Is it really a shifting of demographics and values – or has the distance between viewpoints been artificially inflated? Looking at media today – with its echo chambers and partisan… Read More
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Immigration and Medicaid: Part 2
Many conservatives are angry that “illegal immigrants” are getting Medicaid, they think that the government is giving away free health care to these people. This is verifiably false. Federal law… Read More
Let’s talk about why this vote failed…
The way that Republicans often get away with their rhetoric is because they don’t tell the whole story. Republicans keep screaming about “millions of illegals on Medicaid” like it’s some… Read More
Oh shit – wait a minute.
After thinking about it more – here’s an addendum to my previous post. Trump’s people aren’t complete idiots – there is actually a backup plan to shut down this litigation… Read More
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You’ve probably been hearing fragments of this story – Curtis Yarvin and the “Dark Enlightenment,” Elon Musk’s suspicious election predictions, voting machine vulnerabilities, Peter Thiel’s anti-democratic philosophy. Someone just compiled… Read More
Good lawd.
A lot of y’all want to believe the fairy tale that peaceful protests brought about civil rights, that nonviolence worked, that America fundamentally changed because good people held hands and… Read More
You’ve probably heard the term Occam’s Razor – but do you know what it means?
It’s a problem-solving principle that recommends searching for explanations constructed with the smallest possible set of elements – basically, the simplest explanation is usually the correct one. Named after 14th-century… Read More
How many fucking unauthorized immigrants are there in the US – really?
I posted a tweet from Laura Loomer last week that noted there were now 65 MILLION illegal immigrants in the US currently. That’s both insane and idiotic. It’s 3 times… Read More
The Republican Fantasy of “Lazy” Medicaid Recipients
My head almost exploded just now as I just watched a clip from a Fox News interview where Rick Scott, U.S. Senator from Florida, discussed a proposed budget bill that… Read More