Month: June 2021

Feature

Catching Up With (and Cleaning Up After) the Critical Race Theory Panic

On September 17th, 2020, Donald Trump gave a speech promoting “patriotic education” which aired conservative grievances about educators who dare to talk about the effects of race and class in America.  To those of us who came of age under a president who famously declared “either you are with us or you are with the terrorists”, a smug war criminal equating criticism of America with … Continue reading Catching Up With (and Cleaning Up After) the Critical Race Theory Panic

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Quickie

With a final Instagram post, John McAfee went out as he lived: dumb, but in a way that some people might think was cool

This story contains several mentions of suicide. If you have thoughts of self-harm, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, available 24 hours at 800-273-8255. John McAfee, the reclusive software “genius” who was indicted for tax evasion last year, died by suicide Wednesday. McAfee faced up to thirty years in federal prison if convicted for tax evasion, something he had so far managed to avoid … Continue reading With a final Instagram post, John McAfee went out as he lived: dumb, but in a way that some people might think was cool

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Health in America

Hemmed In at Home, Nonprofit Hospitals Look for Profits Abroad

By Jordan Rau for Kaiser Health News Across the street from the Buckingham Palace Garden and an ocean away from its Ohio headquarters, Cleveland Clinic is making a nearly $1 billion bet that Europeans will embrace a hospital run by one of America’s marquee health systems. Cleveland Clinic London, scheduled to open for outpatient visits later this year and for overnight stays in 2022, will … Continue reading Hemmed In at Home, Nonprofit Hospitals Look for Profits Abroad

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Quickie

30% of Republican voters are insane

As reported by The Hill, a new Hill-HarrisX poll finds that 30% of Republican voters say it’s likely that former President Donald Trump will be “reinstated” as president later this year. You might recall that we’ve talked about this very concept at Pyramid specifically because it’s literally impossible without a coup d’etat, although admittedly it’s not like Republicans are necessarily opposed to that. If something … Continue reading 30% of Republican voters are insane

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Politics

After two decades, Congress is repealing the president’s nearly unlimited war power

9 /11 was, for those who remember it vividly, terrifying. It’s right there in the world “terrorism.” On that day, and in the days and weeks after, it was hard to fathom that this was the same year we were introduced to “Island in the Sun.” It was a different world – a scarier world. And Americans have pretty much just the one response to … Continue reading After two decades, Congress is repealing the president’s nearly unlimited war power

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COVID-19, Politics

Some Americans don’t want the pandemic to end. They have good reasons.

On September 4, 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an order temporarily halting residential evictions in the United States. The order, made under the Public Health Service Act, was intended to slow the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus and was issued in part because states had different levels of protection against eviction. A few months later, Congress authorized billions in rental assistance. … Continue reading Some Americans don’t want the pandemic to end. They have good reasons.

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Quickie

In Alleged Health Care ‘Money Grab,’ Nation’s Largest Hospital Chain Cashes In on Trauma Centers

Jay Hancock, Kaiser Health News June 14, 2021 After falling from a ladder and cutting his arm, Ed Knight said, he found himself at Richmond, Virginia’s Chippenham Hospital surrounded by nearly a dozen doctors, nurses and technicians — its crack “trauma team” charged with saving the most badly hurt victims of accidents and assaults. But Knight’s wound, while requiring about 30 stitches, wasn’t life-threatening. Hospital … Continue reading In Alleged Health Care ‘Money Grab,’ Nation’s Largest Hospital Chain Cashes In on Trauma Centers

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Politics, Quickie

Surprise, Mitch McConnell’s big pitch for the midterms is “I won’t confirm a Supreme Court justice”

Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader and close relative of Grimace, has his big pitch for why voters should support Republicans in the 2022 midterm elections. If you think that pitch is “we will work hard to improve things for the good of the nation,” you have been asleep for a few decades. No, no, McConnell says that he wouldn’t confirm a Supreme Court justice and … Continue reading Surprise, Mitch McConnell’s big pitch for the midterms is “I won’t confirm a Supreme Court justice”

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Feature

We’re here today to ruin Mothman

Politics is very complicated but if there’s one thing we can all agree on it’s apparently that we’d like the world to be run by cryptids. Bigfoot? Sure. Cthulhu? You betcha. Sasquatch? That’s kind of just Bigfoot under a different name but alright. A giant meteor? That’s not really a cryptid but we’re game for it. Cryptids – animals or pseudopeople that don’t exist, probably … Continue reading We’re here today to ruin Mothman

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Politics

It’s been a while since we checked in on former president Donald – oh, no

George W. Bush, a fan of famed British politician Winston Churchill, was inspired by Churchill’s essay “Painting as a Pastime” to take up the art of painting himself. Painting has given him something to do since leaving the White House in 2009; Bush is now 74 years old, younger than the current president and his immediate predecessor and although ARTnews described him as “inelegant” and … Continue reading It’s been a while since we checked in on former president Donald – oh, no

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