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How the Toxic Positivity of LinkedIn Serves the Status Quo

The poisonous online spectacle of hustle and grind threatens our mental health and forecloses the possibility of real change.

10 min readMar 23, 2022

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How the Toxic Positivity of LinkedIn Serves the Status Quo

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An Injustice!

A Texas Dumpster Fire: The Story of Ken Paxton and Nate Paul

Is the FBI’s arrest of Nate Paul a bid to get him to flip on Texas AG Ken Paxton?

7 min readJun 12, 2023

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Texas Attorney Ken Paxton and Nate Paul

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An Injustice!

Ron DeSantis: The Fascist Weirdo Beast of Florida Politics Who Will Never Be President

DeSantis is trying to position himself as a cold-blooded culture warrior in the mold of Trump. But he’s just such a weird little guy

8 min readMay 5, 2023

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Ron DeSantis as an alligator.

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An Injustice!

The Fascist Roots of the Right’s ‘Woke’ Obsession and Groomer Panic

The Right’s obsession with “woke” culture is fueling a moral panic over trans rights and the LGBTQ+ community, leading to rising violence.

10 min readApr 5, 2023

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The Fascist Roots of the Right’s ‘Woke’ Obsession and Groomer Panic

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Cultured

An Appeal to Heaven: The Terrifying Christian Nationalist Logic Behind the Jan. 6 Insurrection

White Christian Nationalism is America’s original purity culture, and it fueled the violence of the riots on Jan. 6 at the U.S. Capitol

13 min readJan 5, 2023

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An Appeal to Heaven: The Terrifying Christian Nationalist Logic Behind the Jan. 6 Insurrection

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Is Elon Musk Killing Twitter or Is He Saving It? Let’s Look at the Facts

Is Elon Musk, CEO and figurehead of Tesla, SpaceX and a dozen failed ventures, just a more rich version of the MyPillow guy?

12 min readNov 11, 2022

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Is Elon Musk Killing Twitter or Is He Saving It? Let’s Look at the Facts

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An Injustice!

God Wants You to Smash the Gender Binary and Love Trans Kids

Here’s how the Bible affirms transgender, non-binary, and gender non-conforming people.

14 min readOct 27, 2022

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God Wants You to Smash the Gender Binary and Love Trans Kids

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An Injustice!

The Thin Blue Line Flag and the Punisher Logo Are Fascist

No matter what police say.

11 min readOct 7, 2022

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An Injustice!

Biden Almost Drops the F-Bomb — Are MAGA Republicans Semi-Fascist?

Don’t call them ultranationalist, alt-right, far right, radical right, or semi-fascist. Only one word describes the MAGA movement.

10 min readSep 8, 2022

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Biden Almost Drops the F-Bomb — Are MAGA Republicans Semi-Fascist?

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An Injustice!

Beyond Court Packing: Here’s How Democrats Can Fix the Supreme Court

Democrats need to do more than just pack the Supreme Court and enact term limits on justices. There are other tools in the Constitution.

12 min readAug 3, 2022

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Beyond Court Packing: Here’s How Democrats Can Fix the Supreme Court

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Joel

Joel

Essayist, editor, drummer, and dad thinking about the climate crisis, politics, faith, political theology, policy, and punk rock. Texas forever.

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