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For the Corporate Person by the Corporate Person

By Yasmina Reality on March 12, 2020 in #democrat, #progressive, politics with No Comments

Published on the Daily Kos The Melting Pot. That was the name of my third grade social studies book in 1970s Chicago Public School. I remember reading about the first Thanksgiving dinner and all the peace and love that abound and coming home to show my parents the Native American headdress I was wearing made from brightly […]

Dear Pete, Sorry for the “Nostalgia.”

By Yasmina Reality on February 26, 2020 in #democrat, #progressive, #vote, current events, politics with No Comments

I shared this post on the Daily Kos, 2/26/2020. The Democratic Debate stage in South Carolina last night displayed desperation from establishment candidates reluctant to accept that Bernie Sanders is the front runner in the primaries. I didn’t hear policy from most candidates, just a frenzied poking-away at Bernie as if his popularity could be chipped away […]

I reject the two-party system of our current fantasy world

By Yasmina Reality on July 19, 2018 in #democrat, #GOP, #progressive, #vote, politics with No Comments

One conviction I’ve had pretty much from the onset of my adulthood is rejection of the two-party system. I’m registered “democrat” but that doesn’t mean I am one. I even reject the label “independent” because it espouses in our culture an “anti-something” stance. In other words— shouldn’t independent thought be all of our default states? […]