List: Politics | Curated by Martie Sirois

Aug 4, 2021
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PoliticsA collection of some of my essays & opinions on the political landscape in America.
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An Open Letter To The Pittsburgh First RespondersAnd Lessons We Can Learn From the Different Reactions of Trump and Pittsburgh Mayor Peduto
Oct 29, 2018
Oct 29, 2018
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“I’ll Take Shakespearean Portmanteaus For $200, Alex”The answer is… politics in the era of reality TV show presidents
Oct 15, 2020
Oct 15, 2020
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A Long-Overdue ‘Beginning of the End’ For Donald Trump?The circus sideshow has overstayed its welcome. It’s time for the Ringmaster to exit stage right.
Oct 5, 2020
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Oct 5, 2020
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Trump Is Not Hitler…But Trump and the current D.C. Republicans are just as evil and dangerous as Hitler — maybe even more so
Aug 18, 2020
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Aug 18, 2020
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I Refuse To Condemn Nancy Pelosi For Ripping Up Trump’s SpeechAs a patriotic American, I fully support standing up to tyrants
Feb 5, 2020
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Feb 5, 2020
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Russian Trolls Continue Dividing America While We Stand Idly ByTheir end goal isn’t about electing the next useful idiot; it’s absolute subversion of our nation
Jan 13, 2020
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Jan 13, 2020
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“How’d We End Up With Trump?”He bottled up nostalgia — marketed by a pricey fear campaign, distributed by public paranoia, for free — and he sold it.
Nov 17, 2019
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Nov 17, 2019
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Donald Trump’s Long-Documented History of Being a Horrible PersonDon’t just take my word for it; there’s plenty of evidence. Here’s some of it.
Oct 6, 2019
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Oct 6, 2019
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The Upshot of The Mueller Report & HearingsAll the takeaways you need in five points
Jul 26, 2019
Jul 26, 2019
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This Should’ve Been The End Of trump. (And This. And This…)What more will it take?
Jul 24, 2019
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Jul 24, 2019
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On America’s Culture War And Misguided Sense Of PatriotismWhose brand of patriotism will win the culture war — Tomi Lahren’s #FinalThoughts, or Megan Rapinoe’s #VictoryPose?
Jul 11, 2019
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Jul 11, 2019
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Gerrymandering And The Supreme Court In The Era Of TrumpHow some of our worst fears have already begun being realized with the appointment of Brett Kavanaugh
Jul 1, 2019
Jul 1, 2019
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Brett Kavanaugh Is Not A VictimA picture of a man privileged in every possible way, yet sees himself as some kind of besieged underdog
Oct 1, 2018
Oct 1, 2018
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The Chilling Similarities of Trumpism and CultsTrump and his followers are not unlike a cult whose religion is a (misguided) sense of “patriotism”
Jun 21, 2018
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Jun 21, 2018
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DeVos, Severino, And The “Religious Freedom” DivisionThe latest from Trump that may harm our most vulnerable — transgender youth — who were just getting their first taste of living…
Jan 20, 2018
Jan 20, 2018
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One Year Under A Trump PresidencyOne year ago last night in the mountains of NC, on a mini vacation we’d been hoping to make for years, my husband and I sat at our cozy…
Nov 10, 2017
Nov 10, 2017
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Thoughts And Prayers Are Meaningless Without ActionSunday, November 5th at 11:20 a.m., a deranged white man donning all black, a ballistic vest, and an assault rifle casually walked into the…
Nov 7, 2017
Nov 7, 2017