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I’m endorsing Elizabeth Warren for President of the United States

By Mark | May 14, 2019

My intention was to wait another year or so before calling a press conference and formally endorsing a candidate for president, but, when I saw this thread of comments today from Senator Elizabeth Warren about why she wouldn’t be following the lead of other Democratic candidates and appearing on FOX News, I decided that I’ve […]

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged corporate fascism, corporate money, Donald Trump, Elizabeth Warren, FOX News, get the money out of Washington, grab them by the pussy, Kamala Harris, native american, nicknames, Oklahoma, political endorsements | 179 Comments

Unbreaking America: focusing on popular nonpartisan state ballot initiatives to build momentum for national anti-corruption legislation

By Mark | March 19, 2019

I have issues with the nonpartisan political action group RepresentUs. I don’t like, for instance, that, at their upcoming “Unrig Summit” in Nashville, their speakers are going to include the likes of Tulsi “I’ never met a dictator that I didn’t like” Gabbard, Howard “I want to run as an independent even if it means […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2020, American Anti-Corruption Act, campaign financing, Citizens Redistricting Commission, Donald Trump, Election Day, ethics, For the People Act of 2019, gerrymandering, get the money out of Washington, Hillary Clinton, Howard Schultz, Jennifer Lawrence, Jill Stein, lobbying, Michigan, Mitch McConnell, money in politics, Nina Turner, nonpartisan, populism, Proposition 2, redistricting, RepresentUs, rigged system, threats to Democracy, Tulsi Gabbard, Unbreak America, Unrig Summit, vote the bums out, voter suppression | 47 Comments

Laura Ingram, in a monologue praised by David Duke, says, because of immigrants, “The America we know and love doesn’t exist anymore”

By Mark | August 9, 2018

Last spring, when Fox News host Laura Ingraham decided to use her platform to personally attack a survivor of the Parkland school shooting, over a dozen companies, including the likes of Hulu and Office Depot, announced that they would no longer be running ads on the program. Ingraham took an unplanned leave of absence from […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Corporate Crime, Economics, Uncategorized | Also tagged #BoycottIngraham, Ace Hardware, advertising, Alex Jones, anti-immigrant, anti-Semitic, boycotts, Charlottesville, clean white thoroughbred, David Duke, David Hogg, Donald Trump, FOX News, hate speech, holocaust denial, Hulu, InfoWars, KKK, Ku Klux Klan, Lafayette Park, Laura Ingraham, LeBron James, Office Depot, Parkland, racism, racist dog whistle, school shooting, Unite the Right, whiter nationalism | 62 Comments

In spite of it all, there really is a lot to be thankful for

By Mark | November 27, 2014

The world we live in is harsh and ugly at times. And it’s easy to give in to despair. This, sadly, is doubly true for those of us, like me, who expend a good deal of their time and energy trying to avoid the grasp of depression, even in the best of times. It’s hard […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Mark's Life, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged anti-science, class warfare, depression, Emergency Manager, gerrymandering, Harry Bennet, public education, religious extremism, snake line, surveillance, Thanksgiving, the militarization of the police, Tom Monaghan, William Barber | 25 Comments

What you should know about the uprising in Turkey

By Mark | June 3, 2013

Saturday night, I posted something on Facebook about the recent uprisings in Turkey, expressing both my support and frustration. (My support because, from what I can tell, the people taking to the streets across the country are largely folks who, like me, are interested in fighting for secular government, and the rights of individuals to […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Other, Uncategorized | Also tagged AKP, alcohol, Arab Spring, Atatürk, Ayse's Cafe, Ben Ali, Bosporus Bridge, corporatism, democracy, Ebru Uras, Gezi Park, green space, Iran, Islam, Islamization, Istanbul, Juan Cole, Justice and Development Party, lipstick, mallification, malls, Mubarak, Occupy, Occupy Genzi, occupygezi, public space, religious fundamentalism, Taksim, Taksim Square, Tayyip Erdogan, threats to Democracy, world | 34 Comments

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I’m endorsing Elizabeth Warren for President of the United States

Unbreaking America: focusing on popular nonpartisan state ballot initiatives to build momentum for national anti-corruption legislation

Laura Ingram, in a monologue praised by David Duke, says, because of immigrants, “The America we know and love doesn’t exist anymore”

In spite of it all, there really is a lot to be thankful for

What you should know about the uprising in Turkey

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