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AndySchmookler's Profile
Award winning book: THE PARABLE OF THE TRIBES. Speech that went viral: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejL5JDw_GNU. Talk radio host. Degrees from Harvard and Berkeley.. New book: WHAT WE ARE UP AGAINST: http://www.nonesoblind.org/advancecopy/
Real Name: Andy
Location: Virginia
Groups: Virginia Kos
Twitter: andyschmookler
Diaries published: 994 (2 days since last diary on Wed Dec 06, 2023 at 07:59 AM PST)
Comments posted: 2303 (2 days since last comment on Wed Dec 06, 2023 at 12:59 PM PST)
Diary frequency: frequent
Comment frequency: frequent
Total Recommends: 2036
Total Comment Ratings: 0
Most Recommended Diary: Why the Trump Rape Trial Now Looks More IMPORTANT to Me Than It Did, 418 comments, 682 recommends
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This piece will be appearing in newspapers in the very red congressional district (the VA-06 of 2012) in which I ran for Congress in 2012. The Republican Party had already become possessed by “A Sick and Broken Spirit” by that time. But, to paraphrase...
by AndySchmookler
 219 comments
on Wed Dec 06, 2023 at 07:59 AM PST
with 644 Recommends
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The idea that U.S. aid to Israel should be handed over as a “blank check” makes no sense. [My larger picture of the nature of the forces at work in the human world — A BETTER HUMAN STORY -- can be found here.]
by AndySchmookler
12 comments
on Tue Dec 05, 2023 at 08:14 AM PST
with 2 Recommends
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Here’s a 7-minute video that argues that there is no contradiction between our knowing — as informed citizens — that Trump is guilty (even “guilty beyond a reasonable doubt) and being able — if we were jurors in a Trump trial — to grant him “the...
by AndySchmookler
12 comments
on Mon Dec 04, 2023 at 08:28 AM PST
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I grew up thinking Academia was a golden world, and that academics were people of integrity like my Dad (who was a professor of economics). Then, at the age of 24, I had a life-changing experience — feeling “called” to develop a Big Idea that I...
by AndySchmookler
12 comments
on Sat Dec 02, 2023 at 07:54 AM PST
with 6 Recommends
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If Nikki Haley can clear the rest of the field, so that the race comes down to just her and Trump, does she have a chance to win the Republican nomination? Koch-Brother money is being invested in this Hail Mary, Last-Gasp test of the question of...
by AndySchmookler
9 comments
on Fri Dec 01, 2023 at 08:57 AM PST
with 11 Recommends
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The Republican Base is the Main Locus of Our Political Disease ***************************** Earlier today, I posted a diary that was part diary and then part video under the title “The Underappreciated Genius of Donald Trump.” It was a complete flop...
by AndySchmookler
41 comments
on Thu Nov 30, 2023 at 12:23 PM PST
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- Slate, slate.com/… has an interesting report on Clarence Thomas and his Bruen decision last June, when Justice Thomas ordered courts to assess the constitutionality of modern-day gun restrictions by searching for “historical analogues” from 1791, when...229 comments 483 Recs
- On Wednesday, hidden under the fog of traditional media outlets worrying about Democratic candidate John Fetterman’s post-stroke recovery, while accepting Mehmet Oz’s career of quackery, President Biden’s Department of Justice made a very important...137 comments 280 Recs
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