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The Assholes Are ascendant

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Photo by Carlos Osorio via AP The truth is that being a ridiculous, bad white person pays dividends. Chances are if you are one you’re at least middle class, you have an enormous right-wing media ecosystem telling you you’re perfect and marvipoo. You have a credulous...
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What to do about Texas?

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The question of whether to have business travel, conferences, etc. to Texas and any other state that copies their Fugitive Uterus Act is a serious one: Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler announced on Friday that Portland City Council will vote on an emergency resolution on Wednesday with...

Music Notes

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Last night, I saw Bonnie Prince Billy and Matt Sweeney at the Columbus Theater in Providence. This was my first indoor show since the pandemic began. There was a vaccination.

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In addition to outright MAGA "GIVE ME MUH HORSE MEDICINE!!!!!" grunts, it's not hard to find Matt Taibbi-like anti-anti-ivermecitin-shilling arguments: Leaving aside the subtle (and perhaps unintentional) implicit anti-vaxxism of likening a proven safe and effective vaccine to a treatment there's no reason to believe has...
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