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Keep Your Knives Sharp | Steve Berman

Keep Your Knives Sharp | Steve Berman


Opinion Contributor

After Virginia’s debacle for Democrats, along with warning shots fired in New Jersey (a truck driver who spent $153 on his campaign as a Republican beat the most powerful Democrat in the New Jersey Senate, lol), the next phase is controlling the conversation, not—God forbid—introspection. In Virginia, Democrats occupied the cultural high ground and lost the tug of …

Good Old Reliable Joe Biden | Steve Berman

Good Old Reliable Joe Biden | Steve Berman


Opinion Contributor

Joe Biden, as a senator in 2008, was instrumental in getting President George W. Bush’s Recovery Act passed; as Vice President in 2009, Biden was responsible for overseeing that same plan under President Obama. That “stimulus” program was much different from the pandemic direct payments and child care credit program of 2021. In 2009, the rich banks …

“X” Gender Passport Means 2+2=5 | Steve Berman

“X” Gender Passport Means 2+2=5 | Steve Berman


Opinion Contributor

2+2=5. Read the paragraph below from the AP, especially the part I italicized. The department did not identify the passport recipient, but Dana Zzyym, an intersex activist from Fort Collins, Colorado, told The Associated Press in a telephone interview that they received it. Since 2015, Zzyym, who prefers a gender-neutral pronoun, has been in a legal battle …