Sidebar: Is Disinformation The Cornerstone of the American Right?
The Tea Party Super PAC that incited Trump voters to protest the ballot count is the same group that pushed crackpot theories about COVID19 this past summer.
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Michigan’s Election Plunges Headfirst Down A Weird Rabbit Hole
A crowd of pro-Trump protesters, partially incited by a Tea Party Super PAC, came down to the TCF Center in downtown Detroit to demand that the ballot count be stopped as the tally of mail-in ballots indicated that Joe Biden was pulling ahead by a larger margin.
Read More2020 Election: Why I Voted How I Did
Unsurprisingly, rhetoric usually becomes increasingly political as we approach the 2020 presidential election. To paraphrase a staffer on Aaron Sorkin’s
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Glazed Over: Donald Trump’s Tiny Windows Conspiracy
US President Donald Trump’s claims that Democrats want to make the windows smaller in everyone’s houses were, while baseless, not the craziest thing he’s ever said. Glazing, energy, and you!
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Supply Chains in the COVID Era and the Case for Economic Resiliency
As supply chains get disrupted and Americans lose access to coveted necessities like Wendy’s beef, COVID offers us some opportunities to ask some timely questions about how we can shift toward smaller-scale production as a question of sustainability and economic resiliency and prosperity.
Read MoreThinking Beyond The Gun: Lockdown Protests Distract From Meaningful Policy Debate
[Guest contributor Calley Wang writes about media narratives around the lockdown protests– and about what kinds of things we should
Read MoreLive Free Or Die– Why Not Both?
Protesters descended upon the Michigan State Capitol today in Lansing to voice their opposition to Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s extension of
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Sure, the Federal Government is Failing. What if That’s The Point?
Critiques of Donald Trump’s presidency have focused on his use of the executive office for personal gain. Less discussed is the intentionality of the executive’s efforts to undermine the effectiveness of the federal government at large.
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COVID19 Diaries: Want To Protect The Economy? Protect Consumers.
Individual consumers are the life and death of the US economy. So why does the proposed bailout package focus disproportionately on corporations?
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COVID19 Has Become A Disaster And Demonstrates The Fallacy of Our Privatized Healthcare System
Test shortages, outrageous bills, and inability to access care have defined the advent of COVID19 in the United States. Is it time to reëvaluate our system?
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