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The Undeniable and Open Darkness of Today

This is the undeniable state of the union in 2022. Our right-wing fetishize violence and wants to arm more people.

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Steward Beckham
May 25, 2022
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What is this place we are in?

Why is it so murky and eerie?

Why is the only brightness emanating from a gaslight?

That’s what paying attention to American politics is like in the Age of Mass Shootings.

Shootings that are political fodder for charlatans in a broken-down right-wing political ecosystem that is held hostage by malevole…

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