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To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

Tuesday, July 8, 2025

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Winners, Losers

Remember, President Trump and nearly every Republican said there are no cuts – none, zero, zilch – in the Medicaid program. Which seems to me...

Lifespans On The Chopping Block

Guess who has bought into the anti-vaccine movement? Gov. Stitt invited HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to Oklahoma to help launch the governor’s...

Double Standard? Nah. No Standards

The situation arose again at the end of June. Similar actions were taken by President Donald Trump and a Democrat. Yet, a Trump apologist...

Bezos And Other Billionaires Defecate On Florida Town

Don't let it be said that the superrich care only about themselves, always taking from society and giving nothing back. Consider the generous billionaires who...

Musk Should Return To The Democratic Party

Elon Musk warned that if Republicans passed their big domestic policy bill, he would form a new "America Party" to primary those who voted...

The Big Losers: Our Kids And Grandkids

There are so many losers and so few winners in Donald Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill" that it's a minor miracle that, as of this...

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