Musings & Amusings
Robert S. McElvaineCommentaries on, as Dickens wrote in "Our Mutual Friend," “things warious.” I’m a bit dyslexic; my brain mixes things together, which can lead to seeing connections between things that others see as unrelated. I hope you'll like the results.
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BREAKING! Trump Blames Lincoln for Arms Shortage
Welcome back to “Musings & Amusings,” and greetings to those of you who are new.
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The number of subscribers to this publication is growing rapidly, and I am grateful for that. I know there are many publications o...
Trump Intel Documents Show He Lost in 2020 and that the "Russia Hoax" Wasn't a Hoax
The documents show that two of Trump's favorite, repeated ad nauseam, charges — the "Russia Hoax" and the Big Lie that the 2020 Election was stolen from him — are 100% groundless
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An Ominous 2024 Warning from Australia on What Trump Will Try on Thursday Evening
With Donald Trump set yet again to spew ridiculous lies about the 2020 election having been stolen from him to the American people on Thursday evening, I happened upon a Facebook memory — which I almost never look at — from 2024 that seemed...
A New Declaration of Independence — from Trumpism
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Across AMERICA, July 4, 2026
A DECLARATION
By the PEOPLE of the
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
In GE...
Do Democrats Have Chance to Win Senate Seat in Mississippi?
Democrats need to make a net gain of four seats this fall to gain control of the United States Senate. Where might they come from? North Carolina? Sure. Ohio? Likely. Maine? Yes. Alaska? Good chance. Iowa? In play. Texas? With James Talaric...
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Author, historian, feminist, believer in democracy—placing current developments in historical context. Author of 11books. Current book project: “An Agreed-Upon Fiction—The creation of the ‘Inferior’ Sex: Hoe It Misshaped History & the Present.”
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