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      Debating Democrats, Please, No Fighting in the War Room

      Debating Democrats, Please, No Fighting in the War Room

      Direct your artillery at the real enemy, not each other.

      Michael Winship
      Aug 02, 2019

      I'm not one of those people who insists that every kid on the T-ball team receive a group participation trophy, sweet as that may be. But equally, my teeth grind when I see a flurry of post-debate articles headlined, "Winners and Losers." They reduce this most important presidential campaign of our lives to a game where a single swing or a miss matters more than the heinous presidency we're enduring or any of the issues vital to all of us terrified about the future for our families and ourselves.

      I'm also annoyed by the debate format perpetrated by cable news networks more interested in creating conflict and melodrama than a legitimate discussion. The feigned gladiatorial confrontations CNN hyped in its promotion and then attempted to foment during the actual event serve no one.

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      The Midterms Prove It: Progressive Ideas Are Now Mainstream

      The Midterms Prove It: Progressive Ideas Are Now Mainstream

      Candidates who promised to stand up for working people, challenge powerful interests and shake up a rigged political and economic system won up and down the ballot

      Adam Green
      Nov 14, 2018

      Americans marched to the polls last week and validated a Democratic message that is a sea change from where the party stood just a few election cycles ago. The center of gravity within the Democratic Party and the general electorate has dramatically shifted in the direction of bold economic populism.

      Up and down the ballot, Democrats won by positioning themselves as advocates for working people -- willing to challenge power and shake up a rigged political and economic system in order to make a tangible difference in the lives of their constituents. This reveals a clear path to victory for any Democrat thinking about running for president in 2020.

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      When Obstruction of Justice Is Glaringly Obvious

      When Obstruction of Justice Is Glaringly Obvious

      "It's a safe bet that acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker—like Robert Bork before him—will be the cat's paw Trump will use to halt or impede Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe."

      Ryan Cooper
      Nov 10, 2018

      Jeff Sessions is out as attorney general, replaced by a bootlicking Trump stooge named Matt Whitaker. Given that President Trump openly said on national television in 2017 that he fired then-FBI Director James Comey to try to stop the Russia investigation, it's a safe bet that acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker -- like Robert Bork before him -- will be the cat's paw Trump will use to halt or impede Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe.

      This would be obstruction of justice.

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