Buckle up, Ogre Nation! We’ve got double the catching up to do this week! Because I was curled up in the fetal position sobbing last weekend as we drove my daughter Lila down to college, I never posted a Weekend Rewind, so now you’re getting twice the news all at once!
Anyway, even as I’ve been struggling with missing my little girl, you should know that family is meant to be a source of joy and comfort, not cruelty and spite. If you have MAGA in your life and they gleefully support the evil of this regime, walk away and do not feel one second of guilt over it. Anyone who cheers concentration camps and white nationalism is toxic, and why would you do that to yourself?
OK! SOOOOOO much to catch up on. Grab a comfy chair and let’s see what you missed!
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Monday: You are not obligated to share your life with toxic people.
Tuesday: Democratic Socialism is going to defeat the ratfuckers. Hahaha.
The Coming DSA Civil War: A Fun Little Prediction
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Aug 18
Democratic Socialism is gaining steam as a political movement. DSA candidates are winning primaries and bumping out establishment Democrats. It’s not a full-blown generational change. Yet. But it has the makings of one.
Wednesday: Recording and waterpark with the kids
Thursday: Podcast!
Ep. 110: Infinite Money For Stupid Trump Shit
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Aug 20
When the history books are written about this blighted period of American history, they will marvel at how a country founded explicitly on the rejection of an unconstrained executive allowed a wannabe tyrant to flush billions of dollars down the drain on nonsensical vanity projects and dementia-fueled whims.
Friday: Our blue wave will blot out the sun…
Gop Senate Hopes Fade As Iowa And TEXAS!!! Shift Blue
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Aug 21
If the stars aligned and Democrats took just those four seats, John Fetterman would switch parties the next day (or become a GOP-aligned “Independent”), keeping the Senate in the hands of the party of fascist pedophile enablers. We all know this.
But with Texas and Iowa up for grabs? Fetterman will be irrelevant with five flips. He’ll be completely ignored with six.
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Last Monday: The fearmongering press is so full of shit,
The Real Reason Democratic Socialism Is Terrifying The Press
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Aug 10
This is the real threat of Democratic Socialism. Not the scary nonsense that the press pushes 24/7. It’s that if enough people understand that something different is possible here in the United States, they won’t stop demanding it until we get it. And in THAT reality, the current power structure that allows pedophiles to run free disappears. Billionaires will not be able to buy elections. Silicon Valley will not be able to dictate policy.
Last Tuesday: Early Podcast Recording!
Last Wednesday: Doing better by my kids…
"You're Perplexing," My 16-yo Daughter Said To Me
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Aug 12
Well, according to Anastasia, by all rights, I should be a terrible parent. And it has occurred to me more than once that this is true. Everything in my life should have led me to be absolutely fucking awful at raising children.
Last Thursday: Podcast!
Ep. 109: Trump Is Exactly The Coward We Always Knew He Was
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Aug 13
We always knew Donald Trump was a fucking coward. He had daddy pay a doctor to make up “bone spurs” so he could avoid the Draft. He talks tough but fires people by tweet. He only picks fights when he knows (or thinks) he can send the military to kill everyone. But at the first sign of trouble, he runs and hides like a little punk.
Also Last Thursday: Crippling depression and anxiety and sadness
Last Friday: Moving Day for Lila. My little girl is off to college!
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