Here’s the live feed for tonight’s Texas Senate Debate at 9 PM EDT. Open thread!
Texas Senate Debate: Congressman Beto O’Rourke Vs. Senator Ted CruzPost + Comments (105)
by Adam L Silverman| 105 Comments
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Here’s the live feed for tonight’s Texas Senate Debate at 9 PM EDT. Open thread!
Texas Senate Debate: Congressman Beto O’Rourke Vs. Senator Ted CruzPost + Comments (105)
by Adam L Silverman| 269 Comments
This post is in: 2020 Elections, America, Domestic Politics, Election 2016, Election 2018, Foreign Affairs, Open Threads, Politics, Popular Culture, Post-racial America, Silverman on Security, The Trump Doctrine, Not Normal
The actual Trump Doctrine, which we’ve covered here at Balloon Juice extensively since the President gave his first campaign speech about national-security and foreign policy back in April 2016, is: America’s allies are taking advantage of our treaty and other obligations in the national security space; America’s allies and peer competitors are ripping the US …
Muhammad bin Salman’s Khashoggi Gambit: The Trump Doctrine in ActionPost + Comments (269)
by Adam L Silverman| 185 Comments
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Kanye West went to the White House today to meet and have lunch with the President, supposedly about prison reform. Prior to lunch, he and the President held an impromptu press gaggle in the Oval Office. I watched this live, except for the final couple of minutes as I had to take care of something. …
Untreated Mental Illness is Not a Joke. Nor a Political Statement.Post + Comments (185)
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This #IndigenousPeoplesDay, the Chief Wahoo-wearing Indians were eliminated, the tomahawk chopping Braves were eliminated, and the still-have-the-slur-for-a-name football team was humiliated on Monday Night Football — Noah Frank (@NoahFrankWTOP) October 9, 2018 Since some people liked the idea (and nobody spoke up who hated it), let’s make it official: Every Wednesday, I’m going to …
Tuesday Morning Open Thread: We All Do What We CanPost + Comments (126)
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'The real, hardworking people of the Volunteer state prefer to take their marching orders from multi-billionaire tax frauds whose towers are obsidian black, rife with fire code violations and built from good, wholesome mafia concrete.' https://t.co/uG67uOIQ6n — ZEd Wood Junior (@Zeddary) October 8, 2018 Let’s face it, a lot of professional Repubs are just 4Chan …
Open Thread: Taylor Swift Is No Longer the GOP’s ‘White Goddess’Post + Comments (114)
This post is in: Election 2018, LGBTQ Rights Are Human Rights, Local Races 2018 and earlier, Open Threads, Popular Culture, All we want is life beyond the thunderdome
Taylor Swift cares more about black people than Kanye West and now I need to lay down because I got a headache just from tweeting that. — Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha) October 8, 2018 I was told Swift’s real profit base is pre-teen and young-teen girls (and their parents), and it’s my impression that those girls …
Local Voting Open Thread: Good for Taylor SwiftPost + Comments (37)
by Adam L Silverman| 134 Comments
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While we wait for Senator Collins to finish the longest public statement of “I’m voting yes” ever given in the English or any other language, I think it is important to take a moment and revisit the two much more courageous votes and statements of Senators Heitkamp and Murkowski. Especially so in the wake of …
A Few Thoughts on Senators Heitkamp and MurkowskiPost + Comments (134)