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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 →

if he goes out and campaigns against Sanders.

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 →

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.

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 →

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.

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 →

Chin-tao Wu in her indispensable Privatising Culture: Corporate Art Intervention Since the 1980s: “The attempts of the Reagan White House to reduce the federal arts budgets, despite opposition from significant elements in Congress, did not abate during Reagan’s two terms … Continue reading →

Everyone in Trump world manifests that classic authoritarian duality: complete, groveling subservience to the Leader, contempt and vitriol spat out at the population that Leader wants subjugated. That means us, America.

I mean, talk about elitism. Brooks blames the working stiffs for succumbing to the class war that elevated Brooks and others of the same ilk. Josh Bivens at the Economic Policy Institute tries to explain reality to David Brooks. He … Continue reading →