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TRUMP WANTS TREASON TO MEAN “EXPRESSING POLITICAL OPINIONS”

As part of the battle without quarter that Trump is waging on American democracy, he slams the Peter Strozk-Lisa Page email exchange as treasonous. Was what Strozk said about Chelsea Clinton treasonous as well, Herr President? This is Trump’s America, … Continue reading →

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SEEMA VERMA CAN’T TELL APPLES FROM ORANGES

She is shameless and shoddy in coming up with bogus metrics and rationale for her attack on Medicaid recipients. At TalkingPointsMemo, Alice Ollstein counts the ways that the CMS administrator scam artist and her accomplices in Trumpland is preying on … Continue reading →

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THE GOP’S MORAL BANRUPTCY

Michael Lindon, Roosevelt Institute: “There is perhaps no better example of the moral rot at the core of the Republican Party than imposing so-called ‘work requirements’ on sick Medicaid recipients just weeks after passing a massive tax cut for rich … Continue reading →

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TRUTH AND JUSTICE IS YOUR OPPONENT, BUD

So Trump’s calling Hillary his “opponent,” and lying about every topic he belches out words concerning, from Hillary’s FBI interview to the capacity of alternative energy. The man is trapped in some sort of dementia feedback loop; the tape plays … Continue reading →

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TRUMP INCRIMINATES HIMSELF ON TWITTER

Today’s installment in his active obstruction of justice: He demands that the “Republicans should finally take control” of the investigation.

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ILLUMINATING

Marvelous series of photos of Ashton rehearsing Illuminations at NYCB in 1967 as well as the performance on stage — by Martha Swope, posted in the Library for the Performing Arts Digital Collections. Here’s Mimi Paul w/Ashton. John Prinz and … Continue reading →

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DICKENS ON SEN. GRASSLEY

In Martin Chuzzlewit, Dickens, of course, gives Grassley the pseudonym of Pecksniff, and writes: “It was a special quality, among the many admirable qualities possessed by Mr Pecksniff, that the more he was found out, the more hypocrisy he practiced.”

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SEN. CORNYN UNDERSTANDS LEGAL JEOPARDY

What with Sen. Grassley and Graham now guilty of conspiracy, obstruction of justice, and treason, Sen. Cornyn suddenly rediscovers democracy and patriotism, assuring us that he supports Sen. Feinstein’s release of Simpson’s interview.

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MIMI PAUL ON ILLUMINATIONS

On Feb. 5, Alastair Macaulay’s speaking at the Library for the Performing Arts via the Center for Ballet and the Arts about Balanchine and Ashton. On his Instagram he’s posted photos of different casts in Ashton’s wonderful Illuminations, created for … Continue reading →

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WHICH HATE MAESTRO WILL THE MERCERS NEXT INSTALL?

Now that Bannon’s out, the Mercer family needs a new slugging arm at Brietbart to incite apocalyptic societal and environmental dissolution. Jen Hayden at Daily Kos ponders.

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