Category Archives: mainstream media

The windmills of Trump’s mind

Posted on September 19, 2026 by oddmanout215

“The news is bad, Swamp Rabbit. We’re keeping coal plants on life support, propping up super-emitters of methane, ignoring record heat and wildfires and long-term droughts, blocking production of electric cars and offshore wind farms, all because of one spiteful … Continue reading →

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Labor organizers have (lots of) work to do

Posted on September 14, 2026 by oddmanout215

Last week on Labor Day I found a column I wrote in 2011 for the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire. It’s what editors call an evergreen column, meaning it will always be topical. Plutocrats are still fighting … Continue reading →

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The irony of anti-immigration efforts

Posted on September 7, 2026 by oddmanout215

“Remember when ICE locked up that guy from Guinea who lived in Philly legally for twenty years, just because they could? There are a million stories like his.” I was telling my crusty neighbor Swamp Rabbit that the history of … Continue reading →

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Athletes and artists (Trump and Nero)

Posted on August 27, 2026 by oddmanout215

Another reminder of how much better off we’d be if the malicious buffoon in the White House cheated at golf fulltime instead of devoting his extra hours to wrecking the economy and pursuing his forever war with Iran: The Winning … Continue reading →

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Slipping through the loopholes

Posted on August 20, 2026 by oddmanout215

I figured my neighbor Swamp Rabbit would flip out when he saw my new dispatch, but hey — this is the biggest political story of our era and proof of how quickly an evil fraudster can slip through loopholes in … Continue reading →

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It’s alive! And it’s shredding the Constitution

Posted on August 16, 2026 by oddmanout215

When will the Dr. Frankenstein clones on the U.S. Supreme Court admit they helped create a monster they can’t control? Let’s see… In June the Court re-explained the purpose of the 14th Amendment, which states that people born in the … Continue reading →

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Another setback for campus free speech

Posted on August 11, 2026 by oddmanout215

“Oh no, some semi-educated college president in Florida just fired a professor for teaching an Ottessa Moshfegh story after a student complained that the story caused her ‘mild discomfort.’ Even the English teachers aren’t safe in that state.” My crusty … Continue reading →

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True colors (stroking the tyrant one last time)

Posted on August 8, 2026 by oddmanout215

These are my principles, and if you don’t like them… well, I have others. — Groucho Marx How low can Republicans go? Look no further than Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy, who just delighted Donald Trump by casting the vote that … Continue reading →

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Contempt of Congress is justified in this case

Posted on August 7, 2026 by oddmanout215

My neighbor Swamp Rabbit approached me as I was writing about the know-nothings who ambushed Anthony Fauci last week at a McCarthy-esque Senate hearing that showcased their hostility to science and good sense. “This is just a rant,” Swamp Rabbit … Continue reading →

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Beware the pool creature’s wrath

Posted on August 2, 2026 by oddmanout215

The creature from the green lagoon invited bad publicity in June when his minions arrested a passerby named David Hearn at the Jefferson Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C. This week the U.S. Department of Justice — an Orwellian name … Continue reading →

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