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The Descent of America

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On October 27, 2018
In case you have any doubts that the right-wing War on Soros serves as a vector not only for anti-semitism, but for the importation of European right-wing tropes and tactics into the American system, you should read Aaron Wiener’s piece at Mother Jones about how your taxpayers dollars are being used to promote Soros-flavored anti-semitic […]
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Greg Sargent has been on a tear for the past forty-eight hours as he discusses the non-partisan media’s inability to handle Trump. Yesterday, he wrote that: … the Justice Department’s inspector general is expected to release a report scrutinizing the FBI’s handling of the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s email arrangement. I’m going to predict that […]
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You sometimes hear it asked whether the framers would have approved of executive actions like Trump’s willful sabotage of the ACA. The answer is “probably not.” But the problem is that the rest of their Constitution created a sclerotic legislature largely insulated from democratic accountability, making it inevitable that executive action will fill the vacuum:  […]
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Napoleon Complex

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On July 14, 2017
Trump’s visit to Napoleon’s tomb in Paris yesterday is an irresistible invitation to compare the two leaders. Trendy as it is to focus on historical parallels with fascism, it’s worth thinking a bit about what we can learn from that other dude crazy enough to invade Russia in winter. (Unavoidable aside: this may be the […]
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