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Month: July 2016
This is the grave of Thurlow Weed. Thurlow Weed was a political kingmaker of the Whig Party. Born in 1797 in New York, Weed became involved in politics at a young age, first supporting DeWitt Clinton
Debbie Downer. The chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee resigned Sunday after a trove of emails were disclosed showing DNC officials working to undermine the underdog presidential campaign
Your browser does not support iframes. Watching that eternally glorious bottom clip again, I was thinking about Buck Showalter, a fine manager who’s done an excellent job in Baltimore. Part of me has always thought that it’s unfortunate that he didn’t get a chance to manage the dynasty he helped build just as Jeter was […]
Talking of grading on a curve, I wonder if the press/pundit industrial complex will do much beyond note that Priebus has vowed that the RNC will never support hateful bigots. David Duke & his hate
The Clinton-Kaine ticket will be hard to beat. I was downright shocked by the shrewdness of the Clinton-Kaine event I just witnessed. Shouts out to Latinos and the military community? So smart. What w
In case anyone is still wondering if there is anything police officers won’t say to justify the unnecessary use of force: No. No. NO. Kinsey, before he was shot in the leg, could be seen lying on the pavement with his hands in the air. He told police that he was unarmed and that the […]
People who bet the chalk were right. I’ll probably have a piece about it, but a few quick points: The pick is…fine. He wasn’t my first choice and still wouldn’t be, but the pic
One way of mainstreaming Donald Trump is to pretend that “I don’t think gay people should be subject to mass murder” is some sort of major concession to LGBT rights. Another strategy
The reviews are in pic.twitter.com/o93sYYMxPh — Gideon Resnick (@GideonResnick) July 22, 2016 His time has come again! It’s official: David Duke is running for Congress. The former Ku Klux Klan leader and one-term Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives said in a video announcing his candidacy Friday that he believes in “equal rights […]
HRM George Clinton is seventy five funkin’ years old today. An appeals court has overturned Purvi Patel’s conviction for feticide. It’s far from perfect. She’ll be re-sentenced
Although he probably won’t be selected, Corey Booker is apparently at least somewhat in the running for Clinton’s VP slot. I’ve been having this argument with a lot of people for a w