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CARL DAVIDSON / COMMENTARY / Trump as big-city crimefighter?
Cartoon courtesy of LeftLinks. By Carl Davidson / The Rag Blog / August 15, 2025 This article was originally posted on August 15, 2025, as a weekly editorial on LeftLinks by its editor Carl Davidson and is cross-posted to The … Continue reading
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MICHAEL MEEROPOL / POLITICAL COMMENTARY / Vice President Vance says people who fought in the Civil War have a larger claim to citizenship than people living here today
J.D. Vance by DonkeyHotey. This caricature of J.D. Vance was adapted from a Creative Commons licensed photo from Gage Skidmore’s Flickr photostream. By Michael Meeropol / The Rag Blog / August 5, 2025 The following is an expanded version of a … Continue reading
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MICHAEL MEEROPOL / TRUMP / The war with Iran should not distract us from important domestic issues
E. Jean Carroll, 2006. Photo by julieannesmo. Creative Commons image. By Michael Meeropol / The Rag Blog / July 3, 2025 The following is an expanded version of a commentary delivered over WAMC-FM on June 27, 2025 by Michael Meeropol … Continue reading
NORMAN SOLOMON / POLITICS / When will the Democrats put up a fight?
Democratic party leaders just met for the first time in months. When will they take real action? By Norman Solomon / The Rag Blog / June 10, 2025 This article was originally published at The Guardian and was cross-posted to … Continue reading
BRUCE MELTON / CLIMATE & POLITICS / The dumbest climate plan in history
By Bruce Melton / The Rag Blog / April 17, 2025 The title of this article is not solely meant to highlight the level of knowledge of this current administration, but to draw attention to the strongly conservative Wall Street Journal article,“The Dumbest Trade War … Continue reading
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POLITICAL HISTORY | Ranking Donald Trump
among the one and done
Donald John Trump had his papers graded and the voters failed him as decisively as he failed them. By Steve Russell | The Rag Blog | January 5, 2021 Those of us who consider history to be recreational reading started … Continue reading
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POLITICAL CARTOON | A Covid Christmas
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Tagged A Covid Christmas, Donald Trump, Grim Reaper, Joshua Brown, Political Cartoon
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OPINION | Trump’s revenge: The only way he thinks
he can win
(Or, I’d rather be scared now than shocked and scared later.) By Larry Piltz | The Rag Blog | November 12, 2020 AUSTIN — There’s nothing and no one to stop Trump from disregarding all and every convention, practice, protocol … Continue reading
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POLITICAL CARTOON | POTUS graciously accepts defeat
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POLITICAL CARTOON | Covid Man
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MICHAEL MEEROPOL / COMMENTARY / Sleeping Giant: Thoughts on the results of the November 4 elections
Image from Pix4Free.org. By Michael Meeropol / The Rag Blog / November 18, 2025 The following is an expanded version of a commentary delivered over WAMC-FM on November 7, 2025, by Michael Meeropol, Professor Emeritus of Economics at Western New … Continue reading →