I've said it in this space many times before but it bears repeating for purposes of this discussion: I listen to a great deal of right-wing talk radio. Because I am actively engaged in political discourse I have to know what is being said by the opposition opinion makers in the media. And fuck what... Continue Reading →
MSNBC's Morning Joe occupies an important space in political-news-talk television. That is why so many rational people with an insatiable appetite for political discourse watch it almost daily. The alternative is to watch Fox & Friends but then the likelihood of a rational person choosing to watch that shameless, brainless propaganda-fest is pretty slim. In... Continue Reading →
In a year chock-full of crazy stories the one that has been gnawing at my mind since it broke late last fall was a short-lived little item about race, greed and graft in a Louisiana charter school. In an odd way, I am actually glad that the egregious case of fraud and abuse at T.M.... Continue Reading →
Americans have every reason in the world to be clear-eyed about what is happening to us right now. We know how this “world domination” thing usually turns out- and we’ve been riding it hard since the end of World War II. Eventually, it always comes to an end. We know this because we have institutions... Continue Reading →
Steve Kornacki has left the building- or the big board at MSNBC anyway. After three weeks of counting, re-counting, conceding and congratulating, the 2018 midterm election is finally over. We already know the home-team won but now we can really see clearly what it actually means. Because in case you haven't noticed, Trump has blown... Continue Reading →
When the news broke that Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement from the Supreme Court it was treated as a shocking development by mainstream news outlets. But was it all that shocking that an 81-year-old man who has been in a job for three decades was ready to hang it up and take a permanent vacation? ... Continue Reading →
Donald Trump has no political strategy. Talking heads on every station spend hours and hours every day trying to understand, analyze and explain why Trump does the things that he does. The presupposition that Trump has a cogent strategy or logic to what he does is why the value of their assessments is mainly limited... Continue Reading →
“The Un-Suppressible Voter” is a brand new phrase I just I invented- and I love it. I hope it catches on and becomes a real thing because we really need it to be. We’ve turned a corner in American politics where voter suppression is no longer something nasty that creeps around at night- like possums... Continue Reading →
Let’s get this said up front: America does not have a problem with “Voter Fraud” it has a problem with “Election Fraud” and they are both creations of a panicked Republican Party. “Voter Fraud” is fake but “Election Fraud” is as real as it gets. Progressives have to be innovative and aggressive in attacking it. ... Continue Reading →
You really can’t blame good people for getting it wrong the first time out. The whole thing started when black folks decided they really didn't like being called "nigger" 17 times a day- at work, at school, or just trying to buy milk at the grocery store. We preferred "Negro" or "colored" and we let... Continue Reading →
Most people who register as “Independents” and fly under that political flag are misleading their friends and colleagues a little bit. I know this because I’m one of those people. What we tend to be in reality are deeply frustrated Democrats or Republicans who support the policies but object to the politics of the party... Continue Reading →
When I was a young lawyer I had a mentor who gave me a warning that I’ll never forget. He issued the warning in surprisingly stark and simple terms that could only have come after a third round of drinks during a working lunch. After a long slow swig on his scotch on the rocks... Continue Reading →
America had a massive heart attack on November 8, 2016. If we don't shock her heart back into beating, she could die. Check out my book on how we deliver the shock that could save her life. In CPR, I open up conversations aimed squarely at REDEFINING THE TRIBE REMIXING THE MESSAGE & BREATHING NEW... Continue Reading →
Democrats should have been more honest in 2016. A lot of us bought into the limp-d*ck loser mentality of letting the opponent dictate the rules of the fight. Looking back on it we were probably beaten before the bell rang for the first round and didn't even know it. Somewhere along the way we... Continue Reading →
Actually, Mike Barnicle drew the connection on MSNBC's Morning Joe the morning after Kavanaugh's nomination was announced by Donald Trump. And in fairness, Mike didn't mention Adlolf Hitler directly (or at all) on Morning Joe when he was pontificating about what an appealing, attractive and mild-mannered family man Brett Kavanaugh appeared to be during his... Continue Reading →
Cynthia Nixon is best known for playing "the smart one" on the ultimate chick-com Sex In The City. She played that role for so many years that she finally graduated to a much bigger stage and is now playing "the smart one" in American politics. All things considered, her upgrade in roles has been remarkably smooth and... Continue Reading →
The current president's conduct in office has been so rancid that the phrase 'You can't indict a sitting president" is spoken about a thousand times each day on news programs all around the world. While it appears that a majority of political pundits assume this to be true, I am not sold. First and foremost there... Continue Reading →
Pollsters and pundits have been expressing great exasperation these days with one of the core findings in every new poll that they run on Republican voters. They are finding his "base" voter is durable and unimpacted by the avalanche of negativity surrounding this peculiar president and his uncanny knack for generating it and at times... Continue Reading →
Donald Trump is without a doubt The Master of Distraction. His latest head-fake, "made you look" move is his stripping security clearances from commentators on his enemies list. Before that it was his narrative construction that places blame for his Russian conspiracy crisis in the lap of former President Barack Obama. And as you might... Continue Reading →
Progressives can be excused for being consumed by our desire to see Donald Trump get turked by a syphilitic grizzly bear. He deserves that and so much more. He has earned our contempt fair and square and those of us who will openly admit that we hate him and all he stands for shouldn't even... Continue Reading →
As she prepares to return to the national stage as a high profile member of Trump's White House, I want Hope Hicks to know just how much I appreciate her. In the midst of all of the corruption and brazenness that has defined the man she followed and served for his entire campaign to the... Continue Reading →
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