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Today is the Day the Electors get to Vote Donald J. Trump as the 45th President of the United States

Posted on December 19, 2016 by a1skeptic

Today is December 19th, the day where the Electoral College gets to decide formally whether or not Donald J. Trump will become the 45th President of the United States. There are, of course, many reasons why he shouldn’t. He lost … Continue reading →

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What to say in this period of mind-numbing absurdity?

Posted on December 13, 2016 by a1skeptic

After a fall of writing a lot of articles during the election season, hoping to help galvanize and motivate the left, I’ve run out of things to say. Not because there aren’t things to say. There are a lot of … Continue reading →

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The righteous anger of Tess Rafferty, and the manufactured crisis

Posted on November 29, 2016 by a1skeptic

A few days after the election of Donald J. Trump to be the 45th President of the United States, a woman named Tess Rafferty[1] recorded an incendiary email, a love letter of sorts to the right wing of America. The … Continue reading →

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These are the sources your President Elect is getting his information from

Posted on November 28, 2016 by a1skeptic

So, this is your President Elect on the week after Thanksgiving: a guy who thinks nothing of inventing lies out of whole cloth to suit his needs. I mean, that isn’t much different than the campaign he ran, so it … Continue reading →

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The Improvised Presidency of Donald J. Trump

Posted on November 23, 2016 by a1skeptic

Donald Trump’s will be the first improvised Presidency in the history of our nation. If you’ve read his biographies or watched his performance on the campaign trail, you know this to be true. Trump negotiates the way a civil litigator … Continue reading →

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It’s not yet time to throw the Baby out with the Bathwater

Posted on November 22, 2016 by a1skeptic

There have been so many petitions circulating and letters written since the election of the Donald, and it feels to me right now like our side is pretty much firing at anything that moves. It’s a lot of frenetic energy, … Continue reading →

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This is why I cannot Shut Up

Posted on November 20, 2016 by a1skeptic

After this election was over, it was really my plan to shut up for quite some time, to stop posting anything political on Facebook, and to stay silent while the country settled down. I figured that Hillary Clinton would come … Continue reading →

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A Day Late and a Dollar Short

Posted on November 16, 2016 by a1skeptic

To all those people out there protesting or demanding that the Electoral College not elect Donald Trump, I’m afraid that you’re a day late and a dollar short. Especially if you didn’t vote in this election. All the protests out … Continue reading →

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I Wished we Lived in a Country where Bernie could be President

Posted on June 18, 2015 by a1skeptic

I wished we lived in a country where Bernie Sanders could be President of the United States. We don’t live in that country. I don’t know that there’s anything else to say.

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