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On Absolute Power, Nixonian Machinations & Trump’s Fascist Fulminations

A short essay examining two lines of argument emerging from Trump’s most recent unhinged coronavirus press conference and the cat and mouse game he’s playing with Dr. Fauci in order to open up the economy no matter how many people it kills.

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Link: Theory Discussion – Advocates for Truth

An essay-length Patreon discussion about the difference between wrong and illegal as it pertains to Pig Empire malfeasance, and a note about why we must become advocates for truth.

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Link: The Skinny – “My Carona & Other Oddities” March 2020

The Skinny is back and we’re talking about killing the poor for profit; rigged Dem Primaries, debate night fallout and coronavirus criminality on my free to read Patreon blog.

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Links: Liberal Anti-Fascism in “Alt-America” and Malcolm Nance’s Russiagate Grift – New Review and Essay

Links to my latest essay (about Malcolm Nance and Russiagate) and my most recent book review (about David Neiwert’s Alt-America.)

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Can’t You Read: Russiagate and the 1st Trump Impeachment

An October 2019 Can’t You Read blog post about why the liberal establishment’s ongoing Russiagate conspiracy makes it harder to defeat swine emperor Trump.

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Odds and Ends: Thick Skinnys and Malcolm on the Margins

A collection of links to all of my recent Skinny social media essays and Can’t You Read blog posts previously unshared on this site.

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The Skinny: a Liberal Lexicon

A collection of informal journal writing; this time we’re talking about liberalism and the American political imagination.

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Screw Yoo: the Turtle, the War Criminal and the Mutant who would be King

Nina takes a look at the terrifying logic behind the new-old strain of Republican excuses for a lawless president in “Screw Yoo: the Turtle, the War Criminal and the Mutant who would be King.”

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Can’t You Read: Saving Kurdistan Means Staying In Syria Forever

A Can’t You Read blog post about why leaving Syria means abandoning the YPG even if that’s not a popular decision on the left.

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Odds and Ends: A Skinny Week and Malcolm Tucker Goes to War

A link to all my offsite pieces in an extremely busy week of blogging on Patreon and Can’t You Read.

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The Skinny: Fascism, Tyranny and the Smear Machine

In this edition of The Skinny on Patreon, we look at why normalizing fascism and othering leftism is a recipe for a reactionary nightmare.

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