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[ Update, 27 Oct . I was wrong in implying the sanctions would have no immediate effect . Russia's Lukoil announced today "its intention to sell its international assets," even though sanctions' "wind down" period, as referenced below, extends to 21 Nov. This post's ending thrust, however — "the only way to stop Putin is to kick his weaponized ass across the Russian border" — remains irrefutably valid. At any rate, my apology for the post's misleading implication.] Every maj

This morning, after catching up on Trumpism's very latest monstrosities, barbarities, and calamities, I began wondering which of the multitudes I might write about. Then I realized I simply could not stomach another hour devoted to anything Trump . I was spent. It wasn't yet 10 a.m. and the thought of writing more about His Scabrous Rotundity was just too painful. But somewhere in the agony I had the pleasure of running across a new word: rhoticity . Turned out, we Americans

" Affordable Care Act subsidies have become a battleground."  They're "set to expire at the end of the year." Failing to extend, say Democrats , "would increase health care costs for families. And the prospect of higher health care costs alongside rising food and housing prices is weighing on Americans, according to an Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll" — rather than known 2026 premiums now being disseminated throughout various states by ACA insure

A rather nasty assault on my person's health prevented me from adding to Saturday's No Kings turnout, lest I put at risk the well-being of thousands of locals. Happily, nationwide others were non-inflicted by my ill-timed nemesis — like, by a whole of lot of others, seeing that this NK turnout exceeded by 2 million June's 5 million-strong showing. I confess to also feeling hurt by my impending non-presence having done so little to overall turnout numbers. I feared that word o

Being an avaricious mercenary and predatory sociopath, Donald Trump is more than just willing to trade thousands of Ukrainian lives for personal pots of gold. He positively drools at the gilded altar of a beckoning Midas. I have long believed that not the stick of blackmail but the carrot of further enriching himself has been Trump's motivation in appeasing Vladimir Putin time after bloody time. And so it was that the latter despot dialed up the former yesterday in a timely i

No particular reason, today just feels like a good time to check in on Donald Trump's robust fulfillment of his campaign promises, such as tackling Joe Biden's inflation, battling America's most vicious enemies, domestic and foreign, and of course making Americans healthier, happier, and sublimely harmonious. Noted are only his latest, robust fulfillments. Nor is this a comprehensive itemization of his indefatigable labors devoted to making America great again . Such a survey