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Erik Loomis

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Labor historian. Now on Bluesky 99% of time. 1st Gen. Receipt keeper of American evil, then & now. Academic union thug. Beer. Music. Energy is my currency.
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Trumpism at Its Core

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By Erik Loomis
| Lawyers, Guns and Money
If there’s one thing Donald Trump believes in, it’s rich people breaking the law and getting away with it: Trump administration officials earlier this year killed a federal criminal investigation into the coal empire owned by Sen. Jim Justice, a Republican from West Virginia and a close ally of the president’s.
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Meet Your New LGM South American Correspondent/World Cup Open Thread

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By Erik Loomis
| Lawyers, Guns and Money
I am spending the next six weeks in Argentina and Chile, theoretically learning Spanish, more likely sounding like an asshole to my teachers and fellow students. Prepare accordingly for posts about the region. What is this “World Cup” I keep hearing about? Argentina is…good at something? I mean, other than managing its economy of course. Chile doesn’t have chili as its national dish? Or Hatch green chile for that matter? I am so confused.
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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 2,159

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By Erik Loomis
| Lawyers, Guns and Money
This is the grave of Stephen Vincent Benét. Born in 1898 in Fountain Hill, Pennsylvania, Benét grew up pretty well off. His grandfather was a brigadier general in the Civil War and his uncle invented the Hotchkiss machine gun. But the military was not going to be the path for young Benét. In fact, his parents seem to have pushed the idea of writing and arts on their kids since a few of them would end up in the literary world. Still, he had to go the military path through school.
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