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BLACKMAIL: Pelosi Cashes In On Big Semiconductor’s Big Payday | Steve Berman

BLACKMAIL: Pelosi Cashes In On Big Semiconductor’s Big Payday | Steve Berman


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I don’t know why this is playing in my head, but I’ll start off with the Barry Manilow hit “I Write the Songs.” Did you know that it was originally recorded by Captain & Tennille on their first album “Love Will Keep Us Together”? It was written by the great Brian Johnston, who co-wrote many …

REBELLION: The People Reject a Hellish Green Paradise | Steve Berman

REBELLION: The People Reject a Hellish Green Paradise | Steve Berman


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In Sri Lanka, the government became enamored with climate science, and eliminating the negative effects of nitrogen oxides found in chemical fertilizers. So they simply banned the products, forcing farmers to revert back half a century. It isn’t difficult to predict the consequences of this action: domestic rice production fell by about 20 percent, and the …

MTG, Marcus Flowers, a Pile of Cash, and the Truth | Steve Berman

MTG, Marcus Flowers, a Pile of Cash, and the Truth | Steve Berman


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Traveling through rural northwest Georgia, you’ll see plenty of visible support for Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. She has become perhaps the best poster child for Q-Anon Trumpists who surfed the orange wave into office. MTG replaced Tom Graves, who retired in 2019, at 49 years old, after serving five terms. Graves didn’t even finish his …

MALPRACTICE: Lessons From COVID-19, Which Hasn’t Gone Away

MALPRACTICE: Lessons From COVID-19, Which Hasn’t Gone Away


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If your workplace is anything like mine, you’ve noticed COVID-19 has not released the country from its gator-jaws. Smack in the middle of our return-to-normal lives, COVID has re-emerged as the “BA.5” variant. You may get it. If you’re vaccinated, that’s not necessarily going to help. If you’re boosted, you might still get it. In …

MONKEYWASHING: The Media’s Obsession with Negative Space | Steve Berman

MONKEYWASHING: The Media’s Obsession with Negative Space | Steve Berman


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I want to focus on two stories that highlight the media’s obsession with negative space. Here’s the first example. America’s July 4th festivities were pierced by a horrible act of violence as a rooftop shooter opened fire at a parade in Highland Park, Illinois. Six were killed and about two dozen were wounded; the 22-year-old suspected killer …