Democratic Party

By Olga Pierce and Kate Rabinowitz | ( ProPublica) | – – The Wisconsin case before the Supreme Court claims to be about partisanship. But race is a factor in this case and many others nationwide. The Wisconsin voting rights case before the Supreme Court has been cast as the definitive test of whether partisan […]

Democratic Party

Incredibly Superficial: Too much Hillary- and Trump-bashing is about mere Appearance

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Our politics has descended below the horse race to the pageant

Donald Trump

If she had said, “Back off, you Creep!”

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women, misogyny, sexism, politics, Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump

Bernie Sanders

Bannon must go, but after that, Protesters should listen to Bernie

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Steve Bannon ran, and is still likely pulling the strings at, Breitbart, the “Stormfront” in a business suit with a skinny tie. Bannon once characterized it as enabling what he called the “alt right,” by which he meant a slightly more presentable version of the skinheads, […]

Bernie Sanders

Will reaction against Trump on Health Care lead to Medicare for All?

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By Ann Jones. | (via Tomdispatch.com ) | – – You may have noticed that quite a few of the formerly united states of America have been choosing to go their own way. My own state, Massachusetts, now blooms with sanctuary cities sworn to protect residents from federal intrusion. Its attorney general, Maura Healey, was […]

Barack Obama

Obama’s last Victory: Syrian Democratic Forces hold Parts of ISIL Capital

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends Not with a bang but a whimper. – T. S. Eliot, “The Hollow Men” Whatever the fate of the world, Eliot’s verse is appropriate to […]

Democratic Party

It’s the wrong time to mock Republican voter outrage

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By Ian Berman | (Informed Comment) | – – The Waking of the American Voter As voters express their anger at Republican politician town halls, Democrats are rejoicing saying I told you so. The desire to mock these voters for being shortsighted is understandable, but this outrage is half of exactly what the country needs. […]

Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders Talks Dems, Trump, Palestine, Syria (AJ+)

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Dena Takruri | (AJ+) | (Video News report) | – – “Senator Bernie Sanders unfiltered – in this AJ+ interview with Dena Takruri, he opens up about the Democratic Party, President Trump, Palestine and Syria.” AJ+: “Bernie Sanders Talks Democrats, President Trump, Palestine And Syria”

Bernie Sanders

Trumpcare is the best Advertisement for Nationalizing Insurance

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The sadism and greed of the American Republican Party was on full display Thursday, as the House GOP voted to destroy Obamacare and remove the coverage for pre-existing conditions (50 million Americans suffer from them). Oh, this sabotage is camouflaged, but the way Trumpcare would work […]