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Apr 28, 2022

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Erick Erickson's Confessions of a Political Junkie

This is inexcusable

Marjorie Taylor Greene is a married woman who has committed adultery several times with men at her gym. She now presumes to speak for Christians and claim the church is controlled by Satan. The satanic conspiracy, you should note, is a core tenet of QAnon — a global deep state that worships Satan and engages in human trafficking against which God chos…

3 years ago · 14 likes · 3 comments · Erick-Woods Erickson

Jen Gerson: So we have to talk about Twitter, I guess

The purchase of Twitter has brought out the worst of Twitter. In case you are one of the majority of well-adjusted North American adults who remain indifferent to the social media hellsite; this week King Troll Billionaire Elon Musk announced a plan to purchase Twitter and take it private for $44 billion. The deal is e…

3 years ago · 15 likes · 14 comments · Jen Gerson

The Demon Capitalism

The farmer toiled away past the point of exhaustion, but it was pointless. The rains had never come, and all his crops were dying. It felt like his whole life was dying with it. This was the future of his family. This was everything. He stared off in the direction of the setting sun down the dirt road that ran near his farm. It led to a castle in which t…

3 years ago · 6 likes · 1 comment · Frank J. Fleming

Should You Be Allowed To Disagree With Your Progressive Colleagues? (Unlocked)

My subscribers voted, overwhelmingly, that they are okay with me sometimes unlocking previously paywalled posts that are at least three months old. That’s what I’m doing here — this post ran on 3/8/2021, and the original version lives here. As always, I’m cloning it to protect the privacy of subscribers who commented on the original — this version was c…

4 years ago · 6 likes · Jesse Singal

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