Plus, Project 2025’s attack on higher education … and how California State universities are a launchpad to the middle class, all in the October 15, 2024 newsletter.
basket of deplorables
Trump is Losing the Midwest
Traditionally Democratic voters will vote with their party because Trump has governed like a traditional Republican.
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 […]
In AZ-08, ‘Deplorables’ Crossed Over for the Democrat
The GOP got good turnout yesterday, but many of their voters cast their ballots against the Republican.
Will Hurricane Irma Blow Away GOP Climate Denialism?
Just days prior to Hurricane Irma’s expected assault on Florida, the Washington Post reported: Concern centered particularly on the Florida Keys, a chain of islands at the southern tip of the state that is a tourist hot spot and home to more than 80,000 residents. It is in the direct path of the storm as […]

