Dispatches From Exile

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The Hyphenated-American Minefield
Maybe in these polarized, ethnically and racially fraught times, we should abandon hyphenations and just all call ourselves "Americans."
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James L Bruno
Weekly Mind Dump: Trump's War on Government is Costing Lives
A mere five months in, the human cost of the Trump administration's unbridled incompetence has only just gotten underway. Expect countless more lives to…
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Weekly Mind Dump: The Stench of the End of Empire
A democracy is only as good as its people and if they vote in bad leaders, they then must face the consequences. American civilization is in decline…
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June 2025

Welcome to the Twilight Zone: I'm Not MAGA - What's Wrong with Me?
As everyone around you goes mad, the question of what to do really comes down to something as basic as knowing right from wrong, fact from fiction.
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Sleeping with the Enemy: Is Usha Vance a Hypocrite or a Survivor?
She is likely going along to get along in order to maintain her marriage, a fish out of water who has become a fellow traveler in her husband’s…
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Weekly Mind Dump: Attacking Iran as a Means to Impose Dictatorship at Home
Trump is risking American lives with his impulsive actions. What to do if he uses his attacks on Iran as a ploy to impose dictatorship at home?
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L'État, c'est moi: Trump's Personalized Foreign Policy
As America teeters on the precipice of entering into a major war, decision-making is devoid of process and executed on whim by an ignorant commander in…
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Weekly Mind Dump: How Leni Riefenstahl Would've Done Trump's Parade
Trump's "Army Day" birthday parade was a bust. If MAGA wants to make an impact, it must go full fascist. Take lessons from a master propaganda…
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Fascism: Are We There Yet? - Part III
We are 58 percent along the road to a full fascist rule. And with 1317 days to go in Trump's second term, there's plenty of time to complete the plan.
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Weekly Mind Dump: A Word on Retribution
Why have millions of Americans embraced a man driven by retribution when, as Mandela said, more is achieved in life through acts of mercy?
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Russia's Pearl Harbor
Moscow's targeting of civilians is self-defeating. It is the non-quantifiable psychological factor that will be key to how this conflict ends and who…
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Weekly Mind Dump: The Literary Masters on Today's Madness
Captain Ahab explains Donald Trump: "All my means are sane, my motive and my object mad."
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