At the State of the Union, he’ll rightly champion the CHIPS Act, Inflation Reduction Act, and others. They are also the best protection against Trumpism here and abroad.
2016 presidential election
Posted inNovember/December 2023
Show Me the Ballots!
To combat rampant disinformation and public distrust in elections, a bipartisan group of politicians is advocating for a radical form of transparency: post all cast ballots online.
Posted inPolitics
The Emergence of the Anti-MAGA Coalition
There’s a voting bloc that hates Donald Trump, despises MAGA, and could help Democrats win the House and hold the White House next year.
Posted inMain, Political Animal
How to Tell if Trump is Going to Win Pennsylvania
Four years ago, Hillary Clinton lost the Keystone State by a mere 44,000 votes. Could Biden suffer the same fate?
Posted inPolitical Animal
Basket Cases
In his first year on the Court [Clarence Thomas] scarcely ever left the Supreme Court Building on foot, and that was fortunate, in one way, because it meant that he probably never saw the boldly lettered [graffiti] on a Capitol Hill sidewalk across the street. It said, “Anita Told the Truth.” —“The Burden of Clarence […]
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Isn’t It Obvious Kelly and Mattis Wrote the NYT Op-Ed?
There have been actual mysteries in this country. What happened to the missing 18½ minutes on the Nixon tapes? Was there an actual “October surprise” in the 1980 presidential election? Why did anyone ever take George W. Bush seriously? This “mystery” is not one of them. To quote the renowned American philosopher Nasir Jones, it […]
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The Ecstasy and the Agony
What did Dickens say about the best of times and the worst of times, the age of wisdom and the age of foolishness? Next week marks the tenth anniversary of two back-to-back events that still define our politics–and will continue to define our politics for generations to come. The first such event occurred on August […]
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O-MG: A New Low for NBC
Omarosa Manigault-Newman once said Trump’s critics would have to bow down to him one day. Shame on NBC for bowing down to her today.
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No More Mr. Nice Party
Michael Avenatti’s core message is that resistance requires ruthlessness.
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One Republican Calls It a Career. Another Should, Too.
Indicted Rep. Chris Collins just dropped out of his reelection bid. But Trump is just as fundamentally corrupt.
