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Mad Sam: Beyond 2016
Tuesday, April 10, 2018
This journey, though it must be made, isn’t going to be easy. Simply replacing Republicans with Democrats—“Voting Blue No Matter Who”—won’t by itself solve any of the numerous problems the country currently faces, and indeed has faced for decades…
The Art of the Deal
Saturday, March 3, 2018
While Republicans are at this point ridiculously open about their disrespect and even hatred for minorities, immigrants, women, senior citizens, and the poor, Democratic representatives and lawmakers often exhibit the same contempt for each of these demographics in their actions, regardless of their words.
Bomb Appétit
Thursday, January 18, 2018
In a time of unprecedented plenty, as well as an ability to meet the basic needs of every person on Earth, America’s number one material and cultural export remains warfare…
The New Normal
Monday, December 18, 2017
An audience ever-more informed about what happens in the government, despite concerted efforts on both sides of the aisle to keep them ignorant, has appropriately reacted with horror and revulsion, now that the executive in charge is a man-child with no filter…
Brazen Bull
Wednesday, September 20, 2017
Obama’s signature legislative achievement, the Affordable Care Act, had been compromised to the point that it couldn’t even be called a half-measure, and any gains made by it were encased in a byzantine, bureaucratic maze reminiscent of the movie Brazil…
A-Hole in One
Friday, May 12, 2017
If he’s capable of learning anything, Trump’s already learned that bombing some foreigners is an at least temporarily-effective red herring.
Not Me
Wednesday, April 19, 2017
Those little shits know what they did, but think they can avoid responsibility by blaming it on phantoms…
The Fantastic Mr. Fox
Tuesday, February 28, 2017
Practically every single one of Trump’s cabinet nominees seems to have been selected according to how ill-suited he or she is for the given job…
Harvey Dentocrats
Saturday, December 31, 2016
All it took for Democrats to abandon this position of relative sanity was fed-up Republican voters dousing them with a faceful of Trump™ brand sulfuric acid…
Donald Trump Blows
Saturday, December 10, 2016
Hillary and the Democrats purposefully “elevated” Trump, foolishly thinking he would be easier to beat while weakening the entire Republican slate. This “Pied Piper” approach was quite possibly the dumbest campaign strategy ever conceived…