As president, Trump had a plan to crush the federal workforce, replacing thousands of careerists with conservative cronies. The next GOP standard-bearer is likely to champion just such a purge.
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Will Congress Make Trump Eat His Charlottesville Words?
If a joint resolution introduced in the Senate passes, the president may have to do exactly that.
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Debate Winner: Mike Pence. Debate Loser: Donald Trump
Pence looked more like he was setting up for a 2020 presidential run.
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Vice Squad
Will Republican vice-presidential nominee Mike Pence also flake out this Tuesday night? I wouldn’t be surprised if the hyper-conservative Indiana Governor makes a Trump-sized fool of himself at the VP debate, which will be held at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia. Pence is perhaps the least intellectually gifted Republican ever chosen to be number two […]
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Again with the Sid Blumenthal Conspiracies?
MSNBC’s Joy Reid noted yesterday that her colleague Chris Hayes established in 2007 that birtherism was created and promoted by the far-right. So are we really supposed to believe that skepticism about President Obama’s place of birth was the handiwork of…longtime Clinton associate Sidney Blumenthal? This dubious claim, now being relentlessly hyped by the right-wing […]
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Break On Through (To the Other Side): Part I
With apologies to Rachel Maddow, let’s play a game of “Debunktion Junction.” True or false: there is widespread progressive anger over Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s attempts to attract Republican support. Absolutely false. The New York Times missed the mark by a mile when it promoted the idea that there are legions of liberals who […]
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How Tim Kaine Became a Happy Warrior
Kaine credits his mother for teaching him to do right.
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The Limits of Our Left/Right Political Continuum
Who’s more progressive, Bernie Sanders or Tim Kaine? It depends on the issues.
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Tim Kaine on Wall Street Reform
He has more in common with Elizabeth Warren than you think.
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The American Dream vs. The American Nightmare
While the hazmat crews continue to clean up the raw sewage that flowed from the podium at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland last week, I hope Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, Senator Tim Kaine, Senator Bernie Sanders, Vice President Biden and President Obama can make some last-minute adjustments that will strengthen the speeches they […]
