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Smoldering Stump Gazette
The same forces demonizing immigrants are also attacking low-wage workers. The same politicians denying living wages are also suppressing the vote; the same people who want less of us to vote are also denying the evidence of the climate crisis and refusing to act now; the same people who are willing to destroy the Earth are willing to deny tens of millions of Americans access to health care.—William Barber

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Susan Parker 15-Feb-2025
Nothing much. Just angst, fear, and more angst. Did I mention angst?
Ferd Borkelmeyer 21-Dec-2024
New admonsteration to take office, what could possibly go wrong?
Rees Clark 12-Oct-2024
Half a million surplus deaths from Covid-19 and Hannibal Lecter piloting spaceships built by Elon Moosk. What's not to like?
Rash Limbaugh 21-Feb-2024
Walmart calls Kool-Aid "food" in its ads and catalog. l.facebook.com
Amicus Scrupulus 21-Feb-2024
Despite decades of warnings about "drinking the Kool-Aid*, GOP reps in the House have opted to drink the Smirnov.
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Tell your loved ones: There is no such thing as a recreational drug. According to the DEA, seven out of 10 illicit pills contain a lethal amount of fentanyl. —Ed.

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Inside SSG: Commentary

Race to the intellectual abyss continues
Pres. Tr$mp's view and understanding of science is akin to that of Pope Urban VIII, the pope who... Continues...
What's all the fuss about tariffs; we asked AI
Just for kicks, I ran the following question through a new AI search engine* I've been evaluating:... Continues...
Gasoline prices rise again
If you're feeling that, you know, "big gub'mint," might not be the problem behind recent price... Continues...

Inside SSG: News

Word salad of the week
(And it's only Wednesday!)

(May 5) at a meeting to announce that Washington, D.C., will host the 2027 National Football League draft,... Continues...
MAGA, pseudo-science believers share beliefs
MAGA supporters and believers in pseudoscientific myths appears to be significant, with several overlapping characteristics between the two... Continues...
Danger, Will Robinson: China's on the Moon!
White House - Jun 2 2023 - Both India (2019) and China (2023) have now landed autonomous spacecraft on the "dark side" of the... Continues...

Inside SSG: Not News

Ask a founding father: Need the President uphold the Constitution?
In an NBC News interview as reported in the Wall Street Journal (a well known bastion of wild-eyed,... Continues...
Dark dealings on the moon - Keep watching the sky
White House - Jun 2 2023 - Both India and China have now landed autonomous spacecraft on the "dark... Continues...
Suspect intent in deletion of documents, images from Pentagon archive
If "those who cannot remember the past are doomed to repeat it," what can be said of those who... Continues...
 

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A blast from the Trumpian past...

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