Sunday, February 17, 2019

THERE IS NO DEFINITION OF "WINNING" BEYOND "OWNING THE LIBS"

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So this happened a couple of days ago: President Donald Trump poked fun at his Democratic presidential challengers in a since-deleted Twit...
Saturday, February 16, 2019

INVOKING JESUS TO DEFEND THE DEATH PENALTY IS NOTHING NEW

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Here's a story that got attention this week: ... a Wyoming lawmaker who helped defeat a bill to repeal capital punishment used the nov...

SHOULD WE REALLY ASSUME THAT VOTERS IN TRUMP COUNTRY CARE ABOUT THEMSELVES?

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This seems like a smart move: Heading into the week-long President’s Day recess, the office of Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is distribu...
Friday, February 15, 2019

I'M NOT SURE NATE SILVER IS RIGHT ABOUT TRUMP

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Nate Silver does a deeper dive into recent polls than I recently did, and he concludes that President Trump is harming his chances of a 20...

EMERGENCY DECLARATION: THE CONVENTIONAL WISDOM ABOUT A SENATE VOTE IS RIDICULOUS

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President Trump plans to declare a national emergency in order to get his wall built. Democratis in the House will then vote to block him, a...
Thursday, February 14, 2019

FOX: TRUMP IS FIGHTING THE REAL ENEMY

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Media Matters has a supercut of Fox hosts conceding that President Trump's fight for the wall is primarily about reelection: Fox con...

A DEFEAT FOR TRICKLE-UP ECONOMICS IN QUEENS

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Amazon withdraws: Amazon on Thursday canceled its plans to build an expansive corporate campus in New York City after facing an unexpectedl...

ON THE WALL, TRUMP'S A LOSER -- BUT HIS BASE DOESN'T THINK SO

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In The New York Times, Peter Baker and Maggie Haberman describe an administration that's trying to limit its losses: Trump Puts Best F...
Wednesday, February 13, 2019

HOWARD SCHULTZ'S CNN TOWN HALL RATINGS WERE MUCH LOWER THAN KAMALA HARRIS'S

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Howard Schultz on CNN was a ratings flop. CNN's town hall Tuesday night with former Starbucks CEO and possible independent presidentia...

MAYBE BLOOMBERG CAN BUY THE PRESIDENCY, BUT PROBABLY NOT FOR HIMSELF

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Politico tells us that Mike Bloomberg has a message for the rest of the 2020 Democratic field: My bankroll weighs a ton. Billionaire philan...

FRANK BRUNI TO DEMOCRATS: STOP PAYING ATTENTION TO PEOPLE LIKE ME

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Frank Bruni is scolding Democrats again: Democrats, Stop Groveling To triumph in 2020, care less about pleasing all of the people all of...
Tuesday, February 12, 2019

OF COURSE THE KING OF "TRUTHFUL HYPERBOLE" WOULD EVENTUALLY LEAD THE "TRUTHFUL HYPERBOLE" PARTY

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Here's a well-known quote from Donald Trump's first book, The Art of the Deal : The final key to the way I promote is bravado. I p...

THIS IS WHY IT WAS POINTLESS FOR DEMOCRATS TO CONSIDER DUMPING PELOSI

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During the 2018 midterm campaign, several Democratic House candidates pledged not to vote for Nancy Pelosi as speaker of the House. Many com...
Monday, February 11, 2019

SOME #NEVERTRUMPERS CARE ABOUT THE GOP BRAND. OTHERS CARE ABOUT THE GOP SCAM.

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I've been less critical of the #NeverTrumpers than Charlie Pierce, but it appears that he was right all along. Pierce writes today: Mor...

THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WILL BE A REFERENDUM ON ONE CANDIDATE -- AND IT MIGHT NOT BE TRUMP

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The real and (mostly) imagined scandals of Hillary Clinton received more coverage during the 2016 campaign than the very real, very serious...
Sunday, February 10, 2019

GALLUP PRODUCES IRRESPONSIBLE CLICKBAIT FOR XENOPHOBES, PRESIDENT RISES TO BAIT

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Nice work, Gallup. I hope you're proud. Gallup Poll: “Open Borders will potentially attract 42 million Latin Americans.” This would b...
Saturday, February 09, 2019

AN AUDIENCE OF 63 MILLION

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The acting attorney general was rude and uncooperative in House testimony yesterday. Writing about this, The Atlantic 's Natasha Bertran...
Friday, February 08, 2019

NO ONE EVEN BOTHERS TO ASSUME THAT TRUMP WILL LIVE UP TO HIS OWN PRINCIPLES

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The Washington Post provides more evidence -- as if any more were needed -- that Donald Trump is an immigration hypocrite: The Washington ...

REPUBLICANS ARE THE PROVINCIALS WHO DON'T UNDERSTAND MILLIONS OF THEIR FELLOW CITIZENS

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Headline of an opinion piece by Kimberley Strassel of The Wall Street Journal : AOC is a "secret Republican weapon for 2020"?...
Thursday, February 07, 2019

IS THIS THE WORD THAT MAKES POPULAR PROGRESSIVE IDEAS UNPOPULAR?

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Farhad Manjoo, a former tech writer for The New York Times who's now writing op-eds for the paper, signs on to a growing movement : Ab...