Sunday, February 16, 2025

TRUMP POSTED THAT QUOTE BECAUSE HE'S WORRIED ABOUT PUBLIC OPINION

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Is this a show of strength? I think it's just the opposite: Trump was was trolling the country when he posted this yesterday, and i...
Saturday, February 15, 2025

WHAT CAN CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS DO? FOR ONE THING, THEY CAN DO THIS.

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We know that many Democrats in Congress are annoyed because their voters want them to do more. What can we do? they say . We're in the ...
Friday, February 14, 2025

THEY REALLY THINK TRUMP AND CO. ARE ACTING IN GOOD FAITH

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In The New Republic , Greg Sargent has a story about Hispanic voters in Reading, Pennsylvania, where they make up 70% of the electorate. Ka...
Thursday, February 13, 2025

THEY WON'T THINK WE'RE SERIOUS UNTIL WE'RE MASSING ON THE MALL

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This was Axios on November 24 : While President-elect Trump's 2016 win sparked shock, outrage and massive protests, the response to h...
Wednesday, February 12, 2025

DO AMERICANS UNDERSTAND HOW LAWS WORK?

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I keep thinking about Elon Musk's opening statement at yesterday's Oval Office news conference: Musk said: So at a high level, i...
Tuesday, February 11, 2025

REPUBLICANS WON DEMOCRATICALLY AND STILL REJECTED DEMOCRACY

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I keep thinking about a quote from David Frum : If conservatives become convinced that they cannot win democratically, they will not abandon...
Monday, February 10, 2025

THE PLUTOCRACY MIGHT BE THE LAST GUARDRAIL

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I posted this on social media this morning: Don't ask, "What happens when the Trump administration ignores the courts?" As...
Sunday, February 09, 2025

CBS POLL: VOTERS APPROVE OF TRUMP BECAUSE HE'S STRONG AND WRONG

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Years ago, Bill Clinton said : "When people are feeling insecure, they'd rather have someone who is strong and wrong rather than so...
Saturday, February 08, 2025

JUST DISBAND CONGRESS (updated)

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Here's some news : The State Department on Friday announced a $7 billion arms sale to Israel, circumventing the congressional review pro...
Friday, February 07, 2025

IT'S THE GOP, STUPID

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What Axios describes here sure looks like a movement : More than a dozen Democratic lawmakers and aides said in interviews with Axios that t...
Thursday, February 06, 2025

TRUMP AND MUSK THINK REALLY BAD THINGS WILL NEVER HAPPEN, AND SO DO THE SANEWASHING JOURNALISTS WHO COVER THEM

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After President Trump announced a proposal to forcibly remove Gazans, clear the territory, and turn it into a "Riviera," Jonathan ...
Wednesday, February 05, 2025

WHAT DID YOU DO IN THE COUP, DADDY?

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On Monday there was a demonstration outside the headquarters of the U.S. Agency for International Development to protest the illegal disman...