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Walt Whitman
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More Republican Nonsense: The Stop the War on Coal Act (I Wish I Was Making This Shit Up)
This is what we’ll get, and a whole lot more, if Republicans win the White House and majorities n Congress this year. This is also what we’ll get, albeit with a more eloquent delivery and a kinder demeanor, if the Democratic Party retains/gains control. Both parties are owned by the petroleum and pharmaceutical industries, the military- and prison-industrial complexes, and the oligarchs on Wall Street. Owned.Completely. They have colluded to keep third-party candidate off the ballot and out of the … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Money & Power, Revolution
Tagged Democratic Party, ecocide, Oligarchy, Republican Party, Wall Street
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