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Sympathy for the Despots

By Dan Nexon

On September 26, 2020

Well, then. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy told a federal court that hundreds of high-speed mail sorting machines he ordered removed cannot be returned to service because they were stripped for parts.DeJoy and the U.S.Postal Service presented the excuse in a response filed Wednesday to a...

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Is the New Gilded Age a Myth?

By Erik Loomis

On February 4, 2016

Above: A suffering capitalist of the Gilded Age In a bizarrely argued article, historian James Livingston says yes and that's because capitalists were the ones getting screwed in the original.

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Can The Democratic Party Problem Be Solved?

By Scott Lemieux

On November 4, 2010

The midterms have essentially ended any prospect for substantial progressive legislation for at least two years and probably longer, so progressive infighting will only intensify. Many critiques of Obama from.

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He may have cost the Dems the presidency in 2000. It's a good thing that he's generally ignored.
I'd say it's a near certainty he cost Gore the election in 2000 - Nader got...
Ralph Nader in winter · April 18, 2024
LosGatosCA To this point it can't be stressed enough that '(southern) culture eats (union) strategy for breakfast.' We'll see if the culture, or at least this portion of the culture, is changing or not.
Voting Begins in Chattanooga · April 18, 2024
Damon Poeter In all seriousness, I’m sure you’ve done the math and figured out that the child at risk is the 12-year-old… 3 years younger than your son. I am so afraid as he gets older, he will face...
Mike Johnson pretends not to have heard of 50-state abortion ban he co-sponsored · April 18, 2024
mathguy At their peaks, I’d take Chuck.
Eastern Conference Play-In Open Thread · April 18, 2024
P. Tape ✔ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ definitely enough money to pay to put yourself through any kind of schooling or training you would want.
NBA bans Jontay Porter for life for gambling · April 18, 2024