Now that ‘80s nostalgia is in vogue again by virtue of the box-office success of Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One, it’s as good a time as any to note that this July marks the 35th anniversary of the release of Madonna’s debut album. If Donald Trump loses the 2020 election, then one can envision a […]
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The Moral Depravity of the Right’s Defense of Scott Pruitt
The right’s commitment to environmental deregulation is trumping any concern about corruption.
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Stormy Daniels is the Trump Voter’s Legacy
How many Trump voters will bring themselves to watch 60 Minutes tonight? Pardon me for assuming that the vast majority of those who sent the bigoted billionaire to the White House in November 2016 will not have the guts to view this evening’s scheduled broadcast of an interview with the President’s previous paramour, veteran adult […]
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Journalists Who Normalized Trump Betrayed the Public Trust
You know, it’s not like they weren’t warned. CNN’s Brian Stelter was generally spot-on this morning in pointing out the dangers of the rhetoric that flowed from Donald Trump’s mouth Saturday night in Pennsylvania, but he could have gone a little further–hell, a lot further: Here’s the problem: Trump has been this way for years. […]
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A Pollution Problem for Patrick’s Presidential Push?
Is it over before it even begins? Deval Patrick, the former governor of Massachusetts who has largely shunned politics since leaving office and joining Bain Capital in 2015, is using some of his most direct language to date to acknowledge his interest in a presidential run in 2020. “It’s on my radar screen,” Patrick told […]
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The Spirit of ‘08
It could be the ultimate anniversary celebration. The 2018 midterm elections will be held just two days after the tenth anniversary of Barack Obama’s trailblazing victory over John McCain. The memory of that moment could well inspire two groups of voters: those who demanded hope and change a decade ago, and those who were too […]
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A Golden Age for Progressive Media?
30 years after the contamination of our public airwaves via the national syndication of Rush Limbaugh’s radio program–and five years after the unfortunate demise of Al Gore’s Current TV–it’s good to see some progress in the fight to ensure that the non-wingnut perspective has a solid platform in American media. Last year, the New York […]
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Words of Shame
We should never forget the lies of the last Republican who snuck into the White House without the support of a majority of Americans. It was fifteen years ago tonight that George W. Bush delivered an infamous State of the Union Address that abused and prostituted the trust of the American people by making a […]
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What Happens When Truth Doesn’t Matter?
There’s a reason why Trump’s arrogance remains unmitigated.
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The Joan Walsh Fiasco Proves It: MSNBC Must Seriously Now Be Crazy
Serves ‘em right. The MSNBC executives who made the logic-free decision to get rid of progressive contributor Joan Walsh right before Christmas deserve the embarrassment they presumably feel after CNN immediately offered Walsh a position. Those now residing in the house Ted Turner built recognized that Walsh’s vision had value—something MSNBC officials apparently lost sight […]
