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It is magical thinking to believe that the ground for bipartisanship will be different after the elections than it is now. And yet some of the Democratic Party presidential aspirants are assiduously selling us that bill of fraudulent goods. The…
There is a tension in voter dynamics among people who oppose Trump. Some, politically and emotionally exhausted by Trump, hope that his defeat will lead to a return to normalcy; others are banking on substantive change in the wake of…
Elijah Cummings: a man who combined unusual grace and generosity of spirit with fierce commitment to democracy. His presence and voice will be missed in these trying times..
The danger of the present moment is that Trump is without any political anchorage other than what goes on in his unstable, narcissistic, and impulsive head. To claim that he is a representative of the capitalist class or the voice…
Elizabeth Warren had a much tougher go of it last night; she was the target of others on the stage. She still did well, although she will have to do some more thinking about how she explains Medicare for all.…