How ‘Elites’ Became One of the Nastiest Epithets in American Politics
Worth a read.
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Why Rural America Voted for Trump
Why Rural America Voted for Trump
“The difference between Republicans and Democrats is that Republicans believe people are fundamentally bad, while Democrats see people as fundamentally good,” said Mr. Watts, who was in the area to campaign for Senator Rand Paul. “We are born bad,” he said and added that children did not need to be taught to behave badly — they are born knowing how to do that. “We teach them how to be good,” he said. “We become good by being reborn — born again.” He continued: “Democrats believe that we are born good, that we create God, not that he created us. If we are our own God, as the Democrats say, then we need to look at something else to blame when things go wrong — not us.”
That’s not actually what Democrats believe.
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(via Instagram photo by Alec Baldwin • Jan 6, 2017 at 11:26 AM) epic troll (Source: https://www.instagram.com/)
Letter-Writing Wednesday: Don’t Help Republicans Govern
I expect Democrats to stand together in principled, uncompromising resistance to every Republican initiative. It’s not enough to block GOP efforts to shred the social safety net, appoint radical right-wing judges or trash the environment. It’s essential that Democrats exert the utmost effort to block every bill and nomination by Trump and the Republican Congress.… Continue reading Letter-Writing Wednesday: Don’t Help Republicans Govern
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The unemployment rate in the city of Seattle – the tip of the spear when it comes to minimum wage experiments – has now hit a new cycle low of 3.4%, as the city continues to thrive. I’m not sure what else there is to say at this point. The doomsayers were wrong. The sky… Continue reading Untitled
Russia Hysteria Infects WashPost Again: False Story About Hacking U.S. Electric Grid
The “anything goes” media mentality when it comes to Russia strikes again. (via Russia Hysteria Infects WashPost Again: False Story About Hacking U.S. Electric Grid) I was suspicious of the WaPo article due to lack of named sources and lack of specifics beyond a local power company in VT.
To Stop Trump, Democrats Can Learn From the Tea Party
It’s a simple playbook: organize locally and play defense. (via To Stop Trump, Democrats Can Learn From the Tea Party – The New York Times) This is the correct thing to learn. Look at the Tea Party, Dean’s 50 State Plan and even the Gingrich contract for America. The plan should be to get the… Continue reading To Stop Trump, Democrats Can Learn From the Tea Party
Trump rewards big donors with jobs and access
Trump rewards big donors with jobs and access
“The risk here is disillusionment by the voters who voted for change and are going to end up with a plutocracy,” Potter said.
No one who paid attention to Trump’s actions rather than his words will be shocked by this. If you are, you were conned. The swamp just got ten feet deeper
Why Blue States Are the Real ‘Tea Party’
Why Blue States Are the Real ‘Tea Party’
This should have gone viral. It’s basically correct.