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My election eve polling review
You've heard predictions from the well-informed and even-handed experts; now it's my turn
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An idiot king in the Middle Ages, and his passel of venal advisors shat history's bed. Can we please not let this happen again?
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Sanewashing is the Corporate Political Press Grasping at Relevance
The mainstream press is in denial about its fate under a second Trump administration
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Nazis don't 'debate' opponents; they murder them.
'The marketplace of ideas' is no comfort when you're dead
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Nasty, brutish and short
MAGA Republicans offer nothing but cynicism, cruelty and fear. We need to bring hope
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Al Franken shows how it's done
Open questions and persistence can shut down right wing talking points
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Terrible Swift Sword
A plea and a playbook for progressives to reclaim our power, dominate political discourse and crush the serpent with our heel.
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