Michael Stickings
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Alright, that's it for me this week. Thanks for reading and clicking. Let's see if this really is the end stage of the Trump presidency. The Way Forward: America's latest exercise in murderous futility. Ranger Against War: A multipolar answer to achieving border security. Informed Comment: A military strike as an act of reality show violence. Taylor Marsh: A spectacle representing everything… → Read More
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Well, the dog-wagging has begun in earnest. We all knew the Orange Moron would eventually use war to try to distract from his own problems, and with those problems getting deeper and deeper, well, here we are. Let's just keep in mind that he is doing this illegally (without Congressional approval), is enabled by a similarly corrupt party in disarray that is ideologically aligned and refuses in… → Read More
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With all due disrespect to Paul Ryan, who deserves whatever cosmic justice is coming his way and whose phony credibility and bogus reputation should forever be submerged in a swamp of ignominy, let's get to the links… Lance Mannion: Un-losing my religion. Gin and Tacos: Appealing to idiots. The Carpentariat: Falling victim to justice. The Rude Pundit: Finding pleasure in collapse. Round-up by… → Read More
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The FBI raids the home of your former campaign manager, as well as the office of your personal lawyer. Your whole administration is a cesspool of grift and corruption. You yourself are basically running a crime syndicate, though that syndicate itself may be under Russian control. You're running the country, to the extent you're running anything at all, like the kleptocratic fascist you are, and… → Read More
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Hi, everyone. It's good to be back. So… how's the Trumpian dumpster fire going? Because there are no sprinkler systems to put it out. Seems to me, from north of the border, that it's getting worse and worse. Anyone with some optimism? Duck of Minerva: A Jacksonian moment in U.S. foreign policy. Kiko’s House: A Russian mission for Manafort to influence Trump. Zandar Versus the Stupid: A vote for… → Read More
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Alright, that's it for me this week. See you all again down the road… by which time, hopefully, we'll know more about Mueller’s ongoing investigation into what is looking more and more like the greatest political scandal in American history, and perhaps the greatest threat yet to America's sovereignty and position in the world, a successful attack on American democracy by a hostile foreign power… → Read More
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Crooks and Liars brings you the best in liberal blog posts for Thursday... → Read More
Mike's Blog Round Up (Happy Valentine's Day!)
Your liberal blog post links for Valentine's Day AND Ash Wednesday. → Read More
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Keep it up, Special Counsel Mueller. Keep it up. A nation, and a world, turns its hopes to you. No More Mister Nice Blog: The Orange Moron's base-rousing plans for 2018. Lawyers, Guns & Money: The view of law enforcement as white inheritance. I'm mixed on the Barack O. portrait, for what it's worth. It's fine. Wiley is obviously extremely talented, presenting a near-photographic image of a… → Read More
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Happy Christmas Eve to all our readers! Here's some great liberal blog posts to read while you're waiting for Santa! → Read More
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The Republican Party – destroyer of jobs and the economy – is neither republican nor a party. Discuss. The Mahablog: Republicans could be disappointed in 2018. Zandar Versus the Stupid: Congressional Democrats are setting up for battle. Kiko’s House: Putin wins, America loses, Trump survives. Occasional Planet: The underlying theme of GOP policies is meanness. Round-up by Michael J.W. Stickings… → Read More
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And so, as we close out 2017, it becomes ever more clear that the United States is now an outlier on the international stage. A pariah. A threat. And, more and more, the world is standing united, as much as possible, in opposition, as it did at the United Nations on the Jerusalem vote, including the calculated abstentions. I have never believed in the silly, oppressive myth of American… → Read More
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But is the Republican Party now the Party of Trump? Will it rid itself of this orange monstrosity, or will it continue to undermine democracy in support of a corrupt, authoritarian regime (with the head of that regime acting more as propagandist and cheerleader)? And even then, if then, will any lessons have been learned? Not for Republicans, but the key is to stop this kleptocratic fascism as… → Read More
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Hello, everyone. It's good to be back... as we near the end of this wretched year. A nasty cold kept me out the past two days, but I'm ready to go… so let's get right to the links. Booman Tribune: A refocus of the Russia investigation (from Clapper). Balloon Juice: The question of who America is as a country (from Yates). Hullabaloo: An unworkable tax bill to sabotage the federal government. The… → Read More
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Alright, that's it for me this week. Everyone looking forward to tomorrow? Let's just be careful not to get our hopes up. The Mueller investigation is important, and there is much speculation about what will happen next. But so too are elections, when the Republican assault on America can best be thwarted, and when Democrats can offer a progressive alternative to the myriad horrors the… → Read More
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Stay tuned, but also stay alert, because: P.M. Carpenter: Truth and reality are the Trump regime's villains. Lance Mannion: And, regardless, Jeff Flake is still a Republican. And damage is being done regardless of what the Orange Moron does. Meanwhile, pay some attention to: Infidel753: The struggle for Kurdish independence. Duck of Minerva: And what it means for Iraq's neighbours. Round-up by… → Read More
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The Orange Moron: "I went to an Ivy League college… I did very well. I'm a very intelligent person." Alas, I don't have an Ivy League education – I went to Tufts – so I suppose I'm not quite at the intellectual level of this brilliant kleptocratic fascist. So, Ivy Leaguers, you special geniuses, what do you make of this? He's one of your own, after all, a proud member of your elite academic… → Read More