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Monday, 27 October 2025

The New Declaration of Independence: From Trump

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  The 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence is fast approaching. The present  state of the USA demands a new declaration -- a...

A Poetic Piss-Potpourri: In Honor of Donald Trump

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Uptown, Downtown,  All around Epstein, A tisket a tasket,  Trump's in a basket. All fall down! If he doesn't go to jail,  He will da...

TAX REVOLT: Don't Put Your Money Where Trump Is.

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  On the18 th of April in ‘75 Hardly a tax was then alive. A tiny British tax on tea And Patriots made the British flee.   Today ...
Wednesday, 15 October 2025

Remarkable Charlestonians of the American Revolution

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  The Death of Major Pierson by John Singleton Cople y, 1782. Tate Britain   The American Revolution was a struggle for liberty, but not in...
Sunday, 10 August 2025

Defend American Culture, Join ICE!

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Yes, indeedy -- your country needs you -- to defend American Culture from people who are not like us. As FOTUS Trump and Kristi (Dog Killer)...
Wednesday, 23 July 2025

The GOD-KING of Dumbfuckistan

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I present His Majesty and Savior, The God-King, divine instrument of the Lord, chosen to lead America to the Promised Land of Dumbfuckistan ...
Sunday, 11 May 2025

Trump, Manifest Destiny, and American History

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[Image: "American Progress" by John Gast, 1872] The term "Manifest Destiny" describes the belief of many 19th century Am...
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