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Ian Reifowitz at DailyKos considers all the recent data showing how effective was Comey’s illegal intervention in to the election. And if something works, don’t mess with it, right? Why not even expand? Under Trump we will see a complete … Continue reading →

Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan at Truthdig remind us that: “On March 15, 2016, after the primary day dubbed ‘Super Tuesday 3,’ the networks played all the candidates’ speeches, except for the speech by Sanders. The networks actually spent more … Continue reading →

Harry Reid’s response to Comey and his denunciation of Trump today demonstrate how thoroughly he was hamstrung by Obama’s resistance to actual political resistance. And are the Democrats finally going to address what our “mainstream” media has become (to a … Continue reading →

the arts are in trouble in this country now, think ahead to what it’s going to be like four years from now.

They are largely a force for evil, there’s just no question about it. Heather Digby Parton is incredulous: rather than repent for their kid-gloves treatment of Trump throughout most of the campaign, and their blinkered straight-from-Whitewater obsession with Hillary’s emails, … Continue reading →

Turns out that high levels of mortgage debt correlated to support for Trump, Jim Tankersley reports in the Washington Post. Obama had, of course, notoriously failed to do much of anything about underwater mortgages.

Neil Gabler says “Farewell, America,” at BillMoyers.com “America died on Nov. 8, 2016, not with a bang or a whimper, but at its own hand via electoral suicide. We the people chose a man who has shredded our values, our … Continue reading →

I will not unite behind a Fascist agenda. I mean, here we’ve got Paul Ryan declaring that Trump had a mandate after losing the popular vote, we’ve got Tom Cotton defending waterboarding, we’ve got Mitch McConnell boasting that he will … Continue reading →

for apologies from liberal commentariat stars, yes I mean Dr. K, Kos, Josh Marshall, among others- for their unequivocal and, as it turns out, completely misplaced as well as often zealous promotion of HRC and her mythic electability.

He’s supporting Rep. Keith Ellison for DNC chair, after the dreadful Wasserman Schultz and her shameless abuse of Committee rules. As Robert Reich writes: “I believe it necessary for the members and leadership of the Democratic National Committee to step … Continue reading →