Masha Gessen's new essay– on compromise
I’ve been a big fan of Masha Gessen’s for some time now. She is an occasional contributor to The New Yorker. She has also appeared on radio programs as Fresh Air. She was a superb guest on Lexicon...
View ArticleMasha Gessen's new piece— The Putin Paradigm
Masha Gessen’s piece, Autocracy: Rules for Survival, received a lot of attention from the left blogging community after the election. I am a tremendous admirer of her work, as I explained here. She is...
View ArticleTerrified
There is naught that you can do, other than to resist, with hope or without it. But you do not stand alone. You will learn that your trouble is but part of the trouble of all the western world.Elrond...
View ArticleNo, Ezra. Trump would not be an 'excellent head of state'.
The full article was titled ‘Donald Trump’s absurd 100th day week was his presidency in miniature’. And overall it hews to the consensus view of President Trump to-date— i.e., it coulda been worse:Of...
View ArticleRashida Tlaib, Dan Savage and MF'ers
Political commentary has been all abuzz over newly sworn in representative Rashida Tlaib’s comment that:we’re gonna impeach the motherfuckerThere’s been a lot of back and forth over the merits of this...
View Article'The one who can beat Trump'
The CW seems to be congealing around the following formulation:I just want a nominee who can beat TrumpA USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll puts it this way:As the 2020 presidential field takes shape,...
View ArticleHow will she pay for it?
I almost wrote this a few weeks ago, but I figured someone else would point it out. Or maybe I’m way off the mark, but I have to put it out there.A lot of people think Elizabeth Warren’s health policy...
View ArticleWhat happened to the front page?
I keep the front page of Daily Kos open in a tab in my browser. I use it as a kind of newsfeed. The stories that come up in the left-hand panel are kind of a running commentary on most of the important...
View ArticleI believe the polls, but ...
they don’t go far towards assuaging my fears for the coming months. Of course, it’s better to be polling strongly than the reverse. But it’s only an advantage in the context of a free and fair...
View ArticleThe problem with court balancing (packing)
For the record, I think Democrats should increase the number of judges at all levels of the Federal Judiciary (including adding seats to the Supreme Court) if we take control in January– whether or not...
View ArticleWho wants to dump Biden in '24?
Not I.It’s been a while now since I first heard that a majority of Democrats would prefer a different nominee. Granted, this is a generic sentiment not tied to a specific alternative. And Biden is a...
View ArticleA bid deal if true: Feinstein's committee appointments
The following assertion in Monday’s Abbreviated Pundit roundup by Greg Dworkin caught me by surprise:In case you missed it, Republicans won’t block a replacement on the committees for Feinstein,...
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