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Trump Surrogate To Trump Supporters: You’ve Been Had
Remember how the Trump phenomenon is a referendum on the decades old bait-and-switch scam practiced by the Republican Party? You know, how every election the rubes get promised an end to abortion, teh...
View ArticleLet’s Not Follow Sanders Off the Cliff
Remember last week when some folks were reassuring us that criticism of “identity politics” in the wake of the Democrats’ loss wasn’t code for throwing marginalized people under the bus? Here’s TPM’s...
View ArticleWho bears the risk
Who bears the risk? That is a fundamental question of our political system. In the United States, we are a mixed economy where there is a mixture of private risk bearing and public risk bearing. All...
View ArticleEarly Morning Open Thread: Queen of the Useful Idiots
Jill Stein is using distrust of institutions to bilk credulous voters, making her the 1st politician to learn the lesson of Trump's election — Wyeth Ruthven (@wyethwire) November 25, 2016 Jill Stein...
View ArticleMen Like Ravenous Fishes Feed On One Another
Here’s a three-year old video with sadly renewed resonance. It’s Ian McKellen, delivering a speech from Sir Thomas More, a work from the early 1590s that passed through many hands, including, as author...
View ArticleOpen Thread: Tom Perez for DNC Chair
After Biden news, Perez has as much as a 66-member lead among the 447 DNC members. 304 have committed so far. https://t.co/njR6iCEcwL — Lisa Lerer (@llerer) February 1, 2017 Former Vice President Joe...
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The Common Inheritance, The Common Defense
A bit of self promotion here, but I’ve got a piece in today’s Boston Globe that might be of interest to some here. It’s a look at what the idea of the commons — not just the abstract, model commons of...
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Muslim Ban 2.0 — First Time Tragedy; Second Time Tragic Farce
I’ll leave it to the more knowledgeable among us to dissect (looking at you, Adam…). But the greatest hits are about what I’d expected. Iraq’s off the list as we owe too much to too many there. The...
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While Weasels Gnaw Our Flesh
Just a quick hit to remind everyone that while the criminal investigation of Trump and co. widens, they’re still pissing on us at every opportunity, and calling it rain. So how’s this: it’s going to be...
View ArticleOpen Thread: You Come At the Queen…
Pelosi says when Democrats win the House next year, they will introduce two voting rights bills on first day — Sam Levine (@srl) June 22, 2017 One Dem invited to Pelosi coup meeting tells me "It's...
View ArticleExcellent Read: “Get Off Kamala Harris’s Back”
"kamala Harris doesn’t have a Bernie Sanders problem. The so-called “Sanders Left” has a black-woman problem" https://t.co/800EEkWL3r — BWD ?? (@IrisRimon) August 7, 2017 There’s been some...
View ArticleSchadenfreude Open Thread: The McConnell-Trump Marriage of Convenience Has...
This Senator Found a Monkey's Paw and Wished for GOP Judicial Nominees. You Won't Believe What Happened Next https://t.co/wroP6TvmvO — Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) August 22, 2017 I, myself, am rooting...
View ArticleREPUBS IN DISARRAY! Open Thread: When Did Mitch McConnell Turn...
McConnell asked Trump to help push Moore out of the race https://t.co/PMDD43NEmQ — Blake Hounshell (@blakehounshell) November 15, 2017 Alternative/more accurate/honest hede: McConnell asks Trump to...
View ArticleOpen Thread: Good for Nancy Pelosi
Who are the comms wizards who came up with Pelosi's talking points on Conyers? pic.twitter.com/fGmpH18DVl — Liam Donovan (@LPDonovan) November 26, 2017 She didn’t satisfy the ALL DEMOCRATS MUST...
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What Doesn’t Make You Stronger Can Kill You
Bit of self promotion here: I’ve got a piece in today’s Boston Globe, on one of the hidden consequences of failing to deal with the antibiotic crisis. In it, I focus on the use of antibiotics as...
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