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August 27, 2018

Bernie era will continue Reaganite Gilded Age, as Lincoln era continued inequality of Jackson era

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As if the upcoming Second Civil War were not enough to deal with, at least we can breathe a sigh of relief after it's over, and go back ...
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August 22, 2018

GOP will keep House, similar to midterms before first Civil War

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An earlier post looked at the history of midterms during disjunctive, end-of-an-era administrations. Unlike the standard pattern of midterm...
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August 18, 2018

Bannon's firing, one year on: "I Put a Ban on Their Visas" (Tropical House Remix)

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On the anniversary of Steve Bannon's expulsion from the Trump administration, I present a song about the tragic rise and fall of the wou...
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August 15, 2018

Populists and anti-globalists still rising among Dems, GOP doubles down on elitism and globalism

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Another series of primary elections, another outcome of zero Republicans running -- let alone winning -- on Trump's 2016 campaign themes...
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July 29, 2018

Ocasio-Cortez's threat: Revolutionary normies and cuties, not counter-cultural freaks

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It's stunning how fixated the neoliberals of both parties have been on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez after her upset win over Establishment b...
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July 27, 2018

Russiagaters swell cable news safe space, destroy triggering social media sector

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Another day, another social media giant crushed by declining user growth, which will only accelerate next quarter, particularly in the US w...
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July 25, 2018

Russiagaters burst Tech Bubble 2.0: Facebook bombs as galled progs log off

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After an all-around disappointing earnings call, Facebook's stock has collapsed , wiping out all of its gains for the year: Well that...
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July 24, 2018

Why Russiagate is not McCarthyism but Know Nothing-ism

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Continuing a series on Russiagaters as Know Nothings... I get the rhetorical strategy of comparing Russiagate to McCarthyism -- to accuse...
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July 23, 2018

Russiagaters as Know Nothings: Foreign conspiracy theories that cause political violence, split the opposition, delay realignment, make civil war worse

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The intensification of the Russia hysteria after the Helsinki summit, primarily among the propaganda nexus of the intel agencies and the new...
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