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Die, or Get Better?

June 6, 2020 Chris SunamiIdentity

In these days of pandemic, American democracy lies sick, burning not with fever but with fire. Every illness must come to one end or the other. Will she die, or will she get better? The[…]

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Trump vs Obama: America’s A/B Experiment

February 28, 2019December 13, 2019 Chris SunamiPolitics

There’s only one lens through which the Trump presidency makes actual sense: As a self-organizing A/B experiment in sociology, carried out on the grandest of scales. The A part of the experiment was a man[…]

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Dear Dems, Impeach Trump Today (and again tomorrow if necessary)

January 3, 2019January 3, 2019 Chris SunamiPolitics

It’s no accident that the rhetoric around Trump has shifted from “he’ll be impeached the moment the Democrats take the House” to “oh, it would be a mistake to impeach him, we don’t have the[…]

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District 12 Votes This Week

August 2, 2018August 1, 2018 Chris SunamiColumbus

AUGUST 7th 2018 By this time next week, the last special election for US Congress before Election Day will be all over… except the tears.  But who will be crying is yet to be written. […]

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image by Sarah Carolan

2018 US Midterm Elections

July 5, 2018July 5, 2018 Chris SunamiPolitics

First, a couple of disclaimers.  There are many issues I’m conservative on, and some I’m increasingly conservative on.  I’ve voted for Republicans in the past, and I’m have a wealth of complaints about the Democratic[…]

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His Chief Strategist calls it “treasonous,” why won’t his party?

January 4, 2018January 3, 2018 Chris SunamiPolitics

It isn’t often that I agree with former White House Chief Strategist (and white power sympathist) Stephen K. Bannon (although we are both fans of the visionary Strauss & Howe book, The Fourth Turning), but[…]

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image by Bruce Plante

R.I.P. G.O.P.

July 20, 2017July 20, 2017 Chris SunamiPolitics

I’m progressive, even radical on many topics, but I also hold some conservative views; and like most people, I’ve grown more conservative as I’ve grown older. I’m not a fan of the Democrats, and I’ve[…]

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Impeachment Time: Why We Can’t Wait

May 16, 2017 Chris SunamiPolitics

Whether or not it was illegal, Donald Trump’s volunteering of top secret intelligence to the spymaster of a hostile government was a clear violation of his oath of office.  For a top government official to[…]

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Saving America’s Democracy

May 11, 2017May 15, 2017 Chris SunamiPolitics

“If deliberate, it would be treason.” – Elliot Cohen Update: As of 5/15/17, multiple credible sources are reporting that Trump volunteered top secret information to a Russian spymaster, endangering a critical American source of classified[…]

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The End of Racism and Sexism

December 29, 2016 Chris SunamiHumor

Retrieved from Googlepedia May 5th, 2042 When Donald J. Trump was elected, 26 years ago, even his most ardent supporters didn’t anticipate the dawn of a new, post-racist, post-sexist society. After all, in electing him,[…]

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