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You can't normalize genocide & then moralize about everything else. Gaslighting the base over Biden's cognitive decline eroded trust. The…
My "Make America Kittens Again" chrome extension replaced this comic with a picture of kittens! Ha!
The Democrats lost because the most Democratic Party and progressive voters would rather lose an election than risk being called…
I think ignorance and well financed wedge issues fucked us over, again.
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Category Archives: The Obama Administration
Conor Friedersdorf’s Argument Against Drones
Conor Friedersdorf’s entire argument against Drones is worth reading, but here’s a sample: In thought experiments, we may be able to separate the questions, “Should force be used?” and, “If so, what is the most ethical weapon available?” But the … Continue reading
On “the best looking Attorney General in the country”
So at a party fundraiser, President Obama made a sexist remark about California Attorney General Kamala Harris: You have to be careful to, first of all, say she is brilliant and she is dedicated and she is tough, and she … Continue reading
Dear Obama: Women Are People. Not just the Wives, Mothers and Daughters of People.
In the State of the Union, Obama used a habitual rhetorical device for referring to women: “We know our economy is stronger when our wives, mothers, and daughters can live their lives free from discrimination in the workplace, and free … Continue reading
Today in Orwellian Double-Speak: “Imminent Threat”
From the Obama Administration’s newly-uncovered memo on when the President is allowed to order Americans assassinated: The condition that an operational leader present an ‘imminent’ threat of violent attack against the United States does not require the United States to … Continue reading
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Waves
The president was inexperienced, they said. Weak. Oh, he’d accomplished some great things in his year-and-a-half in office, but clearly he was doomed in a couple years. Meanwhile, Congress, which had been a rubber stamp for this Democrat, was seen … Continue reading
Democratic deference, not Republican resistance, is source of student sorrow
The normally-excellent Dahlia Lithwick, writing about sad liberal law students: One of the most notable things about these events is the extent to which progressive students, faced with a Supreme Court vacancy, a Democratic president, and a Democratic Congress, are … Continue reading
Burn Him!
As you no doubt have heard by now, President Obama is expected to announce a non-defense discretionary spending freeze in tomorrow’s State of the Union address. Given that we’re only kinda, sorta on the way to recovery — and that … Continue reading
Bruce Jenner Has an Opinion
Bruce Jenner is terribly, terribly upset at Barack Obama for winning the Nobel Peace Prize. And for some reason, the Politico cares. I think it’s only fair to run this trailer for the 1980 film Can’t Stop the Music, starring … Continue reading
Thanks, Lance. Annqueue, LOL! Randy, I think it was multiple things, and that was one of them. The Democrats lost…