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Former newspaper editor and publisher, reader, admirer of good prose and John Prine's music. Once bumped into Al Gore at a reception, literally bumped into him; he dropped his bottle of water. Ancestry dates back to the foundings of Jamestown and Plymouth.
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Frederick Douglass Parade Canceled After 54th Massachusetts Pulls Out open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...

Trump, Musk Exaggerate Scale of Improper Social Security Payments to the Dead open.substack.com/pub/factchec...

Opinion Today open.substack.com/pub/opiniont...

Guy ahead of me at the car wash trying to scrape the TRUMP 2024 bumper sticker off his truck. At least that will be easier than repairing the damage Trump is doing to the country — and the world.

Trump’s False and Misleading Ukraine Claims open.substack.com/pub/factchec...

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No Time for Small Men open.substack.com/pub/gaylerro...

Firing civil servants and dismantling government departments is how aspiring strongmen consolidate personal power – lessons from around the globe theconversation.com/firing-civil...

As Trump tries to slash US foreign aid, here are 3 common myths many Americans mistakenly believe about it theconversation.com/as-trump-tri...

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Another day, another distortion. www.factcheck.org/2025/02/trum...

We once had a ship of state, now we have a boatload of fools.

Trump’s Exaggeration of Federal Work from Home open.substack.com/pub/factchec...

The Lake Superior Water Diversion open.substack.com/pub/thewater...

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Every man of a certain age can readily identify Bolero's "The Four Seasons."

Trump To New York: Drop Dead open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

Donald Trump and the Authoritarian Impulse to Control the Historical Record open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...

Trump's Executive Order to Rename Debt and Deficits open.substack.com/pub/stephani...

Check out USAID's impact on your state drive.google.com/drive/folder...

Greeted as Liberators open.substack.com/pub/therickw...

A few things I need to get off my chest open.substack.com/pub/michelle...

Criticize JFK for any number of sins, but when it counted he was almost always the smartest guy in the room. Even considering the assortment of nincompoops he’s surrounded himself with, being the smartest guy in the room is not something you could ever say about Trump.

So the GOP wants to replace migrant labor with child labor, because kids (no matter how young) need to get jobs rather than a free school lunch.

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So White Man's Advantage is now official government policy?

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