Back when I was a kid living near Disneyland, Disney gutted the Mission to Mars ride and replaced it with a 3-D short movie adventure thingy called Captain EO, starring Michael Jackson in all his...

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NYT Reports: Obama GLBT protections will not be changed

Here’s the link:Obama’s Protections for L.G.B.T. Workers Will Remain Under TrumpHere’s an excerpt: The Obama order banned companies that do federal work from discriminating against gay, lesbian,...

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Former Capitol Hill Staffer Describes EFFECTIVE Script for Calls

Mark Jahnke, who identifies himself as a former Capitol Hill staffer whose job was to take all the phone calls coming into his Senator’s office, describes an effective way to call your Congresspeople...

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A Thank-You Note to the Tea Party

Dear Tea Party: This note is a heartfelt “thank you” from the Left. You showed us that people who really hate a President and his administration can make a national difference in how well that...

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DeVos now has free rein to kill public education

Once the “No” votes ticked over to 50 with Senator Blumenthal, I knew we’d lost.  I was surprised not to see a liveblog of this important vote here. But that’s part of Cheeto McClownstick’s method —...

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Today in Slate: "It's Time to Give Up on Facts"

As an academic, I deal in facts. Facts are the basis of our democracy and its processes. People who refuse to believe facts are not just annoying to me - they're an existential threat.I just can’t deal...

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#NoMoore - he can't get a recount with this vote margin!!

I’ve had some friends on Facebook worrying that Moore’s (possible, hinted-at) call for a recount might be honored.  I really doubt that.  Unless the difference ends up being less than 0.5% (that's one...

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Those Seven Words: A Poem

The vulnerable in this nation (the transgender, for example) Realize that they are the target of an ongoing attack Under this administration that is stripping Many science-based departments of their...

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The US Government is Officially Illegitimate

Okay, folks. I’m putting on my sociologist hat and telling you about legitimacy, and how the GOP has utterly rejected it today. (Also? I have a Ph.D. in this area and I did my dissertation on...

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We Have Veto-Proof Majorities!!

This afternoon, the Senate passed the spending bill 83-16. This evening, the House passed the spending bill 300-128.Those are veto-proof majorities, so it no longer matters if Trump even signs the...

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It's a social crisis, not a mental illness.

About the ongoing white supremacist terror attacks in this country (called "mass shooting incidents" by people who are ignoring reality):It's not individual shooters each having their own mental...

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