Do you remember when Rush Limbaugh insisted that the Affordable Care Act was a form of reparations? As silly as this argument sounds, it’s quite likely that many Republican members of the House and Senate actually believe this, which explains why the GOP has been so vigilant about trying to obliterate Obamacare. In the right-wing […]
D.R. Tucker
D. R. Tucker is a Massachusetts-based journalist who has served as the weekend contributor for the Washington Monthly since May 2014. He has also written for the Huffington Post, the Washington Spectator, the Metrowest Daily News, investigative journalist Brad Friedman's Brad Blog and environmental journalist Peter Sinclair's Climate Crocks.
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A News Empire Bows to Trump and the GOP
NBC seems to have forgotten Megan Kelly’s history of racist remarks
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Wake Up Call
They say the great songs are timeless, for reasons positive and negative. One such song is “Wake Up Everybody” by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, released in 1975–and sadly, just as relevant now as it was then. It’s hard to listen to the opening lyrics without thinking of the aftermath–in terms of both despair […]
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Thought Process
C’mon, John Kerry’s just doing his job. The outgoing Secretary of State knows that the man nominated to replace him, ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson, isn’t qualified to cut the White House lawn, much less represent the Trump administration internationally. As a longtime climate hawk, Kerry also knows about ExxonMobil’s decades of deception on climate change, […]
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Heat Index
The top ten climate stories of 2016: 1.) Donald Trump’s Electoral College Victory: The ascension of an avowed climate denier to the White House–and the subsequent selection of a Cabinet chockablock with climate deniers–could push the world to the edge of eco-disaster. 2.) 2016, the third consecutive hottest year on record Speaking of eco-disaster, unrestrained […]
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No More Drama
Let’s all make a New Year’s Resolution for 2017: no more hand-wringing about why Hillary Clinton didn’t win the Electoral College. In the days following the dark night of November 8, I have been mystified as to why most Democrats and progressives didn’t come to the obvious conclusion that the Electoral College win of the, […]
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We Will Not Yield
Years ago, Billy Joel used to close his concerts with the following line: “Don’t take any s___ from anybody!” It’s worthwhile advice, especially now–and it’s advice we at the Washington Monthly plan to follow. We won’t take it from the Trump administration, that coterie of cretins determined to wipe away the advances of the 20th […]
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Where Do You Go to Get Your Reputation Back?
Conservatives went out of their way to protect Reagan’s legacy. Now we must do the same for Obama.
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The King’s Speech
Just think for a moment about how vulgar it will be. On January 20, King Donald the Worst will be crowned, to the vocal approval of the brainwashed citizens who saw this loser as a leader. After he removes his tiny hand from the Bible, he will speak to a petrified populace…and he will lie […]
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Learning from Hillary’s Loss
There’s a lot to be learned if Democrats want to win in 2020.
