Do you really think they have any idea what they’re in for? Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and the handful of Democratic Senators supporting Sanders’s Medicare for All initiative certainly deserve credit for getting behind such a bold effort–but they are profoundly naive if they think a bill establishing such a policy will make it through […]
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The Sound of Silence
On November 8, 2017, let’s have a moment of silence. We need a moment to reflect on the chaos and disorder of the past year. A moment to look back on how much we could have gained…and how much we have already lost and may still yet lose. We need a moment to reflect upon […]
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Going Negative, Going Positive
Michelle Obama’s mantra ‘when they go low, we go high’ is completely the wrong strategy for Democrats.
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A Nightmare in New Hampshire
They might as well have been shouting “You will not replace us!” State authorities in New Hampshire are investigating a possible hate crime after a family reported that their 8-year-old boy was pushed by teenagers off a picnic table with a rope around his neck, injuring him. The boy, who is biracial, was treated in […]
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There Is No Conflict Between Promoting Single-Payer and Defending Obamacare
It’s time to put an end to this bad-faith attack on single-payer advocates.
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Why Women Learn to Wear Composure as a Suit of Armor
No one likes a woman rebel.
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Hillary Clinton Correctly Identifies Donald Trump’s Appeal
‘He hit every single area of resentment and grievance that people were feeling.’
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Examining the Reasons Why Hillary Clinton Lost
There are a host of things that had an impact, with many of them contributing to a cumulative effect.
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Not Suitable for Children
Remember eight years ago this week, when right-wingers freaked out over President Obama’s back-to-school address to public school children? MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow noted at the time that the right-wing meltdown was completely irrational, since Obama said nothing offensive during the speech. Eight years later, if Donald Trump decided to deliver a back-to-school address to America’s […]
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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 […]
