Tag : Informed Dissent

It looks like Chuck Schumer learned how to do politics like a Republican | Views + Opinions | Orlando

click to enlarge photo by Lev Radin/Shutterstock Sen. Chuck Schumer, either a genius or the luckiest bastard on the planet.…

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If Biden plans to be a doormat for the new Republican House or the radical Supreme Court, he should bow out of 2024 now | Views + Opinions | Orlando

click to enlarge Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz On day 549 of his presidency, Donald Trump had a…

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It is not hyperbole to say the current U.S. Supreme Court constitutes a democratic crisis | Views + Opinions | Orlando

click to enlarge photo by Ben Von Klemperer Big, empty heads. In the early Trump years, I worried about being…

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After the death of Roe v. Wade, Democrats need to do more than fundraise and say 'see you in November'

No sooner had five Supreme Court justices — four of them men, four appointed by presidents who lost the popular…

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Today’s SCOTUS rulings show that the majority doesn’t care about torching its legitimacy, only about pushing its radical agenda | Views + Opinions | Orlando

click to enlarge Adobe United States Supreme Court Building It’s possible that, by the time you read this, five extremists…

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The myth that all cities are violent is a right-wing article of faith, one they’re promoting and exploiting shamelessly | Views + Opinions | Orlando

It’s funny how narratives work. After San Francisco voters recalled District Attorney Chesa Boudin, Washington Post columnist James Hohmann called…

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The GOP base have called Jan. 6 a false flag, blamed it on infiltrators, and insisted it ‘was not an insurrection’ — everything but look it in the eye | Views + Opinions | Orlando

The Republican line that last Thursday’s Jan. 6 Committee hearing was an “illegitimate” “sham” won’t fly outside of die-hard partisans.…

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The Second Amendment is legal gibberish, and you can interpret it to mean almost anything you want | Views + Opinions | Orlando

click to enlarge Portrait by Gilbert Stuart, c. 1821 James Madison lived in a world of muskets, not assault rifles…

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States with highest numbers of abortion-restricting laws also have the highest levels of maternal mortality | Views + Opinions | Orlando

“African Americans have a higher incidence of maternal mortality,” Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy told Politico on May 19. “So, if…

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Trump packed the federal judiciary with unqualified ideologues. Now America is stuck with the consequences for the rest of our lives | Views + Opinions | Orlando

click to enlarge photo by Gage Skidmore/Creative Commons license Elections have consequences. In 2013, the Securities and Exchange Commission charged…

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