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August 9th, 2020 - 9:30 pm § in America

Navajos are flattening the curve by cooperating with health experts

They have everything stacked against them: Poverty, crowded living conditions, no running water, limited medical facilities. But the Navajos, who have a higher Covid-19 death rate than any state, are flattening the curve with a stringent curfew and other drastic measures. “It’s because of the Na[...]

August 9th, 2020 - 4:38 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics

This summer, politics crushed the people

In America, all power belongs to the people, and politicians and public servants work for us. On paper, anyway. Except it doesn’t work that way. Police are killing citizens instead of protecting them, and politicians are waging partisan warfare against each other instead of saving the people f[...]

August 9th, 2020 - 1:51 pm § in Misc.

No! to Trump on Mt. Rushmore

America’s most enormous megalomaniac wants to be included in its biggest monument. This is not a joke. He pressures South Dakota’s governor about it. Read story here. But she can’t authorize it, because Mt. Rushmore is on federal property. For God’s sake, don’t tell him[...]