Tag Archives: Democrats

like Trotsky opening up a taco truck in front of Trump’s Walk of Fame star.

Posted on July 28, 2018 by ann summers

  By ann summers The millennials’ remake of “up from socialism” might be embodied in the call to “Abolish ICE”.  The question is for whose cause is it more effective. If one believed in the lessons of GOP marketing, “Abolish ICE” has … Continue reading →

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Will the Democratic party recuperate from Late Capitalism’s biggest joke

Posted on May 6, 2017 by ann summers

  By ann summers Because you voted for Trump and regret it doesn’t mean you should disavow politics in the future and there may be hope for some transformational movement and/or candidates. Assuming you believe in an emancipatory left, you’ve stuck it … Continue reading →

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what is to be done, now and for the next four years of resistance

Posted on January 14, 2017 by ann summers

  By ann summers This Theda Skocpol article is worth adding to the discourse since it addresses the issues most important for the coming resistance to Orange GazBag, a.k.a. Prezident Kozyr. Mooby the Golden Calf is a fictional children’s television … Continue reading →

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a Democratic Party minus triangulated power politics will win elections … #Recount2016

Posted on November 24, 2016 by ann summers

By ann summers The NYTimes’ Charles Blow tells Donald Trump to F*ck off, in no uncertain terms. https://t.co/yNSf8jbTsu pic.twitter.com/FiuXegbaEE — Occupy Wall Street (@OccupyWallStNYC) November 24, 2016 $2.002 MILLION for #RECOUNT2016 #AUDITTHEVOTE! And it’s not even midnight!https://t.co/nyRV2cwdhY pic.twitter.com/9SK6SYaK28 — Anonymous … Continue reading →

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The Coffee Shop – Trump Pie!

Posted on May 12, 2016 by Joy of Fishes

The Coffee Shop is an open thread-style discussion forum for human interest news of the day. From Jonathan Pie: —oooOooo– This is an open thread. There are several hosts, each host being responsible for picking a “theme of the day” … Continue reading →

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For Talking Like a Pirate (but not really acting like one) Day

Posted on September 20, 2015 by ann summers

By ann summers For pirates, talk is cheap and perhaps subordinate to buckling swashes and its stereotypical, romanticized pirate discourse made even more weird by “parley” as texts made popular by a Disney theme park ride have cinematically distorted the … Continue reading →

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Dumbass Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill Claims That Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders Is Getting “A Pass” from the News Media

Posted on June 25, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Senator Claire McCaskill of Missouri was up bright and early talking with Mika Brzezinski and squinty-eyed Joe Scarborough on MSNBC this morning. Poor Claire appeared a bit miffed because she thinks that Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont … Continue reading →

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What Are We Doing to Public Education in the Name of School Reform?: High-Stakes Testing and the Demise of the “Artist-Teacher”

Posted on June 8, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Vicki Cobb, an author of nonfiction  books for children, is a former science teacher. She has published more than eighty titles “for grades K-8 that cover physics, chemistry and biology, biographies, geography and the human body.” In 2012, she received a Lifetime … Continue reading →

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