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Robert Reich describes “a  respected political insider”‘s take on the U.S. today. “The economy is in good shape,” he said. “Most Americans are better off than they’ve been in years.” Reich writes that “The establishment doesn’t see what’s happening because … Continue reading →

On youtube, a fabulous performance by Leslie Uggams, Lillian Hayman, and Robert Hooks at the 1968 Tony Awards: Styne-Comden & Green’s “Smile, Smile,” from the musical Hallelujah, Baby! Could Broadway handle this today?

I sent someone a link to a Violette Verdy tribute on youtube and received this response: “Thanks for the link.  I just watched it, plus a few of the others.  Most of us leave behind a few good memories with … Continue reading →

Not only did he fail to recuse himself from Bush vs.Gore despite the fact that his son worked for GW’s law firm, Scalia issued the most convoluted, ludicrously ass-backwards rationale for engineering what was, for all intents and purposes, a … Continue reading →

Senator Sanders asks why our budget supplies trillions for war, but infrastructure in Flint and many, many other places in the country continues to rot away.

Josh Marshall at talkingpointsmemo is astonished at the way that Williams just makes it up out of thin air to justify what the GOP is doing.

Cenk Uygur details the way that Scalia’s judical decisions were utterly opportunistic, motivated largely by his aggressive promotion of his personal politics, ideology and religious beliefs.

Yes, he was saying over the weekend, the constitutional workings of the United States government and its judicial system should be respected. Now he’s singing a different tune.

Eric Boehlert at Media Matters for America chronicles the way “the Beltway press almost immediately began to seamlessly frame the unfolding debate about the Supreme Court Justice’s replacement along the contours of Republican talking points. To do so, the press … Continue reading →

Steve Rendall of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting responds to Bob Woodward’s preposterous statement on CNN to the effect that the U.S. public would object to any replacement for Scalia who was not as radically, as outlandishly regressive as he. … Continue reading →