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American media is toast.

April 22, 2025 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

So I talk a lot about what I call the Republican Propaganda Apparatus, boy, I wish I could come up…

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Cue the terrorist attack.

April 15, 2025 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

I’m not saying that there’s going to be a terrorist attack anytime soon; I’m just saying that if you wanted…

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We’re gonna need a bigger legal system.

April 4, 2025 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

I want to remind people that just because we are now officially a lawless nation, that does not mean that…

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Capitalism ate democracy and all I got was this lousy t-shirt.

March 13, 2025 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

I think the reason that much of the world is moving toward autocracy is because capitalism requires exponential growth that…

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What will it take for the MAGA crew to feel betrayed? We’re about to find out.

March 1, 2025 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

I don’t expect Many Trump supporters to ever take responsibility for their role in all of this. But I keep…

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Yes, Virginia, this is a coup.

February 9, 2025 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

Is America in the midst of an attempted coup? Yes, I think that’s pretty obvious and I’m not alone just…

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Breaking News: Green New Deal social engineering and Marxist equity are transgenderising America.

January 29, 2025 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

So the Trump administration just tried to freeze funding for over 2,600 agencies and then quickly rescinded it because it…

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Our American oligarchs are incompatible with democracy, just ask them.

January 27, 2025 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

The American oligarchs have lost faith in American democracy. When it worked in their favor they dug it, but now…

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Merit’s just another word for white supremacy, and baby, ain’t nothing about that is free.

January 26, 2025 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

One of the suckiest aspects of living in an autocracy is being asked to accept what you know to be…

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The immigration disinformation that’s sweeping the nation.

January 24, 2025 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

The Republican disinformation apparatus is stronger than ever. It’s controlled by the former political party, and its patrons, who now…

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Well, America, you wanted blood, be careful what you ask for.

January 20, 2025 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

For context, I’d like to point out that what most Americans today would view as democracy probably only started in…

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The supposed men who voted for trump.

January 17, 2025 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

One of the biggest swings in the last election was that young men under 30 decided to vote for Trump….

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The cowardly captains of industry, a sign of the times.

January 7, 2025 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

Amazon Prime is making a documentary about Melania Trump, they started filming in December and they expect to have a…

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Make love, not insurrection.

January 6, 2025 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

Ahh, January 6, what was it? What’s in a name? What’s anything really but an opportunity to rewrite history? January…

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The Worst of the Worst.

December 31, 2024 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

People often get mad at me — for all kinds of things actually but for the sake of this essay…

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World domination is a dead-end job.

December 4, 2024 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

The richest man in the world is an idiot. Actually, he’s turned out to be a sociopath who treats women…

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Will and Harper and history too.

November 23, 2024 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

Please watch Will and Harper. It’s the best piece of anything cinema I’ve seen in years. It definitely beats all…

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Solutions? I don’t know, doesn’t seem to vibe right.

November 9, 2024 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

Okay, the post-mortem on this thing is nauseating. If I hear one more time that the Democrats have to revisit…

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It wasn’t the price of eggs, let’s be real.

November 8, 2024 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

It can be truly staggering to witness how hard it is for love to overcome hate. Watching all of the…

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It’s the deep breath before plunge.

November 4, 2024 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

*Note: I rarely go back and revise any of my posts but I like to point out when I’m wrong….

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Cowards being cowards, but also on steroids.

October 31, 2024 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

So just a quick reminder of the acts of cowardice from some of our rich and influential people and to…

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We’re gonna party like it’s 1984.

October 23, 2024 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

Twenty years ago I found myself visiting Cuba fairly often. I rode a bicycle across the country on one trip…

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The luckiest loser in the history of all losers.

October 20, 2024 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

I don’t want to tell people not to believe what they saw with their own eyes, that’s Trump’s terrain, and…

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Brother, can you spare a dime?

October 18, 2024 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

Most Americans wouldn’t recognize the United States before the New Deal came along. Modern America was shaped by the creation…

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Trump is selling perfume, yet the polls still don’t look good. Can we talk about that?

October 11, 2024 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

In 2020 Biden led Trump by eight points in Michigan, but only won by less than 3 percent of the…

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Post debate blues, an ode to the failing pundits.

October 3, 2024 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

According to most mainstream media pundits, J.D. Vance won the debate. Now, to be clear, their definition of winning seems…

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Vice, Vice, Baby.

