Category Archives: Democrats

Proposed Platform: Fix All the Broken Sh*t

Posted on September 15, 2020 by

Or as we like to say around here, people have to like this crap. One theme I’ve tried to hit over the (many) years is that governance matters: the stated function of an institution actually has to function. I’m not … Continue reading →

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Can State and Local Democrats Use Power? The North Carolina Edition

Posted on September 11, 2020 by

A common malady of the professional Democrat is the unwillingness to play political hardball, to use power to accomplish policy ends. While that, I suppose, does have the saving grace of making them very unlikely to become authoritarians, it also … Continue reading →

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We Need to Vote for Law and Its Rule

Posted on September 1, 2020 by

And as much as I don’t like it, that means voting for Joe Biden. Mind you, this is from someone who had Biden at the bottom of his depth chart in the primary. I’m not saying he’ll be good–we’re not … Continue reading →

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I Don’t Think Democrats Are Going to DESTROY Postmaster General DeJoy

Posted on August 21, 2020 by

So next week, House Democrats are planning hearings about USPS’ interestingly-timed efforts to change how mail is delivered in the U.S. There has been a lot of eager anticipation of several Democrats’ future questioning (a couple of them actually don’t … Continue reading →

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USPS and an Atypical Reaction to a Democratic Response

Posted on August 18, 2020 by

With the ongoing attempt by Trump apparatchik and U.S. Postmaster General DeJoy to destroy the ability of the U.S. Postal Service to deliver the mail (kind of a core function), many Democratic politicians took to the Intertoobz to condemn DeJoy. … Continue reading →

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Why I’m Nervous about the 2020 Presidential Election: It’s the Map, Stupid

Posted on August 11, 2020 by

And if Oliver Willis stumbles across this, he might yell at me for being pessimistic. Onward comrades… Leaving aside Biden’s flaws–and he still has them, but that’s preferable to a mass murderer–what worries me is the Electoral College. Consider this … Continue reading →

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The Ongoing Problem with National Democrats

Posted on August 4, 2020 by

It’s hard to look at the polling showing a Biden blowout in November, and not think things will go well. Between Trump et alia’s inability to stumble into halfway decent anti-COVID-19 policy and Trump’s inability to not be a ginormous … Continue reading →

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Personnel Is Policy

Posted on July 31, 2020 by

And if we’re fortunate enough not to have a second Trump term, we need to pay attention to whom Biden appoints to key positions. In terms of economics, Robert Kuttner points out what rank-and-file Democrats need to get ready to … Continue reading →

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On the Lincoln Project

Posted on July 29, 2020 by

Because I just can’t discuss our constant COVID-19 policy failures all the time. By now, you might have stumbled across a political ad by the Lincoln Project, a group of former Republican operatives and advisors who have committed themselves to … Continue reading →

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If We Had an Effective Federal Response to COVID-19…

Posted on June 29, 2020 by

…then what Democratic New York Governor Andrew Cuomo did would be grounds for resignation (boldface mine): Gilmore said they told her that a resident in the home had recently gone to the hospital, where she tested positive for COVID-19. The … Continue reading →

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