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A Republican Jew on Passover
A friend used to say neither party was truly on the side of actual Americans. But after 10/7, Republicans didn’t come for the Jews. Democrats did.
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E Pluribus Pluribus
When we stop respecting our shared Americanness, we have no respect left for anything else.
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Token Branding
The worst thing about inclusion on the left is exclusion on the left. Identity politics doesn't work when you aim it at each other.
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Just Shoot You
I don't think Trump was an accident. I think we got exactly what we wanted--and deserved.
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Living in Un-Trump Tower
Everybody is different, yet everybody is the same. Is the most politically dangerous statement in the world.
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The Great Unsubscribing
There are better ways to #resist and fight the good fight than living from online petition to online petition.
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The Tyranny of #MeToo
Anyone who thinks the experience of male victims of sexual predation is invalid because we are male victims is welcome to go back in time and have my experiences for me. Because I would prefer to not to have those memories myself.
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Preckwinkle’s Pop-Tax Political Faceplant
Preckwinkle should have learned from the foie-gras controversy of a decade ago: in the Chicago region, standing between locals and their favorite foods is a dangerous place to be.
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Compassionate Resistance Is Moving to Twitter!
Compassionate Resistance is moving! You can continue to regularly discover links about the activities of average Americans compassionately and confidently standing up to #RESIST the injustice of the Trump administration on Twitter at @Comp2Resist.
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Compassionate Resistance for 5/29/17
"As we near our City's 300th anniversary, we must continue to find courage to stand up to hate and embrace justice and compassion."
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Compassionate Resistance for 5/26/17
"A day that they spend worrying about you is a day that they're not ending Medicare, privatizing public schools, or preparing a Muslim registry."
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Donald Trump Is So Dumb. (How Dumb Is He?)
Yes, we’d all love Donald Trump, the president, to be presidential. But Donald Trump, the human being, is a bullying, ignorant child.