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InPolitically SpeakingbyThe Wordsmith🏳️🌈🇺🇸™America’s “Long National Nightmare” Continues Unabated Despite Ending the Trump PresidencyTrump may be leaving. The deep and deeply consequential 50/50 divide in U.S. politics continues to haunt American dreams.Nov 16, 2020Nov 16, 2020
InPolitically SpeakingbyThe Wordsmith🏳️🌈🇺🇸™Crossing The LineThe Washington Post would constrain political free speech with a girdle of seemlinessSep 16, 2021Sep 16, 2021
InPolitically SpeakingbyThe Wordsmith🏳️🌈🇺🇸™Diversity’s and Inclusivity’s ThreatRight-wing Republican America’s innate opposition to minority advancementJan 10, 20221Jan 10, 20221
InPolitically SpeakingbyThe Wordsmith🏳️🌈🇺🇸™The RNC, Trump’s Useful Idiots“Legitimate political discourse” gains a new, depraved depth of meaningFeb 5, 20221Feb 5, 20221
InPolitically SpeakingbyThe Wordsmith🏳️🌈🇺🇸™The Whole of Contemporary Republican Conservative Doctrine in 32 Little WordsThe law protects but does not bind Republicans; it binds but does not protect everyone elseApr 2, 20228Apr 2, 20228
InPolitically SpeakingbyThe Wordsmith🏳️🌈🇺🇸™The Republican Party Is A National Security ThreatPartisan political polarization and Republican political disinformation campaigns threaten the body politicApr 23, 20221Apr 23, 20221
InPolitically SpeakingbyThe Wordsmith🏳️🌈🇺🇸™Republican, Thy Name Is EvilUnholy Republican apparatchiks know nothing but dishonor, dissembling, and disreputablenessMay 18, 20221May 18, 20221
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InPolitically SpeakingbyThe Wordsmith🏳️🌈🇺🇸™It’s Time the Children Become the Adults in the RoomCivil disobedience in schools is the only tactic that will stop school shootingsMay 31, 20223May 31, 20223
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InPolitically SpeakingbyThe Wordsmith🏳️🌈🇺🇸™American Political Polarization: How Much and WhyAmerica’s extreme political polarization and partisan antipathy result from the GOP’s worldview-weaponized partisanshipAug 24, 20225Aug 24, 20225
InPolitically SpeakingbyThe Wordsmith🏳️🌈🇺🇸™Musk Bails on UkraineElon Musk spurns civic responsibility in favor of profitOct 16, 20225Oct 16, 20225
InPolitically SpeakingbyThe Wordsmith🏳️🌈🇺🇸™Greg Abbott’s Most Recent Buffoonish StuntPretending the influx of undocumented immigrants is an “invasion” he has authority to “repel”Nov 18, 20223Nov 18, 20223
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InAn Injustice!byThe Wordsmith🏳️🌈🇺🇸™On Politics and the Choice That Lies in The Space between Stimulus And Response“You were given the choice between war and dishonour. You chose dishonour and you will have war.”Mar 20, 20233Mar 20, 20233
InAn Injustice!byThe Wordsmith🏳️🌈🇺🇸™Book Banning: Fruits of Evil IntentAnd Republicans pile onMar 23, 20232Mar 23, 20232
InRome MagazinebyThe Wordsmith🏳️🌈🇺🇸™You Are Irksome, Dershowitz — You Irk MeWhen a supposedly superior legal mind spews horse pucky in the guise of reasoned analysis, people should call him outAug 19, 20233Aug 19, 20233