Showing posts with label politics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label politics. Show all posts
Sunday, June 28, 2026

Doom Report (Week 75: The Attorney General Does Not Respond Substantively to Any of These Arguments)

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On Monday, Kier Starmer announced his resignation as UK Prime Minister.  If you don’t know who he is, think of him as the British Chuck Sc...
Sunday, June 21, 2026

Doom Report (Week 74: Chase the Remaining Confederates into Mexico)

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This week, Trump decided that if the Iran deal didn’t work out, it’s JD Vance’s fault , and we got more news about why we paid $15 million...
Sunday, June 14, 2026

Doom Report (Week 73: Oh ... hey, Lindsey)

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This week, one of the bigger stories was Trump falling asleep at the Nicks game; best coverage probably from Kimmel this time around.  He...
Sunday, June 7, 2026

Doom Report (Week 72: Tax Wealth, Not Work)

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When I was a kid (which was, admittedly, half a century or so ago), surely one of the most famous newspaper headlines in the world was “De...
Sunday, May 31, 2026

Doom Report (Week 71: A Dream You Dream Together)

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Salesmen are the biggest suckers in the world. You wouldn’t think that.  You would think that salesmen are the people who do the sucker...
Sunday, May 24, 2026

Doom Report (Week 70: Hello, Goodbye)

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Nearly 16 years ago, I wrote a blog post to mark the occasion of The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear .  People at the tim e— and sinc ...
Sunday, May 17, 2026

Doom Report (Week 69: Nice)

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On Even More News this week, Katy, Cody, and Jonathan are joined by guest comedian Mary Houlihan .  It’s a great show, focussing on the r...
Sunday, May 10, 2026

Doom Report (Week 68: A Court with Sour Cream and Tomatoes Would Actually Be Way Better)

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The rank hypocrisy of our Supreme Court has reached peak levels.  I thought that Mitch McConnell and Lindsey Graham refusing to confirm Me...
Sunday, May 3, 2026

Doom Report (Week 67: Big, Strong Men with Big, Hard Muscles)

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So, I’m watching Zeteo this week, and Mehdi Hasan is interviewing Naomi Klein , and, while talking with her about unlikely alliances betwe...
Sunday, April 26, 2026

Doom Report (Week 66: What Evil Lurks in the Hearts of Men? The Shadow Docket)

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If you don’t know what the “shadow docket” is, you probably should.  See, sometimes our Supreme Court just issues a ruling: no trial, no a...
Sunday, April 19, 2026

Doom Report (Week 65: Actually, "Transformers Angel and the Generic Government Buildings" Would Be a Pretty Cool Band Name)

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Sometimes I ask myself: is Trump the result of the failure of the two-party system?  Is it the case that the Republican party is only goin...