Where Are The Protests?
Given the sequester, given the austerity, given the government shutdown, and given the imminent default, it would seem to me that this would be a fantastic time for those plugged in to the occupy...
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A Thought About Turnout
For all the denunciation of "those damn kids who didn't turnout and lost us the election," there is something about this chart that keeps bugging me. If the under-30 vote have had the same 12% of the...
View ArticleClinton Says Critics of Iran Agreement "Have Respectable Argument"
I noticed this the other day, and waited to see if anyone else saw it, but apparently it got drowned out by the excitement of the Iowa Democratic Rally and yesterday's brouhaha at Netroots Nation. In a...
View ArticleA Quick Question About Campaign Rally Logistics
Hey everybody. So now that the primary race is coming to my neck of the woods, I was wondering if any of you have any advice for how much time to budget for attending a major campaign rally. How soon...
View ArticleGame Changer? Bill Weld to run as Veep on Libertarian Ticket
I don’t have a lot of commentary to offer, but this seems like big news:Former Massachusetts governor William F. Weld will announce Thursday that he is running for vice president, rejecting the...
View ArticleWhy the Radio Silence on Netroots Nation?
So Netroots Nation 2016 is going on right now in St. Louis, something which once upon a time used to be a big deal here, but I haven’t seen any signs of it here, either on the front page or in the...
View ArticleChris Fedalei (D-SC) Steps Up, Offers Plan to Combat Zika
It shouldn’t be news to anybody at this point that there is a serious public health crisis brewing with the zika virus, not just in South America and the Caribbean, but also in Puerto Rico and Miami....
View ArticleXavier Becerra Tapped for California Attorney General
In a move that was a surprise even to Rep. Becerra himself, California Governor Jerry Brown just appointed Congressman Xavier Becerra to replace Senator-elect Kamala Harris at the position of...
View ArticleIdle Speculation: Who Gets Nominated to Succeed Comey at FBI?
One of the constants with Trump is that whenever you think you’ve hit the bottom, he surprises you with something even more awful. So given Comey’s firing, which morally compromised Trump...
View ArticleSouth Carolina 5th District Special Election Narrowing, Archie Parnell Needs...
While most of the money, focus and excitement around here has been on John Ossoff and the GA-06 congressional special election on June 20th, there is another southern congressional special election...
View ArticleAlternate Theory for Trump's Rumored Cabinet Reshuffle
This will be brief, because it’s just a question I didn’t see anyone else discussing. Could the reason why Sec. Tillerson’s going to be replaced by Pompeo at State, with Cotton moving into Pompeo’s CIA...
View ArticleWho are the Most Effective GA Orgs to Donate To?
Hey everybody, I had a quick question about where to put my political donations for the GA senate runoffs, other than the Ossoff and Warnock campaigns. This is especially for those of you who are...
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