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"Do you feel what I feel? Bittering distress. Who decides what you express?"
The free speech brigade has shown its ass and we are seeing the death of the first amendment in real time. It's well past time to worry.
Sep 18
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"We're in a state of disarray united by our darkest days."
Kim Mulkey is using some very old methods to try and discredit the news industry. A lawsuit will not be one of them.
Apr 1, 2024
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"Never thought I’d be caught up in a world that's helpless."
Society is getting coarser. Yes, I partially blame the 45th president.
Mar 19, 2024
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"What starts out in the nighttime follows you in the morning light."
Sep 4, 2023
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"Oh, this is business, son - no time, for you, no time."
Nov 20, 2023
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"By the time they realize we’re gone, fire will be the only light. "
May 9, 2023
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"If nothing can be known, then stupidity is holy."
Oct 16, 2023
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“This is a picture of things going a little out of hand. This is a sculpture of a couple of things we've gotta get straight.”
Jan 9, 2023
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"I'm getting weaker, I'm getting thin. I hate how obvious I have been."
Apr 24, 2023
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"In this lonely world, what a lovely curl."
The first in a three-part series on what a second Donald Trump administration is going to mean for future of the United States.
Mar 5, 2024
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"Village crumblеs to ground, Lava Man retreats."
Vice is no more. What, exactly, *was* Vice?
Feb 28, 2024
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"Go back to sleep and this is not gonna get better."
Polling is hardly an exact science, but that Taylor Swift/politics/Super Bowl conspiracy theory stuff is terrifying.
Feb 21, 2024
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"Burning light. Flashing back from the mirror sea."
The Messenger folded. It was anything but a surprise, but it still sucks for those laid off and for the future of the news industry.
Feb 13, 2024
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"Two hands, one thread - broken now, unwound."
No one loves a Trump-Biden rematch, but that's still reality.
Jan 29, 2024
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"A part of another cycle, it stills the air and swallows control."
The news media business is dying. We're all worse for it.
Jan 22, 2024
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"They march, they hallow. His face a symbol."
Insurrection clause, schminsurrection clause. We should be talking about emoluments when we talk about Donald Trump's eligibility for office.
Jan 8, 2024
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