The Russia Thing
We need to slow our thinking down on the so-called Trump/Russia scandal. Fight for a comprehensive investigation, but not to the neglect of other, more pressing issues.
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Naomi Klein on How to Deal with the Trump Shock
NAOMI KLEIN IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT VOICES OF THIS GENERATION
If you have not yet read Naomi Klein’s The Shock Doctrine, do so immediately. It should be on everyone’s required reading list.
On Walls and the Disappearance of Left Wing Discourse
…the goal must be to institute a leftist globalism, not a globalized left, which is a much different thing.
Read More On Walls and the Disappearance of Left Wing DiscourseTrump 2020!
…here we have what is quite possibly the most surreal paradox of the entire Trump phenomenon. Trump’s very incompetence may actually serve as part of the filter that hides his incompetence…It’s as if he excretes his own bulletproof exoskeleton.
Read More Trump 2020!The Myth of Small Government Conservatism
With the release of the Trump budget and the expressed goals of the Administration, it should now be clear to all that my attempt to debunk the Small Government Conservative Myth is accurate.
Read More The Myth of Small Government ConservatismWhat Was the Deadliest Terrorist Group the U.S. Ever Faced?
All over the country, we see monuments to those who, under any other conceivable context would be defined as traitors, criminals or, in our modern parlance, terrorists.
Read More What Was the Deadliest Terrorist Group the U.S. Ever Faced?Obama Cashes In
By cashing that Wall Street check, Obama is confirming that the Democratic Party remains a lap dog to corporate interests.
Read More Obama Cashes InEzra Klein on Trump’s First Hundred Days
The best that can be said is that the Administration’s stunning incompetence is interfering with his ability to put his awful platform into effect.
Read More Ezra Klein on Trump’s First Hundred DaysScalia’s Seat Must Remain Unfilled!
I don’t want Democrats to embrace Republican cynicism. But they have to be strategic. Allowing the Trump/McConnell/Ryan Junta to fill Scalia’s seat is a really bad precedent.
Read More Scalia’s Seat Must Remain Unfilled!Why Do You Even Bother Talking to These People?
I know it seems like you are arguing with an Alice in Wonderland character when debating a conservative, but you still have to do it. Here’s why and some advice as to how.
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