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Political Musing
Longwell and Miller crossed the marriage equality finish line. Now they counsel patience to those still running. Meanwhile, Republican support for marriage equality has collapsed 18 points. The process they're selling is already running in reverse.
Political Musing
I fear that the Left (and the Never Trumpets) are selling their souls on the cheap with their Platner defenses...
Political Musing
Series: The Long Arc — American Democracy's Recurring Failure, Part 1; Beginning a deep dive on the history and the modern parallels
Political Musing
The people who claim to be saving democracy have made a very comfortable living not quite doing that.
Too smart to organize, now it's too late
Part 3 - we get into the factors employed by employers to turn the staff into a Hunger Games fight for survival that doesn't feel unnatural
The clean sheet doesn't exist. The tab is coming due. And the people who ran up the bill are very busy pretending they didn't.
Glorious Garbage - Cinema to relish in its badness
I am going to admit that I missed this genre. Oh, I heard about it, but it wasn't my jam. Now, I am totally diggin' it.
Another busy week at Sweaty's Corner. Reminder: If you prefer to read the recap on Saturdays, you can turn off the email to the main newsletter (Sweaty's Corner) by clicking through to the web, logging in (if you need to) and then click on the Account
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Murdoch funded a network. The Kochs funded infrastructure. Musk owns the pipes. That's not a difference of degree — it's a difference in kind, and the left has no answer for it.
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In 1987 Reagan killed the Fairness Doctrine. A year later Rush Limbaugh went national. Roger Ailes had been planning Fox News since 1970. None of this was an accident. They wrote it down.
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Texas Republicans chose a walking rap sheet over a 24-year incumbent -- by nearly 2 to 1. The Never Trump brain trust's response? Maybe Democrats should flirt with chemtrail theories. Stunning. Brilliant. Completely fucking wrong.
Political Musing
Everyone reaches for Weimar eventually. It's not wrong. It's just not the whole story, and the part it leaves out is the part that actually keeps me up at night.