Sometimes punditry is fouled by contaminants that keep you from experiencing its full-bodied, high-octane mixture of speculation and freshman-political-philosophy-seminar level of relevance to everyday life. This is not one of those times: Put aside the question of whether it should be the top 20 countries or top 5 or even just US, EU, and UK. …
COVID-19 Coronavirus Updates: Friday/Saturday, Jan. 29-30
A local reporter in Florida has become seniors’ unofficial vaccine hotline https://t.co/nTsm3qE7B5 — The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 29, 2021
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You Say You Won’t But Then You Do
I wonder if Mitch McConnell has finally gone too far, and the few Democrats for some unknown reason think the filibuster is in their best interests are finally tired of dumb boy talk. I mean, for all the times that he used the rules of the Senate to fuck us over, at some point basic …
Someone In the Pentagon Got a Message Out: All 10 Living Former Secretaries of Defense Issue a Warning!
Earlier this evening The Washington Post published a letter, as an op-ed, from all ten living former Secretaries of Defense, warning about the importance of keeping the US military out of any involvement with deciding the outcome of elections, specifically the 2020 election. There is no way this letter is put together and then pushed for …
Trumpery Open Thread: Dancing Bears & Jugglers
And looking at the possibility of another Trump campaign the executives at all the networks swooned. https://t.co/c0ALLFWou0 — Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) November 12, 2020 Back during the Watergate hearings, there was a Doonesbury strip with Roland Headley solemnly reporting “Meanwhile, out in the streets, dancing bears & jugglers have become a common sight.” First time …
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Tuesday Evening Open Thread: Joe & Kamala Got This, Guys
"Joe Biden won the election decisively," Vice President-elect Kamala Harris says. "Each and every vote for Joe Biden was a vote to protect and expand the Affordable Care Act—not to tear it away in the midst of a global pandemic." https://t.co/D7t03ZfZfd pic.twitter.com/SLVzWcIkrI — ABC News (@ABC) November 10, 2020 Political junkie that I am, I’m …
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Another Election-Watching Thread : Yup, It’s A Marathon
?BREAKING: U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan has ordered USPS to "be prepared to discuss the apparent lack of compliance with the court's order" at a noon hearing tomorrow. Meanwhile, USPS trying to deliver lingering ballots as expeditiously as possible pic.twitter.com/Q884zhCzID — John Kruzel (@johnkruzel) November 3, 2020 (Louis DeJoy may not be going to jail, …
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