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CHRIS MURPHY IS ONE OF THE FEW DEMOCRATS

to offer any criticism of foreign policy as it’s been waged on a bipartisan basis. Sen. Murphy tweets: “Current American foreign policy in a nutshell, as endorsed by SCOTUS: Step 1: Bomb country (e.g. Syria, Yemen, Libya) Step 2: Creating … Continue reading →

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WHY IS IT?

that aggressive tactics nearly always pay off for Republicans–and the Democratic Establishment is just as consistently petrified at the thought of responding in kind?

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I LOVE SYMPHONIE CONCERTANTE*

This fall, American Ballet Theatre brings back Balanchine’s masterpiece of student instruction as well as sublime balletic reimaging of one of the world’s greatest pieces of music. Call it a Balanchine Personal Statement, like something you write for an entrance application. … Continue reading →

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THE “MAINSTREAM” MEDIA’S DOUBLE STANDARD ON CIVILITY

Mark  Schumer at Daily Kos peels back the civility scam: “While the right punches, the press plays stenographer, and when the left fights back, they declare fighting out of bounds.”

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LUDICROUS FALSE EQUIVALENCY FROM THE WASHINGTON POST

What in the world got into them? Or was this editorial written by a single reactionary, head-in-the-sander or worse, Trump-normalizer? Anti-Trumpists lectured because they’ve had it with Trump’s toxic, inflammatory hate speech and hate actions? Was Huckabee Sanders treated to … Continue reading →

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PELOSI AND SCHUMER: THE POLITICS OF FORM OVER SUBSTANCE

As Jake Johnson notes on Common Dreams: Pelosi and Schumer “didn’t issue a single word of public criticism of their fellow Democrats for voting to deregulate Wall Street and hand President Donald Trump immense spying powers, but on Monday the Democratic … Continue reading →

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THE SUPREME COURT’S RACIST RIGHT-WING MAJORITY

In another brazenly biased and partisan decision, Roberts’ court says it’s OK to discriminate on the basis of religion and ethnicity. Can we all now agree that Obama’s capitulation to Sen. McConnell’s putsch against the Constitution was a complete disaster … Continue reading →

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LADY CAROLINE

in Elizabeth von Armin’s The Enchanted April, published in 1922, was “having a a violent reaction against beautiful clothes and the slavery they impose on one, her experience being that the instant one has got them they took one in hand and … Continue reading →

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THE RIGHT-WING SUPREME COURT MAJORITY LOVES GERRMANDERING

It can’t be too racist or rigged for their satisfaction. Roberts’ gutting the Voting Rights Act was just the beginning. Could the Dems please get out of their consultant-engineered alternate universe and make judicial appointments an election issue?

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HUCKABEE SANDERS DOUBLES DOWN

on the right-wing’s trademark lies and projection. Has your father hate-tweeted any more racist posts, lately, Mme. Press Secretary? We know that your boss has.

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