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Bedwetters, this is for you. A day before the election, Jonathan speaks to Celinda Lake, long-time national Democratic pollster, and together they sift through the polling data and the real trends. And, this is cool: Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield—yup, Ben & Jerry, with Ben having ice cream in hand—talk about their experience supporting Bernie […]

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It’s my annual post to remember Paul Wellstone on the anniversary of his death. It’s been 14 years since he died in a plane crash during his re-election campaign, along with his his wife Sheila, his daughter Marcia, and three members of his campaign staff – Tom Lapic, Mary McEvoy, and Will McLaughlin. He was, before […]

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And here is why, explained in this short video, by yours truly.  

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Just because I am reminded every day what a tragedy it is that Bernie Sanders will not be president of the United States, I like to read back on stuff…including the time he told me, in April 2013 when I interviewed him for Playboy magazine, that he didn’t think he could raise enough money to […]

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I meant to post this piece I wrote for CNN.com. Says it all.

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Lots of questions are being asked about the Clinton Foundation–except some obvious ones that are being almost entirely ignored, questions which should invite debate on troubling connections sitting right out in broad daylight. Donald Trump and his Republicans allies, as well as others, have failed yet to make the case that Hillary Clinton tied her […]

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Bernie out with a statement on the TPP not coming to a vote this year…and this should be chalked up to our movement by the way, of the last year cuz magically the TPP stopped being thought of as the “gold standard”. Sanders Welcomes McConnell Decision to Block TPP BURLINGTON, Vt., Aug. 26 – U.S. […]

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This is a great example of the circular firing squad of progressives/liberals–mouthing off with bullshit criticism and making assumptions and spinning conspiracy theories pulled out of someone’s ass, or collectives asses. The kerfuffle making the rounds: Bernie has not done enough to support Tim Canova in his primary race against the odious Debbie Wasserman-Schultz in […]

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You know, I used to spend time on this blog regularly excoriating the stupendous bullshit that emanated from Thomas Friedman’s mouth. He gave me so many opportunities. Then, I gave up–it just wasn’t worth the time. Truth be told, I stopped reading his nonsense. I fell off the wagon today. My apologies. Lured in at […]

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Progressives who are yapping critically about the choice of Tim Kaine as the vice presidential nominee are really showing the weakness of our wing of the party. His choice is actually not a bad thing for the future of the movement ignited by the Sanders campaign. In fact, in some respects, it’s a relief. Roughly […]

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