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EVACUATE: The House of Trump is Falling | Steve Berman

EVACUATE: The House of Trump is Falling | Steve Berman


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In Georgia, more votes were cast in yesterday’s Senate runoff than in the 2020 general election where Donald Trump told the states’ top officials to “find me 12,000 votes.” The sane rose up against the insanity and—by just under 100,000 votes—toppled that wall Trump built.  Thus the chant from the opponents of Trump from the …

HAIL TO THE SHEEP: Inflate of the Art | Steve Berman

HAIL TO THE SHEEP: Inflate of the Art | Steve Berman


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Donald Trump was restored to Twitter by Elon Musk, but won’t tweet. Trump dined with Ye, who brought to dinner the most coprophagic plus-two he could find: Nick Fuentes and Milo Yiannopoulos. Ye then went on Infowars with Alex Jones, and forced Jones into speaking sober sanity by literally praising Hitler. Ye’s masked appearance and insane actions left every …

BAD FAITH: China and Apple Conspire Against Freedom | Steve Berman

BAD FAITH: China and Apple Conspire Against Freedom | Steve Berman


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China and Apple have a lot in common. They both run “walled garden” operations, hoarding data, secretive and inscrutable about their internal workings; they both clamp down hard on leaks and revolts. They share an economic footprint, where Apple makes iPhones in China and China makes or assembles its myriad parts better and cheaper than …

NOT SACRED: Senate to Pass Same-Sex Marriage Law | Steve Berman

NOT SACRED: Senate to Pass Same-Sex Marriage Law | Steve Berman


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The Senate is set to pass the Respect for Marriage Act Tuesday. A bipartisan amendment with “commonsense language” to add stronger Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) protections survived a filibuster vote Monday. The amendment was sponsored by a mix of Republicans and Democrats including Sens. Susan Collins, Tammy Baldwin, Krysten Sinema, Thom Tillis, and Ron Portman. Once passed by …

CRAZY PILLS: Meet the New Face of Conservative Republican | Steve Berman

CRAZY PILLS: Meet the New Face of Conservative Republican | Steve Berman


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It didn’t take long for a reporter to find Aaron Brink, the 48 year-old father of the shooter who killed five at Club Q in Colorado Springs. And the guy is totally nuts. He’s clearly on something, probably meth. But he’s a “conservative Republican” who’s glad his mass murderer son isn’t gay. “I became a porno …

COCAINE MITCH: Having His GOP Cake and Eating It Too | Steve Berman

COCAINE MITCH: Having His GOP Cake and Eating It Too | Steve Berman


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You can look a long time for a more savvy political operator than Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, and you won’t find one. If you think Donald Trump engineered the Supreme Court conservative majority, you’re wrong. If you think the current red trickle was because of Trump’s misfiring on candidate picks, well you’d be kind …

KENTUCKY ABORTS: Republicans Overplayed and Democracy Answered | Steve Berman

KENTUCKY ABORTS: Republicans Overplayed and Democracy Answered | Steve Berman


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Why did a simple measure in Kentucky to amend the state constitution to add one sentence fail? “To protect human life, nothing in this Constitution shall be construed to secure or protect a right to abortion or require the funding of abortion?” was on the ballot in a state where five of six House districts …

SEEING RED: Predictions From My Crystal Ball | Steve Berman

SEEING RED: Predictions From My Crystal Ball | Steve Berman


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Salena Zito wrote a Saturday piece in the NY Post “why midterm voters will put Republicans in power across the US.” In interview after interview with average Americans of all political stripes, the same themes emerge: inflation, jobs, crime, drug use, homelessness, leadership and connection with voters. One voter, an immigrant, 65-year-old restaurant owner Emerencia Torma in …

ONE-HORSE JOE: Nobody’s Listening to His Democracy Plea | Steve Berman

ONE-HORSE JOE: Nobody’s Listening to His Democracy Plea | Steve Berman


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There are two dynamics going on this midterm cycle. One is that the GOP is about to scoop up both houses of Congress if Democrats don’t rise up on election day. The trends all point to momentum for the GOP, and momentum moves undecided voters from the edge to the winner’s side. Democrats are simultaneously looking …