Author: BooMan

How Hard Right Will Trump Be?

I’m trying to decide if David Weigel is correct to frame the politics we are about to see unfold in the following way: When the 115th Congress begins this week, with Republicans firmly in charge of the House and Senate,...

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McCrory Tries to Screw Us One Last Time

One of the best things about 2016 coming to an end is that, at midnight, we’ll have a new governor of North Carollna. Before he goes, though, Pat McCrory wants to cause a little more trouble. With just one day to go before...

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New Year’s Eve Thread

Let’s have a concert. Los Angeles, give me Norfolk Virginia Tidewater four ten O nine Tell the folks back home this is the Promised Land callin’ And the poor boy’s on the line

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Don’t Tell Me How Stupid People Are

I hate polls that demonstrate that some astronomical number of people are foolish. For example, there’s a  a new poll from The Economist/YouGov that says: Forty-nine percent of Republicans believe it is definitely or...

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