October 1, 2024 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

So since there is so little info about what to expect at the debate tonight I thought I’d write something….

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We’re all in the family.

September 29, 2024 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

I’ve been catching these focus groups talking about the election and this question keeps coming up. Is Donald Trump racist?…

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Socialismo? Que Socialismo? Me no veo ningún socialismo.

September 26, 2024 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

“I am a capitalist,” Kamala Harris declared at the Economic Club of Pittsburgh. Sounds reasonable, expected, mostly correct and completely…

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It’s the reality stupid.

September 20, 2024 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

Last Tuesday, the governor of Ohio held a press conference urging parents in Springfield to send their kids back to…

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The emperor is weird and right now he has no clothes.

August 25, 2024 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

I’m so exhausted from being disgusted. I know, that’s where we’ve been for quite a while now but we don’t…

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A New Hope, that was the best Star Wars anyway.

July 29, 2024 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

Wow, it’s been a while since I’ve been legitimately upbeat about our odds of taking down the death star, but…

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Joe Biden is not really what’s on the ballot and neither is Donald Trump.

June 29, 2024 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

I wrote last Fall about whether Biden should drop out of the race or not. You know, back when that…

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The Electoral College fallout.

June 26, 2024 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

This year, for the third time in a quarter century, most likely a Republican candidate will win the Presidency but…

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America was founded on Christian values, just not the ones you think.

June 20, 2024 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

Justice Samuel Alito recently alluded to the fact that he believed America should be rooted in Christian values. A Pew…

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Doubling down on doublespeak.

June 19, 2024 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

Maybe the most terrifying aspect of the outcome of the coming election will be having to deal with the upside…

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The Fauci Ouchy.

June 3, 2024 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

Today, Dr. Fauci is being dragged back to yet another Republican led witch hunt, stunt, viral moment snippet maker, or…

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The Kids Are Bumming Everyone Out, Man.

May 3, 2024 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

I have a lot of sympathy for these kids. And I know, to a lot of people it feels like…

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It’s going to be a long hot summer.

April 25, 2024 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

I’m encouraged by the number of kids speaking out against the genocide occuring in Gaza. Protests have erupted all over…

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The twenty four seven A.I. party people.

April 16, 2024 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

It was obvious but wasn’t reported on until just recently that the maniacs racing to create the tool that will…

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Twenty-four percent of a democracy

April 3, 2024 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

Let’s break down some numbers for a little perspective 75 million people voted for Trump in 2020. Most likely, amazingly…

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History Lesson: Iraq – 1980 – 2003

March 13, 2024 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

I’m impressed with how many Americans are paying attention to foreign policy these days and thinking about how we can…

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We’re officially insane

March 9, 2024 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

If you don’t know our history with Iraq before the 2003 invasion, and you probably don’t, then it would be…

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Hey Nikki, whatever your motivation is, I’ll take it. We need all the help we can get.

January 24, 2024 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

Nikki Haley will not be the Republican candidate for President. That is unless Trump is somehow taken out of the…

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Fascism USA Inc.

January 13, 2024 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

A few years ago I was talking to people about the possibility of America falling into fascism. It could happen…

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Old Man Biden

November 15, 2023 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

So I’ve been trying to figure out what to do about our Biden problem.  On one hand, he’s done the…

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I often try to inject humor into my writing.  I have no room for laughter on this one.

October 16, 2023 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

I often try to inject humor into my writing.  I have no room for laughter on this one. What Hamas…

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The Fake News Blues

September 15, 2023 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

Donald Trump’s superpower is making great TV.  And by great TV I mean playing the mob.  And by the mob,…

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Don’t forget to never forget what you never knew in the first place – Redux

September 10, 2023 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

We are the United States of Amnesia, we learn nothing because we remember nothing. -Gore Vidal He also once said,…

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Everything is pizzagate now

July 23, 2023 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

I’m gonna make a few predictions just because it’s fun.   First, Ron Desantis is not going to be president. Which…

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Artificially Speaking

June 28, 2023 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

I watch a lot of YouTube.  Anyone else do that? My habits tend towards Rock and Roll, some and a…

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A respite? A win? The beginning of the end?

November 17, 2022 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

I was pretty pessimistic about our chances of surviving these midterms.  Not so much because of the messaging coming out…

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This is your election, on acid.

