Category Archives: The Bold and the Badass

A must-see confrontation

Posted on February 29, 2024 by Sabina Becker

Unless you’ve been living under a lichen-covered rock in the woods, you’ve probably heard by now of Nex Benedict, the indigenous transgender high-schooler in Owasso, Oklahoma, who died of a brain injury on February 8 of this year, shortly after … Continue reading →

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Down go the Oath Keepers!

Posted on November 29, 2022 by Sabina Becker

Ben Meiselas breaks down today’s verdicts in the sedition case against the Oath Keepers, and it’s a doozer with far-reaching repercussions — and not just for the defendants proper: As Ben says, it’s been a slow and gradual, and very … Continue reading →

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DC locals don’t welcome the January 6 terrorist insurrection

Posted on January 8, 2021 by Sabina Becker

Especially not this man and this woman, who were coincidentally caught by a Norwegian news team as they made their objections known: Just imagine if it were Black Lives Matter. Would anyone have opened the gates for THEM? (Rhetorical question. … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on corrupt lawmakers

Posted on September 11, 2020 by Sabina Becker

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Buhbye, Kellyanne.

Posted on August 25, 2020 by Sabina Becker

Well, look who finally exited stage right. Ms. Alternative Facts herself: And of course, she’ll be “focusing more on family”, as they all say they’re going to do when they finally rotate out of that ol’ revolving door in politics … Continue reading →

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Photojournalist who lost an eye in the riots speaks out

Posted on June 1, 2020 by Sabina Becker

Linda Tirado, interviewed on CBC, doesn’t mince words about what happened to her. Or what she’s going to do, and keep doing, with two eyes or just one. Namely, holding the system accountable, and telling the truth, whether the powers … Continue reading →

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Italian mayors have a message for citizens: STAY HOME!

Posted on April 9, 2020 by Sabina Becker

This is a must-see: It’s incredible to me that anyone would still be going out and hanging out and partying and having their hairdressers make housecalls when everyone’s nonna and nonno are dying of the COVID over there in Italy. … Continue reading →

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COVID-19: An opportunity for the Shock Doctrine — or its opponents?

Posted on March 20, 2020 by Sabina Becker

Naomi Klein expands, briefly, on ideas from a book she wrote several years ago: I especially love how she takes a quote from far-right economist Milton Friedman (the author of the original Shock Doctrine, which Klein critically examined in her … Continue reading →

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When MAGAts get wrecked

Posted on December 17, 2019 by Sabina Becker

This is what you get for running your mouth, fucko: OOF. Big OOF. But even funnier, he ran out himself after the fact: It’s a thing of beauty, considering what a jabroni move this was: Colby Covington has chosen to … Continue reading →

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It’s official…

Posted on October 16, 2019 by Sabina Becker

…Bernie has been endorsed by three of the boldest progressives in the Congress: And even more encouragingly (and touchingly), here’s the story behind those endorsements: As the 78-year-old Sanders laid in a hospital bed in Nevada after a heart attack, … Continue reading →

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