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THE MNUCHINS OF THE WORLD
Our Treasury Secretary’s stupid, arrogant comments in Davos remind Greta Thunberg and the generation she represents that to save their futures, they will have to directly oppose much of the older generation.
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JOHN ROBERTS’ CHICKENS COME HOME TO ROOST
Roberts’ decade-long attack on American democracy now forces him to preside over the fruits of his labors, and it’s not a pretty sight. Dana Millbank writes in the Washington Post: “Citizens United, and the resulting rise of the super PAC, … Continue reading
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SCREAMING LINDSAY TRIES THE INSANITY DEFENSE
on behalf of his master, Donald J. Trump. Well, I mean, he’s tried everything else so far, with predictable results. Now will that also be Sen. Graham’s defense for his own behavior?
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LET HER RIP
Obama’s intervention into the primary process is going to spark a much more surgical examination of his own presidential record. As David Bromwich writes in American Breakdown: the Trump Years and How They Befell Us: “Anyone who voted twice for … Continue reading
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OBAMA WILL DISGRACE HIMSELF
if he goes out and campaigns against Sanders.
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MURKOWSKI STAGES A FAKE OUTRAGE
She’s oh-so-offended by Nadler’s arguments. That would be the same Sen. Murkowski that some Democrats in their naivete thought might rise and defend our democracy. She does whatever Daddy Mitch tells her to do. Let’s drop any pretense that the … Continue reading
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AND BEN SASSE HAD THE NERVE TO LECTURE OBAMA ABOUT “AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM”
The syrupy fraud voted last night to destroy democracy and let Donald Trump–you know, the one who just said he wants to cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid–rule as a dictator. My, that is exceptional.
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DEMS HAVE LOOKED FORWARD NOT BACK SO OFTEN
that they’re unaware of what’s overtaken them. Elizabeth Warren doesn’t want to make the same mistake, and Charles Pierce at Esquire lauds her laudably: “The first big mistake made by President Barack Obama was his determination to look forward, and … Continue reading
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MICROSOFT’S TAX EVASION
accomplished in the most creative, innovative way, and it’s not like Microsoft made its mega-fortune from a government-funded technology, is it? Pro Public decided to look into it.
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HILLARY CLINTON, ONE ARCHITECT OF THE DEMOCRATS’ COLLAPSE
cannot help herself. She continues to spout lies about Bernie Sanders which are one) lies and two) she combines with delusional statements about her superiority as a candidate. Let’s make one thing perfectly clear: Hillary not only lost to Donald … Continue reading
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