The party has now done two things people said couldn’t be done.
2016 Democratic National Convention
Posted inPolitics
Magical Thinking is a Moral Failing, Not a Charming Quirk
Bernie Sanders supporters need to listen to Bernie now.
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How Sanders Folks Were Manipulated
Diehard supporters of Bernie Sanders managed to boo, jeer or otherwise interrupt and disrespect an impressive roster of Democrats yesterday, including their champion himself when he appeared before them outside the convention. Here’s a list of the some of the people of color they mistreated: former head of the NAACP and Sanders supporter Ben Jealous, […]
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Michelle Obama Gives a Master Class in Political Oratory
She was the star of DNC day one.
Posted inEducation, Higher Education
Democrats Want to Open More Doors to College, But Can Their Plan Get More Students to the Finish Line?
Free college plan wouldn’t give any money to low income families in 48 states.
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz Resigns as DNC Chair
To quote Donald Fagen, it looks like Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz “just got the goodbye look.” The chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee said she will resign this week in the aftermath of the release of thousands of embarrassing internal email exchanges among Democratic officials. The episode had pitched the party into […]
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Trump: He’s Just Not That Dwight
You know, maybe they haven’t stopped to think about it. You know who they are. The folks with the Donald Trump bumper stickers on their cars. The folks in your office, in your church, in your social circle, in your home who think Trump has the magic elixir to make America great again. The folks […]
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Journey to the Center
Who knew that Bernie Sanders’s appointees to the Democratic platform committee were into self-mutilation? How else does one explain their willingness to cut off their noses to spite their faces? I don’t quite understand the logic of trying to force the platform to adopt every last one of the Vermont Senator’s preferred issues, in particular […]
