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Charlie Brown tricked again by MAGA Lucy

Posted on November 12, 2025 by oddmanout215

Swamp Rabbit snapped open a cold beer and groaned as he read aloud from a story on my laptop: President Donald Trump has come under fire after he hosted a “Great Gatsby”-themed Halloween party just hours before millions of Americans lost their … Continue reading →

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Are Trump fans blind? No, it’s worse than that.

Posted on October 25, 2024 by oddmanout215

Here’s Robert Reich, echoing the thoughts of sane people all over the country: … At this moment, I’m frankly worried. How is it even possible that Trump is tied with Harris in the battleground states that will determine who becomes … Continue reading →

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Centrism (mainstream media’s favorite myth)

Posted on June 11, 2023 by oddmanout215

“What you mean their ain’t no center?” Swamp Rabbit said. “There’s the left wing and the right wing and the center. You can’t have the one without the others.” I was telling him that CNN chief Chris Licht had been … Continue reading →

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Hey, let’s appoint Jeff Davis to investigate the Civil War

Posted on July 23, 2021 by oddmanout215

So Nancy Pelosi tells Kevin McCarthy no, you can’t appoint foes of the democratic process to a committee investigating an attack on the democratic process. She’s referring to Jan. 6, when an angry mob of Trumpers stormed the Capitol with … Continue reading →

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How much are essential workers worth?

Posted on August 6, 2020 by oddmanout215

I heard caterwauling: “I’m gonna have to throw all this trash into the swamp if they don’t pick up soon. The frogs and the possums ain’t gonna like that.” Swamp Rabbit was standing outside his shack, jamming empty beer cans … Continue reading →

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Al Green’s impeachment song is a flop

Posted on July 17, 2019 by oddmanout215

I was in the little shack behind my main shack, rooting around for a rusty old window fan. Swamp Rabbit was in the main shack, watching the rerun of a cable news story from last night. “It’s Al Green, check … Continue reading →

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Trump’s snake oil still potent

Posted on November 7, 2018 by oddmanout215

Yesterday I showed Swamp Rabbit a line from a pre-election news story: Two years of political volatility will culminate Tuesday, when voters for the first time since the stunning 2016 election render a nationwide judgment on whether Trumpism is a … Continue reading →

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The Times’s Trump story is a few years too late

Posted on October 3, 2018 by oddmanout215

“I built what I built myself,” Mr. Trump has said, a narrative that was long amplified by often-credulous coverage from news organizations, including The Times. Certainly a handful of journalists and biographers, notably Wayne Barrett, Gwenda Blair, David Cay Johnston … Continue reading →

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A big victory for vile-but-discreet

Posted on December 21, 2017 by oddmanout215

Last week, after Roy Moore lost the race for a Senate seat in Alabama, I wrote “Old-guard Senate Republicans don’t like over-the-top vile. They like guys who are vile but discreet.” In other words, they prefer colleagues who are like … Continue reading →

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New tickets to paradise from PA Lottery

Posted on January 26, 2015 by oddmanout215

Nothing says “lower-class desperation” more clearly than state-sponsored lotteries: A new Pennsylvania Lottery game debuts Tuesday, while other longtime drawings are getting new names. The new game is called PICK 2, a twice-daily drawing that allows players to bet on … Continue reading →

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