With Kennedy’s vacancy, only voting can check one-party rule
Trump will replace the last centrist on the Supreme Court. Now only voter pushback can restore balance to Congress.
Out of Bounds, Off-Limits, or Just Plain Ignored
Six National Security questions Hillary, Donald, Ted, Marco, et al., don’t want to answer and won’t even be asked.
Usable madness
Usable lying and other well-intended “adjustments” of the truth have opened up the door for many further troubling innovations . . .
Looming Brexit Mayhem Will Expose Disruptive TrumpThink
So, brace for reams of critical Brexit analysis, implying the UK cut off its nose to spite its face. And let’s never forget Trump’s high-risk, gambling world is “winning take all.” That means “losers gets nothing.” Hardly a great model for parenting, let alone large-scale, global business planning or trade or health for complex, modern nation-states. Gambling for adults works when betting disposable dollars on transient sporting events when the results are instantly known. Will voters in November here not add false flummery about Brexit shortfalls as another crack-brain spoke in Trump’s broken-down political wheelhouse?
The real lesson of Ukraine-gate: Trump will do anything to win in 2020
Amid the impeachment furor, don’t lose sight of the renewed importance of protecting the integrity of the 2020 election.
A year without a president
What have we learned about the presidency and who is running the country?
Democrats have a huge opportunity to expand their base and they’re ignoring it
It’s past time for progressive Democrats to stop focusing on the places they win votes easily, in the cities and the suburbs and to go where the Republicans win by default: rural America.
A Wisconsin Republican looks back with regret at voter ID and redistricting fights
Republican efforts to impose voter ID laws and redraw election districts both wound up in federal court. Dale Schultz ended 30 years in state politics lamenting the recent displays of partisanship.
If Sessions had nothing to hide, why did he try to hide it?
People in power don't investigate themselves. Let's have a special prosecutor to connect the dots of the Russian connection.
Progressive Briefing for Thursday, October 11
Bernie slams Trump’s Op-Ed and calls him a liar, Republican official caught purging tens of thousands of black voters, Monsanto seeks to undo $289M Roundup verdict, and more.