If you’re running for the Democratic presidential nomination, you have to sound like a progressive to get primary voters on your side and govern and vote like a right-winger so the centrist establishment will tolerate you.
How Do the Other 22% Live?
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78% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. The United States isn’t a superpower. It is, as President Trump would say, a “shithole country.”
Imagine a Democratic President Who Fought As Hard for the Left As Trump Does For the Right
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Donald Trump is keeping his campaign promise to build a border wall between the US and Mexico, even shutting down the government. Imagine if the Democrats were as aggressive.
We Didn’t Get a Full Year of Government This Year. Why Should We Pay a Year of Taxes?
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A standoff over a border wall between Congressional Democrats and Republicans has led to a government shutdown of various agencies. Surely Americans who are denied services shouldn’t have to pay their full taxes.
Forget Jamal Khashoggi. Visit Saudi Arabia’s New No-Kill Consula
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It’s only been a few months since Saudi Arabia’s insane crown prince ordered the gruesome murder and dismemberment of a Washington-based journalist in the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul. Now it’s time to go visit!
Progressive Democrats Like Elizabeth Warren Want a Higher Minimum Wage That Is Way Too Low
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Elizabeth Warren wants $15 an hour minimum wage, even though she herself says it ought to be $22 an hour. And if you calculate what it would be if we accounted for the actual inflation rate, even the “radical” Warren comes up woefully short of what workers need and deserve.
Democrats Will Have So Many Excuses Not to Impeach Trump They’ll Make Him Look Sane
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Democrats ran on an implicit pledge to impeach Donald Trump should they take the House of Representatives in the 2018 midterm elections. Now that they have, just you wait for all the excuses they’ll use not to.
After All the Crap He Pulled, What Got Everyone Angry at Trump was His Moves Toward Peace
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There are many reasons for Democrats, Republicans and the media to unite against Trump: his obvious insanity, his uneven stewardship of the economy, corruption, allowing migrant children to die in US custody. What it actually took to get the establishment riled up against him, however, was not those legitimate concerns but his moves toward peace in the Middle East.
Finally, a Cabinet Member Resigns on Principle. But What a Crazy Principle!
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For the first time since Jimmy Carter’s secretary of state Cyrus Vance resigned on principle (the failed helicopter rescue attempt of the embassy hostages in Iran), a major cabinet official has resigned on principle. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis quit the Trump White House because Trump announced his plan to withdraw 2,000 US troops from Syria. Such is the topsy-turvy world in which we find ourselves.
A New Media Glossary
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Everything has been amped up in the media: at least the vocabulary has. A presidential tweet is “breaking news!” A press conference is a “blockbuster.” Here’s a guide to help you navigate the weird hyper-exagerrated world of 21st century clickbait media.