November 6, 2022 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

Republicans have spent 68 Million this year alone on attack ads portraying Nancy Pelosi as an unhinged maniac bent on…

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The End of Roe

May 4, 2022 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

Well what did we think was going to happen? Right? This is what Trump promised to do, put justices on…

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Yes, America has done really bad stuff, and other people do really bad stuff too.

March 6, 2022 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

I’ve found myself in conversations about the differences and similarities of the US invasion of Iraq and Russia’s current invasion…

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Once again black farmers are getting the short end of the stick, actually that would probably be an improvement.

February 22, 2022 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

Whenever you see farmers in movies 99.99997% of the time you probably see a rugged looking white guy struggling to…

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Tucker Trucker Zombie Soldier, the civil war will be live streamed.

February 16, 2022 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

They say Jan 6 was a trial run, something to test the waters and see where the cracks are. Well…

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Joe Rogan is a jagoff, and I’ll defend his right to be a jagoff as long as I have the right to call him a jagoff.

February 4, 2022 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

Now I have tried to listen to Joe Rogan as friends have told me he’s interesting or impartial or something. …

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Sorry to be a bummer but the race is on

January 23, 2022 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

Last year Trump blinked.  As it turns out he blinked because too many of his foot soldiers got cold feet…

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Sometimes a banana is just a banana and sometimes a swimming pool is our Democracy.

January 4, 2022 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

Lately I’ve been writing a lot about how the Republicans are about to end our Democracy.  I’ve had trouble with…

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Joe Manchin wins, 37 million children, including 346,000 in West Virginia, lose.

December 16, 2021 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

It’s hard to understand what really motivates Joe Manchin, I mean besides making money and self preservation, because he could…

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It’s been a hard day’s alt-right.

December 7, 2021 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

In 1966 John Lennon said “we’re more popular than Jesus” and that rock and roll might outlast Christianity. It was…

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Kyle Rittenhouse is delusional and that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

November 16, 2021 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

It’s easy to dismiss this Kyle Rittenhouse trial for being the sham that it is. But it’s also a blueprint…

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Who died and made Joe Manchin king?

November 1, 2021 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

Joe Manchin just killed the Reconciliation bill and demanded a vote on infrastructure or else. All while calling the progressives…

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Auugh!!! It’s not the progressives!!!

September 16, 2021 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

I’d like to clarify a few things because I’m sick of this talking point that it’s the progressives that are…

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never forget to never forget what you never even knew in the first place

September 11, 2021 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

#neverforget Get ready to be inundated with the mythology of 9/11.  The story we’ve been telling ourselves for 20 years. …

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The War on Terror by the numbers

September 9, 2021 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

The War on Terror by the numbers #neverforget 929,000 people have died directly tied to war violence 3x that number…

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It’s the military industrial complex, stupid

September 2, 2021 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

It’s infuriating watching the same people who got us into this quagmire in Afghanistan cry that Biden has blood on…

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What is Biden a military logistics guy now?

August 27, 2021 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

The US military has been screwing up and mishandling Afghanistan since 1979 when we backed the Mujahideen against the Soviets….

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Let’s Dance

August 4, 2021 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

We’re past the hammer and now we’re well into the dance. And this is going to be one long, exhausting…

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The Republican’s Monster

February 7, 2021 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

The Republicans Monster I don’t want to talk much about Marjorie Taylor Greene because frankly she’s crazy and we shouldn’t…

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Do unto others as you claim they do unto you. Mathew:666

December 16, 2020 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

Over the past week Republicans at every level have been hosting hearings about the election.  Many are local, but some…

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They’re totally coup coup, they’re crazy for coup coup puffs, they coup coup.

December 5, 2020 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

Slow motion failed coup update #7.  I don’t think it’s going to work, except to raise money, continue to delude…

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Coup Phase Two

November 10, 2020 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

Ok so we got through phase one and frankly we can thank Black women for pulling that off. And Biden,…

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Count the votes, and then let Trump break himself trying to break the system.

November 7, 2020 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

This is a good strategy. Just count all the votes. Don’t call it just count all the votes first. Let…

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Barr None

September 16, 2020 Michael DiGioia See All Posts

Bill Barr spoke at Hillside College last week where to cheers and applause he basically outlined his vision of authoritarian…

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