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The GOP Isn’t Dead. Kill It With Fire | Steve Berman

The GOP Isn’t Dead. Kill It With Fire | Steve Berman


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Kill it, kill it with fire. This is what you do when your house is overrun with these nasties, building their webs, laying their egg sacks inside the walls, and producing thousands of baby spiders to repeat the process. Apropos of nothing really, northeast Georgia has been invaded by an uninvited foreign visitor. The Japanese—or East …

On The Turning Away | Steve Berman

On The Turning Away | Steve Berman


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They’re saying Trump is the overwhelming favorite to win the 2024 presidential primary, if he runs. To me that’s a big “if” and I’d like to know who “they” are, please. The Harvard CAPS-Harris Poll shared by The Hill in late September indicated that 58 percent of Republicans would vote for Trump if he ran in a …

Merck’s Molnupiravir Racket is Simply Theft | Steve Berman

Merck’s Molnupiravir Racket is Simply Theft | Steve Berman


Opinion Contributor

There’s a pill pharmaceutical maker Merck is pushing called Molnupiravir. This drug is being hailed as a possible treatment for COVID-19 symptoms, and is claimed to cut hospitalizations of mild to moderate bouts of the disease by 50 percent. Dr. Fauci even gushed on CNN that this is “extremely important.” Merck is looking to the FDA and other nations for …