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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: Progressives
Quick, more gummint program$!
How progressives think (#249 in a series) Don’t be like Brad! We were discussing the recent drive-by whackings of two young black men in Madison WI. A preening progressive who lives in the prosperous Sauk Creek neighborhood (let’s call him Brad) … Continue reading
Removing the rock of faux outrages
Until the next unreasonable demand. Is it just me? Is Blaska the outlier? Is your irascible bloggeur the only one in high dudgeon today? (Wouldn’t be the first time.) Anyone else think the removal of a glacial erratic boulder from … Continue reading
Madison’s Left turned former mayor Dave into a raving moderate
Excerpted from Dave Cieslewicz’s blog today: Just a sample of Max’s brand of gentle persuasion in response to a piece I wrote last week: “Your views on race are just a few steps to the left of Tucker Carlson, this … Continue reading
Defeating and defunding progressive cop-haters
NYC turns its back on progressives If the Werkes has its way, the word “progressive” will become as pejorative as “liberal,” or (let’s go for it!) “thug.” Because progressivism is a leading cause of death — especially fatal to minorities. … Continue reading
Progressives are shameless scolds
Another in the Werkes’ continuing for-credit series on How to Identify and Eradicate Progressivism in your Neighborhood. And you thought Creeping Charlie was a problem! Our Progressive … acquaintances are wracked with an uber-Catholic obsession with guilt. They trade in … Continue reading
A new local political party is gestating
Madison’s ‘hard left’ is not progressive! Is Madison WI ready for another local political party to counter Progressive Dane? The gray labcoats here at the Werekes say yes, not that anyone talking about such a party would want Blaska for … Continue reading
