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Hey Kids, Let’s Go to DeSantis World!Listen now (2 min) | Until recently, kids were thrilled when their parents said: “We’re going to Disney World!” But that was in the beforetimes, before Florida’s autocratic governor put Disney World under the control of his state’s thought police, turning it into “DeSantis…

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Why Can’t Ill Seniors Get Even a Scrap of Dignity from Congress?Listen now (2 min) | What’s wrong with us? Our nation’s moral compass, I mean. I don’t like being a downer, just focusing on wrongs, but some wrongs…

Mar 23

Take a Whiff of Elon Musk’s Ecological Paradise Listen now (2 min) | Exciting News, people: Utopia is on the rise! Space Commander Elon Musk has announced that His Magnificence (ie, him) intends to…

Mar 21

I would call Josh Hawley a fool, but he keeps demonstrating the proof of that faster than I can say the word. The latest embarrassing stunt by the…

Mar 17

How Despicable Are Big Pharmacies Insulin Price Gougers?Listen now (2 min) | Profiteering is always bad, but there are degrees of profiteer. Level 1 includes your everyday price gougers, like banks and…

Mar 16

Did the Texas Department of Agriculture really endorse donkeys for farm defense in the 1980s?

Mar 15

Texas: What the Hell? Get Ready for Roving Bands of Book-Banners Coming to Your Town Listen now (2 min) | Not so long ago, book burnings were considered a festive group activity by assorted right-wing zealots. Today, though, burning…

Mar 14

History Morsel: The Day Masturbation Saved the First Amendment in Texas Watch now (5 min) | Hightower recounts the story of longtime activist John Henry Faulk’s appearance at a community meeting about an X-rated movie…

Mar 10

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