Month: October 2016

The Anticonservative Attacks on Our Elections

It’s unfortunate that the two major American political parties have evolved in a way where one party gains an advantage by making it easier to vote and the other gains an advantage by making it harder to vote. It’s a...

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Our Future is Not in Paul Ryan’s Hands

For anyone who is willing to breezily jump on board the spreading consensus that Trumpism isn’t explained by economic insecurity, I encourage you to look at David Wong’s piece at Cracked for a much fuller explanation...

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Alaska is Now Purple

I’ve long thought that Alaska might be winnable for a Democrat in this election cycle, but I knew it was unlikely to be an outlier in that category. If Alaska became competitive, then it would mean that other, more...

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A Thoughtful Piece I Recommend

http://www.interfluidity.com/v2/6632.html Election angst Domestic politics in the United States are worse at this moment than they have ever been in my sad 46 years of life. And if your response is “they did it”,...

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Clinton Gets an Endorsement and a Lecture

It’s probably not easy for a paper like the Omaha World-Herald to endorse Hillary Clinton. The former First Lady is polling about fifteen points behind Trump in Nebraska and 538 gives her 4.6% chance of winning the state....

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