a new Fed chair… maybe but probably not.
The usual handicapping for a new Fed Chair is happening, but likely it’s too early. Lael Brainard and William Spriggs would be front-runners. Jay Powell's term is up next February, when … Read More
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A 'second gilded age'? Maybe, but only because recycling ideas is an academic genre
Darn those class commitments, aligning us to our political choices in a democracy, made worse by all those folks who knew they were in that Gilded Age. “If the future … Read More
GOTV, maybe we can worry less on Wednesday
As in 2016 there are key counties that will lead to victories. The NY Times identifies 20 of them, even if there could be surprises in the final counting. The weird … Read More
pre-debate disinformation stunt? Iranian (or Russian) Proud Boys… maybe
Remember that there have been multiple WH attempts to reframe what is primarily a Russian election offensive in 2020 as also parallel to China and Iran activity. It does explain … Read More
GOP Sen. Kelly Loeffler releases the weirdest ad of the election cycle … or maybe ever
Wherein Kelly Loeffler, an actual U.S. senator in this actual, current timeline (no kidding), compares herself to Atilla the Hun and appears to endorse the extrajudicial killings of journalists (but in a … Read More
Feebs seize Burkman (and maybe Wohl) evidence but the two faked the whole thing.
Jack Burkman’s house supposedly got raided by the FBI this morning and seized computers and cellphones among other evidence. The Millennial Allen Funt and Ratman’s sidekick Bobbin are known for … Read More
the last free election in US history… maybe, removing swing-state postal sorting machines?
He’s golfing again this weekend in Bedminster. Will he do more pseudo-pressers and populate the “press corps” with “reporters’ from Epoch Times, Gateway Pundit, and OAN. “The president is back … Read More
“we have to choose hope over fear, unity over division and, maybe most importantly, truth over lies”
Pence: ‘“I think honestly, if you look at the trends today, that I think by Memorial Day weekend we will have this coronavirus epidemic behind us.”‘ BECAUSE HAPPY TALK! Pence … Read More
BREAKING: Kim Jong Un in “Grave Danger” After Surgery [Update 4: Maybe, Maybe Not]
CNN is just now reporting that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has had surgery and is in grave danger: US source: North Korean leader in grave danger after surgery … Read More
#fakespeech Trump presser at 5pm ET, maybe
Live stream at www.whitehouse.gov/… If it happens, liveblog just to see if there’ll be yet another idiotic remark. x How many American deaths will you be responsible for in this episode?— Cheri … Read More
maybe it's more like Goldwater in '64 or McCarthy in '68, but 2020 is definitely not like 1972
It’s still mostly like the 2016 election, considering who the Russians prefer. ENOUGH WITH THE SANDERS-MCGOVERN ANALOGIES: 2020 IS NOT 1972 Bernie Sanders has a more favorable political climate in … Read More
Maybe Evangelicals Support Trump BECAUSE He's the Antichrist
Others have speculated on this question, and I have previously posted a diary in which I argued that evangelicals support Trump because his support for Israel may trigger the apocalypse. … Read More
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Trump Speaks to Nation . . . Uh, No, He Doesn't [Update: Maybe Tomorrow . . . or Maybe Not]
When there is a national or international crisis, when serious events are upon us, Americans turn to the one person who can unite the nation, the President of the United … Read More
“Maybe the only thing that’s changed is the shape of propaganda, not the nature or goal”
What is propaganda? …The notion that propaganda is a technique for spreading a coherent ideology also feels a little anachronistic. Most of what we would call propaganda today, like much … Read More
