
Author: Scott Lemieux

The current state of American politics is that a reactionary propaganda network for bored, angry old people has played a crucial role in electing a president who is a bored,.
Vanity Fair has a good piece up about Ronan Farrow's forthcoming book. The tl; dr is that NBC's leadership knifed a lot of talented people (mostly women) in the back.
Bret "Bedbug" Stephens backs out of a free and open exchange of ideas: New York Times opinion columnist and man who thinks it’s deeply important to engage in open debate.
Tulsi is furious that the DNC is, uh, including her in the debates or something? Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard says she may boycott next week’s Democratic presidential debate telling supporters.

Well, that's it -- impeachment has no chance now: Trey Gowdy, the former South Carolina congressman who led the committee that investigated the terrorist attack on the American diplomatic compound.
President-elect Donald Trump meets with former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani at the clubhouse of the Trump National Golf Club November 20, 2016 in Bedminster, New Jersey. Rudy Giuliani,.

"Analysis": Here's the kind of thing that CNN is paying an emolument that could probably cover the salaries of a dozen or so actual journalists for: Of course, there is.
Strict Textualist (TM) Neil Gorsuch was apparently replaced in mid-oral argument today by another justice named "Neil Gorsuch": The cases (Bostock v. Clayton County; Altitude Express v. Zarda; and Harris.