Category Archives: Democrats

Professional Democrats Do Need to Fix the Things They Can Control

Posted on January 13, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

When it comes to something like an election, much of the outcome is determined by events and forces that are beyond a candidate’s or party’s control. That said, professional Democrats do have agency and desperately need to make changes in … Continue reading →

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No, Kennedy Should Not Be Confirmed as HHS Secretary

Posted on January 9, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

There seem to be some Democrats who are waffling about whether or not to support Kennedy for HHS secretary. Not only is he responsible for extending the Samoan measles epidemic, he is a long-term vaccine opponent whose closest advisor Aaron … Continue reading →

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One Way to Accurately Memorialize Jan. 6, 2021

Posted on December 27, 2024 by mikethemadbiologist

No, this won’t stop Trump, but it’s still important to go through the motions (boldface mine): The Constitution provides that an oath-breaking insurrectionist is ineligible to be president. This is the plain wording of Section 3 of the 14th Amendment … Continue reading →

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An Explanation for the Great Crankiness Throughout the Land

Posted on December 17, 2024 by mikethemadbiologist

About a year ago, some asshole with a blog argued that there was a great crankiness affecting the U.S. Said asshole came up with some possible explanations: Buying a house is expensive: due to interest rates, the difference between buying … Continue reading →

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Democrats Must Hold the Line Against Polio

Posted on December 16, 2024 by mikethemadbiologist

Which means holding the line against Kennedy. The NY Times recently described how Kennedy’s laywer and colleague, Aaron Siri, has spent much of his adult life trying to stop vaccination, including polio vaccination (boldface mine): The lawyer helping Robert F. … Continue reading →

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A Good Red Line for Democrats

Posted on December 11, 2024 by mikethemadbiologist

Outsourced to Brian Beutler (boldface mine): Better still, Democrats could create a simple test for Trump’s nominees, and insist they all clear it: Who will you work for, Trump, or the citizens of the United States? Applicants for certain senior … Continue reading →

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Voting for an Imaginary Trump

Posted on December 10, 2024 by mikethemadbiologist

And one reason why it might happen. While the next four years are going to be head-exploding, this is very disturbing (boldface mine): President-elect Donald Trump in his first term as president sent out two stimulus checks to millions of … Continue reading →

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The Media Won’t Do the Work for Democrats

Posted on December 9, 2024 by mikethemadbiologist

Outsourced to Josh Marshall (boldface mine): This brings me back to a more general point. Democrats need to organize their future politics around the simple reality that the establishment media is structural[ly] hostile to the Democratic Party. This doesn’t mean … Continue reading →

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On Social Security Cuts, the Democratic Answer Must Be “Nope”

Posted on December 4, 2024 by mikethemadbiologist

Maybe even hell nope. Fascists wanting to cut the limited safety net? Inconceivable! Rep. Richard McCormick (R-GA) told Fox Business that Republicans will desperately need help from Democrats if they intend to cut Social Security and Medicare — both of … Continue reading →

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Rebuilding a Left-ish Media

Posted on November 29, 2024 by mikethemadbiologist

When I think about the billions Democratic candidates spent this cycle, it seems ridiculous that some of that money couldn’t have been spent instead on building a better media environment*. One obvious thing that could be done would be to … Continue reading →

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