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He’s got a new book, so a conservative Niall Ferguson appeared on TV this morning…
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“In all things of nature, there is something of the marvelous.” ~ Aristotle It is…
A COVID-19 survivor, Virginia Parks, describes her experience and gives us advice. Many Evangelical Leaders…
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Look, I get it—that half the Republican electorate is either unbalanced, selfish or so ill-informed…
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Trump’s hoaxes and fake news have become so normalized as iterated false claims, that we…
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Here’s the latest news today out of Alaska courtesy of Gravis Marketing polling: x #AKsen:Sullivan…
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At WaPo, Phillip Bump throws more cold water on our optimism, but we all need…
by Andi Pringle Voter suppression used to be largely structural, with efforts cloaked in fake laws…
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The GOP keeps trying to rewrite history as a quarter-million deaths lie ahead with a failed…
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Gabe Sherman of Vanity Fair has another article that points out how “cocooned” Trump is…
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Apparently, Donald Trump can’t conceive of a running mate who isn’t the quasi-vertebrate equivalent of…
just up at the website of The Washington Post, and titled Alexander Vindman: Coming forward…
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This week I attended (remotely) the Rethinking Economics Festival and encountered challenging pluralist discourses like…
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The New York Times has a great piece out about how Democrats are eager to…
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And no it’s not about testing levels, which are nowhere near what needs to be…
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From Salon: Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, a Republican facing a tough re-election battle this…
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Received this e-mail yesterday from former Presidential candidate, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D. MA), in…
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Received this e-mail today from former President Barack Obama in support of former Vice President…
Yesterday, Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), warned…
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2020 will again be about margins in marginal areas. x Here is Trump's approval rating…
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If electoral victory is a mouse to be caught, the color of the cat deployed…
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SOTU was simply an expanded campaign speech that included a few stunts like a reunion, a…
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The largest city in Australia, Sydney, is set to run out of water by 2022…
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Remember about a month and a half ago when Donald Trump claimed China had called…
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How did this wee-brained little man ever graduate from high school, much less Wharton? Betraying…
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Barring the early period of “too cheap to meter” optimism, nuclear power has consistently been…
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Donald Trump, write this 100 times on your left moob: China does not pay our…
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It's hard to believe a lifelong conman could get conned this easily. Then again, if…
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Many, many years ago, all the way back on November 10th, 2016 ore so, Mitch…
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If you take a few blocks away from a Jenga tower it might stay up…
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There was a time not that long ago when “liberal” was widely considered a dirty…
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I am not sure how I missed this bit of information — local and state media…
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George W. Bush gave a touching eulogy for his father today, and in its own…
Q: How many licks does it take to get to the middle of a Tootsie-Pop? No,…
What? Am I worried? Nope, not at all. Actually, I’m fucking terrified. I can sum…
Gwinnett County is a majority minority district… (The ethnic composition of the population of Gwinnett County, GA is…
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BOO YA!!!! Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) has just a four-point lead against Rep. Beto O’Rourke…
Saturday, I donated a couple hours of my time to Organizing for America, Pres. Obama’s…
