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A quick housekeeping note for podcast listeners
Hightower was under the weather and unable to record new commentaries for this week, so we wanted just to quickly let our podcast listeners know that…
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Deanna Zandt
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On Joe, Kamala, and the Coming Fight
My instant feeling upon hearing that President Biden was stepping down was not political anxiety (aw jeez, another earthquake!), and certainly not any…
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Singing the Chick-fil-A Child Labor Blues
“Summertime, and the living is easy, fish are jumping, and”… wait a minute, what the hell is this?
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2:09
What If a Homeless Person Served on the Supreme Court?
What’s wrong with Neil Gorsuch? His soul, I mean.
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2:10
We've been censored by Facebook! And you probably have been, too.
Corporate censorship is running rampant on the Internet (again)
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Deanna Zandt
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Look Out, America: Project 2025
We’ve seen a ton of social media posts and emails in the last week or so about Project 2025, and although we’re still working on a fuller analysis to…
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Deanna Zandt
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Laura Ehrlich
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Should Corrupt Judges Be the Ones Redefining Official Corruption?
If the six right-wing dogmatists who now literally rule the Supreme Court wonder why 70 percent of the American people consider them somewhere between…
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2:09
SCOTUS Is Meant to Be a Court, Not Our Supreme Ruler
(Now with post problems fixed!)
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2:10
Top Corporate Executives Should Have to Feel the Summer Heat
Being a lifelong Texan, I’m used to hot summers. But what the hell – 99 degrees in June! Last year, we had 80 days of 100-plus temperatures, and we’re…
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2:09
Why Louisiana’s Kids Won’t Listen to Their Pious Governor
For us Texans, there’s nothing new about Bible-thumping politicians bedevilling us with the foolishness of their dogmatic Christian piety. A century…
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Do It Yourself Democracy: Let’s Fight the Supreme Court
It’s July 4th week!
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June 2024

A few quick thoughts about Biden’s performance at the debate
“OMG, it’s all over! We’re doomed! Biden lost the debate!”
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