Prof. Kathy Cramer (UMadison) spent 8 years field research with Wisconsin's...
Here’s a piece worth including, if like me you are doing some weekend reading online. A lot of us were shocked that Wisconsin, in particular, tipped over the way it did on Tuesday. It did so in...
View ArticleThe Nation: Draft Leak - "Religious Freedom" Executive Order. Every bit as...
I didn’t see this on the Rec List... and I do not mean to be dramatic, but this is one of the bigger stories emerging today. It is major news, bad news, for LGBT Americans, for reproductive freedom in...
View ArticleCPAC: Tax-Dodging Billionaire Grifter DJT Declares Massive US Military Buildup
Every day, new reasons to #Resist. Today at CPAC, Trump’s big speech featured a declaration that he, as President, vows “one of the greatest military buildups in American history.” So that “no one...
View ArticleEPA Head (Destructor) Scott Pruitt lied massively in his confirmation hearing
It’s hard to keep up with it all. But alongside all the rightful focus on Sessions/Trump/Russia, here’s another percolating story of a Trump cabinet nominee lying in his confirmation hearing. And this...
View ArticleTrump Isolation Watch: he's now lost Rick Santorum
Trump seems more and more alone and lonely. Strange how somebody elected on his purported strength to make deals, forge and maintain relationships, looks increasingly…. isolated.His...
View ArticleRevoke and Remove. Is Jared Kushner gone, immediately? NOW? TODAY?
Well?What is Jared Kushner’s status in the White House, right now?He approached Russians in secret and proposed a stealth line of communication from Trump’s transition team direct to the Kremlin — not...
View ArticleSome cracks appear in Trump's evangelical support post-Charlottesville
Jay Michaelson* of the Daily Beast writes:A new study by Public Religion Research Institute—based on surveys taken before Charlottesville—showed that only 65 percent of white evangelicals have a...
View ArticleVanity Fair: Trump unraveling, seething, says "I hate everyone in the White...
Time Mag featured an infamous pair of Trump “Meltdown” covers last year. The description was premature, in a sense; how truly melted-down can a candidate be if he goes on to win* the grand prize, the...
View ArticleRANT: Every arm, leg, tentacle of the Democratic Party fundraising machine is...
There’s got to be a better way to do this.I donated generously to ActBlue twice in 2010 and twice in 2012. I was required to provide my phone number, and I naively did so. Cursing myself now for...
View ArticleLeonard Leo, the secretive puppetmaster behind Trump's SCOTUS pick
Wanted to sharethis morning's top story from the Daily Beast — written by my spouse, Jay Michaelson.When President Donald Trump nominates a justice to the Supreme Court on Monday night, he will be...
View ArticleWarning: William Barr (Trump's pick for AG) has a militant Bible-wielding...
My spouse, Jay Michaelson, has written a piece for the Daily Beast on Trump’s new pick for Attorney General, William P. Barr. I wanted to share it here because it seems with so much news happening,...
View ArticleCNN Poll Aug 20: Biden rises to 29%, Sanders/Warren tied 2nd 15%/14%, Harris...
CNN has a newly released poll taken Aug 15-18, and its results are lining up with a few other recent polls. State of the race at this point is Biden solidifying and slightly widening his lead; Sanders...
View ArticleOn the "terrifying" prospect of Joe Biden winning the Democratic Primary
First off, if I could helicopter one candidate directly into the US presidency next January, it would currently be Elizabeth Warren. Biden’s not my first choice.But the fear I’m reading in here based...
View ArticleOn Data, Electability, Facts, Fear, and Bernie Sanders
Hi all. I’m not a Bernie Sanders supporter; I was leaning Harris before she sank, then leaning Warren but now she seems to be sinking as well. But I want to write a diary about my own “Joe Biden is...
View ArticleThurs 1pm EDT: Biden speaks to us on Coronavirus
UPDATE 2:20pm: See Anneli’s diary on the Rec List — “Biden speech on COVID-19”— for a full video link and more discussion in comments. Thanks all.UPDATE 1:50pm: It was a good speech: thoughtful,...
View ArticleCOVID-19 Testing only reveals contagiousness... not immunity. Will this...
I just read a few articles about current practices of COVID-19 testing here in the USA. This piece by Bryn Nelson at the Daily Beast — “America Botched Coronavirus Testing. We’re About to Find Out How...
View ArticleRed Meat, Red Meat: St Louis wingnut couple who pointed guns at protesters...
It’s 7am Eastern Time. I went to bed early, so I just now watched a rousing Bernie Sanders speech and a superb, thoughtful, deeply moving 1:1 plea from Michelle Obama…. and I was feeling truly good...
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Guess what Michigan, Wisconsin, North Carolina and Nevada have in common
I’m seeing a rise in “Trump’s gonna win” fear, this past week. Both in here, in my Facebook feed, and in more than a few corners of liberal/progressive-leaning punditry.The argument seems to go like...
View ArticleDavid Frum: "Trump yelled, threatened, interrupted--and changed nothing. He's...
If anyone watched last night’s debate, slept horribly, and woke up in a foul mood… I’m so sorry, and please accept this virtual hug.I opted to pass. Needed a solid night’s sleep, have a history of...
View ArticleOh BOOM: CNN Latest Poll, Biden +16! 57% to 41%
CNN/SSRS has just published its latest poll. Biden 57%, Trump 41%. Terrific news.Details in full, located here:The study was conducted for CNN via telephone by SSRS, an independent research company....
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