CNBC got a quote from Aetna on their Pennsylvania strategy: “We don’t discuss our performance on a state level,” Aetna spokesman T.J. Crawford told CNBC after the insurer’s profitable Pennsylvania picture was first highlighted by the website Balloon Juice on Wednesday. Crawford declined to say whether Aetna’s plans were profitable in Pennsylvania this year, or …
Overnight Open Thread: Music!
Here’s some music to take you into the wee hours!
How We Got Here: A History of The Development of the Alt-Right and Trumpism
Following on several of the posts today, but to step back a bit from the campaign issues a bit, The Guardian has run a long read, long form report on the roots of Trumpism, or perhaps more accurately, what is being called the alt-right. Here’s a taste, but as a student of socio-cultural identity and its …
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Let’s Not Let Them Airbrush This Shit
While ‘decent’ Republicans are distancing themselves from Trump and the assholes at Breitbart, let’s not forget how we got here. The people in charge right now are the people who thought the only reason McCain and Romney didn’t win was because they didn’t attack hard enough. Remember this shit: On Friday’s Fox & Friends, Fox …
These Are Not the Polls You Are Looking For
This is what Jedi mind tricks look like when they fail: When asked about being down in the race, Trump adviser replies, "Says who?"https://t.co/HO9wqbdDWR https://t.co/C2UzSDdUo4 — The Situation Room (@CNNSitRoom) August 17, 2016 Can someone please make a bumper sticker that says “Says Who? – 2016”
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Open Thread: Fewer Republicans, But Better Republicans
Story soon… BREITBART orbit is ecstatic… the Bannon-Coulter-Sessions wing of the right is now running GOP nominee's campaign — Robert Costa (@costareports) August 17, 2016 This tweet last night reminded me of pre-abdication Pope Benedict Ratzinger’s more conservative followers, writing hopefully about how purging the ‘doubters’ and ‘weak sisters’ would lead to a hardened Mother …
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Out of the past
One of my all-time favorite Balloon Juice threads was this one, especially this comment. The picture of the kid it’s about is gone but I found it again on the internet. There are many who say that this is not the most important issue in the world, but what’s up with wing nut “media” types …