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Well, well, well. Look who’s suddenly discovered the economic equivalent of a moral compass. I wonder why?!?

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"Trump and his allies are trying to rewrite the history of COVID, in a way that not only erases their own role in the pandemic’s harms but seems likely to leave America more vulnerable to the next one."

on Trump's perversion of covid.gov into a right-wing propaganda site. lnk.thebulwark.com/441s…

Trump Turns COVID.gov into MAGA Fan Service
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"Turning the white evangelical church into a Republican party auxiliary has not worked....There is nothing Christ-like at all about the person and movement that white evangelicals have elevated and embraced."

Jonathan Rauch joins

on today’s Bulwark Podcast: thebulwark.com/p/jonath…

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A ‘sede vacante’ lexicon: Know your congregations from your conclaves

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I will never, ever, ever get tired of living 700 feet from this waterfall.

I think it takes me exactly three minutes to walk here from my front porch. How the hell did I get so lucky?

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New poll confirms media are burying us in bad economic news
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Just this week CNBC’s Jim Cramer said CNBC host Jim Cramer said this is “the strongest economy, perhaps, I’ve ever seen.” Not only does the media act like inflation is not going away (unless Biden drastically reduces the evil government spending) they act like the midterm election is just a couple of months away so it’s a certainty that inflation will kill Democrats’ chances. I have repeatedly heard this prediction made with absolute certainty. As I have said before it really feels like man…

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And we're back to facing the fact that our democracy is very fragile and slipping. People have taken it for granted for generations, which explains why only about 30% of Americans vote. Politics was always boring. Back in the 80's I worked with a man who was a refugee from Pinochet's regime and had spent 5 years as a political prisoner. Back then, he warned me that someday a very bad group of people would find our weaknesses and use them to take over the country, and it would be easy. I never f…

Marycat, the tidbits you share about your life are so intriguing!

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