Year: 2016

2016: where the youth vote collapsed

So we have been beaten about the head and face with the RURAL explanation.  In truth there is not one explanation, but many for the loss. One that you could see coming was the youth vote.  Clinton did terribly among...

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How to Approach Trump’s Infrastructure Bill

Ronald Klain, who “oversaw the team implementing the American Recovery and Renewal Act,” is warning Democrats not to get behind Donald Trump’s infrastructure plan. This is particularly true if the plan...

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Into the Woods

And missing lots of trees and the freaking forest as well. Two articles.  The New Yorker, David Remnick’s Obama Reckons with a Trump Presidency and The Intercept, Glenn Greenwald’s The Stark Contrast Between the...

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Choice Isn’t Between Fighting and Appeasement

We’re going to have to take a deep dive into the following analysis by Brendan Nyhan of the New York Times because if we allow the debate on the left to get bogged down in an either/or dispute on these terms, it’s a...

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SPP Vol.588 & Old Time Froggy Botttom Cafe

Hello again painting fans. This week I will be continuing with the Grand Canyon painting.  The photo that I’m using is seen directly below.  I’ll be using my usual acrylic paints on a 6×6 inch canvas....

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