The GOP is not a unified party.
Hillary Clinton
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Russia Isn’t an Excuse to Avoid Introspection
Talking about Russia isn’t going to prevent the left from doing some serious naval-gazing.
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Now That Trump’s Presidency Has Failed, Will GOP Voters Finally Leave Their Bubble?
Last week, former ABC News producer Emily Rooney discussed whether mainstream media entities have exaggerated the dynamic of Trump voters expressing buyer’s remorse. Assuming arguendo that the Fourth Estate has not overhyped this dynamic, it’s fair to ask whether Republican voters who feel betrayed by Trump–those who realize that a man surrounded by multimillionaires will […]
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Dark Rhode: The Effort to Silence Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
It’s obvious why they want him gone. If you watched last week’s Senate confirmation hearings for unqualified Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, you saw just how effective Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) can be when it comes to challenging right-wing ideology. Gorsuch was intellectually overpowered by Whitehouse, a former US Attorney and state Attorney General. Whitehouse […]
Posted inMagazine, March/April/May 2017
How to Make the Electoral College Work for Everyone
The Constitution asks us to elect a president of the United States, but what we get is a president of Ohio and Florida. There’s an easy way to fix that.
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Stealth Care: So Much for the “Pro-Life” Party
The man lies the way the rest of us eat, sleep and breathe. Listen to him, if you can stomach it. Then again, it might actually make your stomach sick, and then you’ll have to go to the hospital–and get ripped off, thanks to what this man’s party plans to do to our health care […]
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Maddow vs. the Madhouse
Imagine how much how much dumber cable news would be without her.
Posted inPolitics
How Democrats and Republicans View the Economy Differently
It’s increasingly clear that Trump and Hillary supporters live in two alternate realities based on alternative perceptions.
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Trump Said the Words ‘Radical Islamic Terrorism.’ Now What?
Everything Trump has said about ISIS and the battle to re-take Mosul has been wrong.
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Trump, Like Anita Hill, Inspires Women to Run
The number of women interested in running for office has spiked.
