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War Is Expensive
During World War 2, civilians and institutions understood the importance of contributing to the war effort. They sacrificed, they conserved precious resources, and they contributed monetarily by purchasing what were then called War Bonds. Civilians, corporations, and institutions invested their own efforts and resources to the war effort, as they knew that our way of…
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First Amendment 3: The Official “Christian Nation” That We Never Became
(Third of a series that will counter highly organized MAGA disinformation about the Constitution that has been sweeping the nation.) It’s a lie that we’ve heard repeated a million times since 1990, yet one that the mainstream media (MSM) has never bothered or dared to debunk – like ever. “America was founded as a Christian…
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First Amendment 2: The Constitutional Separation of Church and State
(Second of a series that will counter highly organized MAGA disinformation about the Constitution that has been sweeping the nation.) Thanks to 35 years of MAGA disinformation about the history of our nation and our Constitution, more than half of Americans today incorrectly believe that our Founding Fathers had intended our country to have an…
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First Amendment 1: The Redress of Grievances – and MAGA’s Hostility to Redress
(First of a series that will counter highly organized MAGA disinformation about the Constitution that has been sweeping the nation.) The rights enumerated by the First Amendment include the right “to petition the government for a redress of grievances.” It’s a simple concept: if the actions of your government cause you harm, injury, or deprivation…
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Democrats: You Had BETTER Reclaim Leadership in Constitutional Law and Civics Education, like RIGHT NOW.
Just when I thought I knew most all of the far right, pro-fascist Web sites out there, I come across this rather new one that lays bare the threat to our liberties and makes imperative the need to retake the fields of Civics and Constitutional Law with an urgency that I have never seen. If…
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We’re Not a Monarchy; We’re a Constitutional Republic
If you’ve discussed or debated politics, chances are that you’ve come across a MAGA who flexed his asserted political acumen with statements like “We’re not a democracy. We are a Constitutional Republic.” That’s true, in fact, if “democracy” is taken to mean direct, unrestrained democracy in which a 50% plus one majority gets its way…
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Don’t Let MAGA Use Your Decency Against You
Or, Don’t Fall for MAGA’s Mind Games I’m sure that you’ve been gaslit before by MAGA’s talking-point judo. They will demand that you show inclusiveness toward them, so that they can more openly exclude others. They will insist that you be fair to them, so that they can more easily be unfair to others. They…
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Wait a Minute! I Thought MAGA Believed in “Free Speech on College Campus!”
We all knew that was a self-serving line of bull, but now it has proven itself to be such. The latest university to cave to Trump’s and MAGA’s war on campus free speech is Columbia University. One of MAGA’s censorship attempts is stifling the free speech rights of pro-Palestinian students. It wasn’t so long ago…
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MAGA is Literally Erasing the Humanity of Anyone Who Isn’t White, Straight, and Aryan
Where have we seen this movie before? In 1940s black-and-white newsreels, of course. While the outrage of the week may be MAGA’s removal of the famous WWII photo of raising the American Flag on Iwo Jima because it was “DEI,” this is just the latest of MAGA’s long march down the Nazi Germany path. Remember:…
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A Quick Clarity and Reality Check on “Women’s Sports”
Let’s cut right to the truth: MAGA’s scaremongering about trans women in women’s sports is another shiny object that does not require a big-government “remedy.” It’s just another MAGA way of persecuting a small, vulnerable minority while hiding behind a marquee of superficial “reasonableness.” It is competitive sports itself, not government, that identifies and addresses…
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From MCSweeneys.net: A Catalog of Trump’s Worst Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes
This time, someone has already done the legwork in spectacular fashion: https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the-complete-listing-atrocities-1-1-056 Archived copy: https://deannaslair.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/A-Catalog-of-Trumps-Worst-Cruelties-Collusions-Corruptions-and-Crimes-The-Complete-Listing-Atrocities-1–1056-McSweeneys-Internet-Tendency.pdf
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Human Rights Campaign: Look Back: Trump-Pence Administration Timeline
This is the annotated timeline of the 2017-2020′ administration’s disregard for the LGBTQ+ community: https://www.hrc.org/resources/trump-pence-administration-timeline Archived copy: https://deannaslair.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/HRC-Look-Back-Trump-Pence-Administration-Timeline.pdf Also: Full Report: Trump’s Administrative Abuse and the LGBTQ Community https://hrc-prod-requests.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/files/assets/resources/HRC-Trump-Administrative-Abuse-Sept2017.pdf
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Circulating on Social Media: A real question from a Trump supporter: ‘Why do liberals think Trump supporters are st*pid?’
There is a post circulating on social media that is useful but copies of it have broken links. I have fixed the links. A real question from a Trump supporter: ‘Why do liberals think Trump supporters are st*pid?’ THE SERIOUS ANSWER: Here’s what the majority of anti-Trump voters honestly feel about Trump supporters en masse:…
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MAGA Has No Defense Against This Kind of Attack
(Or, How to Immunize Your Children against Trumpism Through Good Parenting) Think you can stop MAGA in its tracks by pointing out their self-contradictions? Guess again. Think that blasting their latest outrageous lies on social media will make a dent? Forget it. MAGA takes it as a compliment. And never mind generating stupid memes. Memes…
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That “Prove Your Citizenship to Vote” Thang: Typical MAGA Witlessness or a Theocratic Shot at Women’s Voting Rights?
In MAGA’s highest echelons of Talibanesque theocratic thought, there is a concept known as “The Doctrine of Federal Representation.” Hold that thought, and don’t get mad at your MAGA associates, peers or friends for never even having heard of it. MAGA’s ivory towers arent about to go around publicizing that concept, until it’s already too…
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How to Stand Up to Hate in Your Community
To stand up to hate in our community, or anywhere else, we must be as hard as granite: an impenetrable stone wall of opposition. Don’t ever give hate an inch or it will take a mile. Hate will look for ways to use your goodness against you. Hate will look for ways to use your…
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When Bad Things Happen, Remember Who
When the topic is the surge in racism and discrimination, remind everyone who made racism “acceptable” again. When the topic is bullying in schools, remind everyone who made bullying popular again. When the topic is the lack of respect for others in today’s society, remind everyone who made disrespect for others a sign of being…
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Dear “MAGA Indians”: Welcome to the Reality of what MAGA Thinks About You
I was stunned, and in fact in denial for a while, over just how many pro-fascist Indians are out there. By Indians, I don’t mean Native Americans or First Nations. I mean people from India. It’s safe to say that there are 100 times more pro-fascism Indians in this country than most people realize. I…
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What if Project 2025 was the Cuban Missile Crisis
If Project 2025 was the Cuban Missile Crisis, would Republicans deny that it is even a threat? The stock deflection tactic that’s being launched at Democrats and civil libertarians goes something like this: “What makes you think that Trump would implement Project 2025? He never said he would. He denies even knowing about it!” Trump…
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MAGA: Sixty Years of Bottled-Up Rage and Hate
It may seem hyperbolic to say that what MAGA has in store for us would be three times more evil and brutal than the Nazi Holocaust. But when you consider how long the pressure of right wing hate has been building up for decades with no way to release it, the prediction begins to sound…
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