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Creeping (and creepy) authoritarianism: Trump wants your voting info
Instead of parsing Trump’s twisted weekend tweets, let’s ponder his regime’s creeping authoritarianism. That’s wh ...
8 years ago
Trump and women: You get what you vote for
Here’s a question for all the Republicans, Trumpkins, and Fox News hosts who seem sincerely shocked that the pig-in-chief would sto ...
8 years ago
Presidents and the press: JFK’s advice for Trump
We’re well aware, of course, that the tinpot authoritarian is allergic to the First Amendment. But he has spent much of this week s ...
8 years ago
Good news! Trump signed a bipartisan veterans bill into law! (Seriously!)
Believe it or not, something good happened in Washington the other day. Trump signed a bill that got overwhelming support from both ...
8 years ago
Here’s why Republicans could nix health coverage for 22,000,000
If you’re wondering why the craven Senate Republicans might vote this week for a bill that would throw 22,000,000 people off their ...
8 years ago
On Russian meddling, Obama choked when the chips were down
The American people deserved to know — early last autumn, before the presidential balloting — that ...
8 years ago
Republican Robin Hoods take from the poor, give to the rich
Here’s a question for all the Democratic-leaning voters who abstained last fall — the ones who stayed home, spurned Hillary, skip ...
8 years ago
Democrats in crisis: Nancy Pelosi has gotta go
John F. Kennedy once said, “Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the f ...
8 years ago
Democrats lose again, Trumpkins laugh their Ossoff
Democrats lost yet again last night, their fourth straight defeat in special congressional elections. Unless or until they finally put so ...
8 years ago
Trumpcare in the dark: Secrecy is the new norm
Here’s what Senator Mitch McConnell said in 2010, when health care reform was taking shape: “Democrats on Capitol Hill are wo ...
8 years ago
Kudos to Megyn Kelly for confronting Alex Jones
Megyn Kelly got hammered last week for her decision to interview right-wing nutjob Alex Jones — despite the fact that nobody had actual ...
8 years ago
Another day in Trumplandia: A fake-news blogger is tapped for the federal bench
It’s tempting to focus 24/7 on the expanding Kremlingate probe — Mike Pence and Jared Kushner have now lawyered up, and Trump is ...
8 years ago