Behind the data about presidential unfavorability are the people who are mobilizing the coming blue wave.
Virginia
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Why the Democrats Didn’t Do as Well as You Might Think
They won where they should have won, but did little to change an unfavorable distribution of the electorate.
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A Realignment That’s a Year Late
Last year’s best-case scenario finally came true last night.
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What Tonight’s Elections Can Tell Us About Trump
Understanding what tonight’s election results mean for our national politics will require a look at county level results.
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Elizabeth Warren’s GOP Challengers Have No Credentials and No Credibility
Like a championship team whose top rivals are nowhere in their class, it appears that US Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) will be facing off against a member of the GOP B-team next year. Apparently, the days of Republicans recruiting main-event players (Mitt Romney in 1994, Bill Weld in 1996) to challenge the Bay State’s senators […]
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Yes, We Will Replace ‘Em
Lunatic fringe In the twilight’s last gleaming This is open season But you won’t get too far Because you gotta blame someone For your own confusion We’re on guard this time Against your final solution –Red Rider, “Lunatic Fringe,” 1981 If they think we’re going to let Heather Heyer’s death be in vain, they’re out […]
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The GOP Bears Full Responsibility for the Havoc in Virginia
The madness in Virginia is the natural consequence of decades of GOP normalization of hate and rationalization of racism.
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If Only We Could Sue the GOP for Fraud
One Virginia Republican is trying to do just that.
Posted inEconomy, June/July/August 2017, Magazine, The Monopolized Economy
The Monthly Interview: Tom Perriello
Today is the Virginia gubernatorial primary election and candidate Tom Perriello is the first high-profile candidate to make anti-monopoly policy a key plank of his economic agenda.
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Trump’s Plans For Slashing Government Follow “A Sinister Script”
A Q&A with Rep. Gerry Connolly, whose district includes the third largest number of federal workers in the country.
