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IF SIMON & SCHUSTER HAD A COMMITMENT TO DEMOCRACY,
it would have insisted that Bolton testify before the House and, failing that, insisted he give a press conference right now to clarify what he knows. Saving it for the book pub reminds us of what’s really important.
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DNC DOING EVERYTHING TO ENSURE A TRUMP VICTORY–AGAIN
The dilapidated corporate Democratic establishment is willing to drive home Trump’s re-election to ensure–so they mistakenly believe–that their own policy navigation is not challenged. — Reinstating super delegates to subvert the will of the voters. — Kowtowing to Bloomberg (will … Continue reading
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WOULD GOP OFFICE HOLDERS ALLOW THEIR CHILDREN TO BEHAVE THE WAY THEY DO?
Lying, crimeing, selling out their country? And then, of course, never taking any personal responsibility–everyone else is to blame. What kind of example do GOP parents think they’re setting?
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SEN. WARREN WAS RIGHT TO QUESTION ROBERTS’ LEGITIMACY
Loss of faith in public institutions helped make possible the descent of Rome into empire and the rise of the Nazis. Roberts is an activist and an ideologue. He has presided over a sham impeachment proceeding.
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GOP AT “POINT OF NO RETURN”
“Their party’s last vestiges of legitimacy are gone, and they know it,” Amanda Marcotte writes in Salon. “In fact, they’re voting on it in the Senate sometime on Friday.”
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UNLIKE PENCE, DR. DAVIDSON CARES ABOUT AMERICANS
After confronting VP Pence over the Republicans’s immoral assault on Medicaid, Dr. Rob Davidson tweets that Pence: “either doesn’t understand, or doesn’t care about the impact of his administration’s policies on patients everywhere. I confronted him about his damaging healthcare … Continue reading
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SEN. WARREN CALLS OUT ROBERTS’ PASSIVE ENABLING OF THE GOP COVER UP
Chief Injustice thinks he can somehow ensure an exalted legacy that pays no attention to how he’s actually behaved. Sen. Warren reminded him on Thursday that he cannot.
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TRUMP BEGINS TO DISMANTLE MEDICAID
And Orwellian rhetoric abounds: The only “flexibility” freed up by letting states opt out of responsive funding is the flexibility to deny health care to vulnerable Americans. Why does parasite Seema Verma, head of the now perversely named Centers for … Continue reading
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CATCH FRISSON
Recently I attended a joyous concert by chamber music group Frisson, performing a repertory ranging from pop to Baroque.
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JOHN ROBERTS TRUE TO FORM
Demand Justice tweets that Roberts is “helping Republicans break the rules and cover for Trump.” The corporate media feeds us a lot of hogwash about how deeply Chief Injustice Roberts thinks about his legacy and preserving the institutional reputation of … Continue reading
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