Bernie Sanders is surging in the polls and might be the Democratic nominee for president of United States. If that happens, you know that Republicans will go after him for being a “democratic socialist.” Soviet nostalgia, here we come!
Why Is Elizabeth Warren Hiring so Many Right Wing Foreign Policy Hacks?
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Elizabeth Warren has positioned herself as the progressive alternative to Bernie Sanders. But a list of her foreign policy advisers reads no differently than it would if she were Hillary Clinton.
You Shall Know a System by its Enemies
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Establishment politicians and media journalists are increasingly concerned and hysterical about the possibility that the increase of Bernie Sandersâ performance in the Democratic primaries means that he could end up being elected president. Why are they so worried?
How to Game the Popularity Voter Whores
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In the same way that Google Maps suggests a short cut around a traffic jam and thus causes more traffic on the alternate route, voters who chase the most popular candidate end up having unforeseen effects on political races.,
Who Was That Greta Girl Again?
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People who comment on Greta Thunberg’s personality, demeanor and looks should instead focus on the fact that she is right that we face an existential environmental crisis.
Why Centrist Democrats Can’t Get to Bernie Sanders
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Centrist Democrats find themselves in a quandry: the more they attack Bernie Sanders, the more that voters support him. If only there was a solution.
The More Shameful the Scandal, the More a Politician’s Supporter
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An odd byproduct of political tribalism is the fact that scandals have actually become a positive, a way to rally the base into showing up at the polls and making campaign donations.
Here’s Why Democrats Did Their Lame Pro Forma Impeachment of Trump
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Impeachment requires bipartisan consensus built up over a painstaking process to be effective. Why did Democrats rush through a pro forma piece of crap at the beginning of an election year?
When Bernie Met Liz, They Stopped Thinking Straight
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The most interesting aspect about Elizabeth Warren’s allegation that Bernie Sanders told her that a woman can’t be elected president is what it says about the way American voters and political journalists reason and think.
The President Is Crazy. Someone Should Do Something.
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Everyone agrees that President Trump seems to have been exposed as unfit for office in the week of his rash assassination of a top Iranian general. But who is going to act? The public is scared because they know that protest doesn’t work and that it often turns protesters into targets of surveillance. Congress won’t act because they are cowards and are owned by major corporations. And the media won’t do anything for the same reason.
