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the Joe Biden patrol
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Guess who is helping Joe Biden.
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Let's Go Brandon!
(at least, we think that's what they were saying)
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Kyrsten Sinema
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Gableman gets to bottom of WI election mess
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“Trump carries much blame for our crisis of legitimacy, but the threat doesn’t begin and end with him.”
Be afraid, Democrats. Be very afraid
David Shor started modeling elections in 2008, when he was a 20-something blogger, and he proved good at it. … Now he’s scared. … “We’re screwed in the Senate,” he told me. Only he didn’t use the word screwed. … Shor’s model suggests they’ll lose a seat, and so the Senate. But it’s 2024 where things get very grim for them. ... Shor’s model predicts they’ll lose seven seats.
This might be the high-water mark of power they’ll have for the next decade. — Ezra Klein, NY Times.
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How progressives think
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New York City to phase out its gifted & talented program
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The NY Times explains it this way: "The highly selective and racially segregated program will be replaced for incoming students. ...
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"in which one relatively small, largely white and Asian American group of students gain access to the highest-performing schools. ...
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"The mayor has not yet solicited feedback from parent groups or elected officials on his gifted and talented plan, which was kept under wraps for months as it was finalized."
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Tag Archives: election challenges
A Republican president fought insurrection
Thanks to Capitol security “On Feb. 13, 1861 a mob gathered outside the Capitol and tried to force its way in to disrupt the counting of the electoral certificates that would confirm Abraham Lincoln’s election three months earlier.” The New … Continue reading
The government takeover succeeded — in Madison WI
Intimidation worked here! The consensus reaction to Wednesday’s assault on the nation’s Capitol (01-06-21) was: Where were the police? In Madison, they were told to stand down. Moderate Republican Peggy Noonan urges: “We lower the boom. No civilized country can … Continue reading
Has a presidential inauguration ever been this fraught?
The joke — if you will pardon some gallows humor — is that, after Wednesday’s siege of the Capitol, Mexico has agreed to pay for the wall. Did Nancy Pelosi attempt her own coup? The NY Times reports: Pelosi said … Continue reading
‘Enough’s enough; we’ve got to end it’
Sen. Lindsay Graham is the Werkes’ favorite political figure. Feisty, humorous, brave and wise, he is — now WAS — Trump’s most loyal ally in the U.S. Senate (along with Ron Johnson). Here is Sen. Graham on the proposal to delay certifying … Continue reading
Make America Paraguay again
Nothing says ‘Defend the Constitution’ like a good old military putsch! ‘Tis the season for TREASON! Ol’ Sparky says it is “Recalculating!” Demands 11,780 more punch cards NOW! Blaska Policy Werkes has laid in 11,780 vacuum tubes should our 1955 … Continue reading
Give Mike Pence a blindfold and a cigarette
We’re running out of tin foil Here is a real prediction: Republicans will NOT nominate Donald Trump in 2024; he has already tarnished his brand and that of his party. His cult of personality is attracting more paranoids like Lin … Continue reading
