Important and/or interesting political articles that often don't make the headlines but are worth a look.
Thursday, May 31, 2018
Wednesday, May 30, 2018
The Polls Are All Right
A nice little lesson in margin of error:
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-polls-are-all-right/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-polls-are-all-right/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
Tuesday, May 29, 2018
Republicans Who Thought North Korea Summit Would Save Election Now Rebooting
I wonder if we can sue Trump voters for reckless endangerment?
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/republicans-north-korea-summit-save-election-now-rebooting_us_5b0c6b13e4b0568a880dbdfd
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/republicans-north-korea-summit-save-election-now-rebooting_us_5b0c6b13e4b0568a880dbdfd
Friday, May 25, 2018
President Trump has made 3,001 false or misleading claims so far
Just a reminder how much of a liar Trump is:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2018/05/01/president-trump-has-made-3001-false-or-misleading-claims-so-far/?utm_term=.6be5638fa579
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2018/05/01/president-trump-has-made-3001-false-or-misleading-claims-so-far/?utm_term=.6be5638fa579
Wednesday, May 23, 2018
‘60 Minutes’ Reporter Reveals Trump’s Chilling Reason For Slamming The Press
No surprise here...other than Trump admitting it outright:
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/60-minutes-reporter-trump-chilling-reason-for-slamming-press_us_5b048109e4b07c4ea102c8ca
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/60-minutes-reporter-trump-chilling-reason-for-slamming-press_us_5b048109e4b07c4ea102c8ca
Tuesday, May 22, 2018
Trump personally pushed postmaster general to double rates on Amazon, other firms
Something that hasn't made much of a stir but should:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/trump-personally-pushed-postmaster-general-to-double-rates-on-amazon-other-firms/2018/05/18/2b6438d2-5931-11e8-858f-12becb4d6067_story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/trump-personally-pushed-postmaster-general-to-double-rates-on-amazon-other-firms/2018/05/18/2b6438d2-5931-11e8-858f-12becb4d6067_story.html
There Is Only One Trump Scandal
Rolling all Trump's scandals into one: corruption:
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/05/there-is-only-one-trump-scandal/560825/
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/05/there-is-only-one-trump-scandal/560825/
Sunday, May 20, 2018
Stephanie Kelton Has The Biggest Idea In Washington
Very interesting solution that could appeal to both conservatives and liberals (though mostly liberals), since it could fund all their agendas...if it actually works:
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/stephanie-kelton-economy-washington_us_5afee5eae4b0463cdba15121
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/stephanie-kelton-economy-washington_us_5afee5eae4b0463cdba15121
Tuesday, May 15, 2018
If the media actually told the 'good news' about Trump, it would still be pretty bad news
A lot of good arguments for why Trump's best news isn't really all that great:
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/5/13/1763340/-If-the-media-actually-told-the-good-news-about-Trump-it-would-still-be-pretty-bad-news
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/5/13/1763340/-If-the-media-actually-told-the-good-news-about-Trump-it-would-still-be-pretty-bad-news
Arguments for why even Trump's best news isn't really all that great:
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/5/13/1763340/-If-the-media-actually-told-the-good-news-about-Trump-it-would-still-be-pretty-bad-news
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/5/13/1763340/-If-the-media-actually-told-the-good-news-about-Trump-it-would-still-be-pretty-bad-news
The 'Strongmen Era' Is Here. Here’s What It Means for You
This is pretty depressing, but unfortunately rings true:
http://time.com/5264170/the-strongmen-era-is-here-heres-what-it-means-for-you/
http://time.com/5264170/the-strongmen-era-is-here-heres-what-it-means-for-you/
Trump Orders Help For Chinese Phone-Maker After China Approves Money For Trump Project
How much more pay-for-play will there be before somebody stops the fat bastard?
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-china-zte_us_5af9f701e4b0200bcab7fa66
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-china-zte_us_5af9f701e4b0200bcab7fa66
Trump Kills NASA Carbon Monitoring Program as CO2 Levels Soar Past 'Troubling' 410 ppm Threshold
The ostrich head in the sand philosophy:
https://www.ecowatch.com/nasa-carbon-monitoring-2568721391.html?xrs=RebelMouse_fb&ts=1526303383
https://www.ecowatch.com/nasa-carbon-monitoring-2568721391.html?xrs=RebelMouse_fb&ts=1526303383
Sunday, May 13, 2018
Connecticut joins push for presidential popular vote
Since the Electoral College failed to do its job to prevent the election of an authoritarian president, this seems like a good way to marginalize it:
https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/07/politics/connecticut-popular-vote/index.html
https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/07/politics/connecticut-popular-vote/index.html
George Soros, Progressive Groups To Spend Millions To Elect Reformist Prosecutors
This sounds like a reasonable response to the GOP trying to unreasonably fill the judiciary with conservative judges:
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/george-soros-prosecutors-reform_us_5af2100ae4b0a0d601e76f06
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/george-soros-prosecutors-reform_us_5af2100ae4b0a0d601e76f06
Saturday, May 12, 2018
Bill Maher Shreds Donald Trump, Likens Him To A Mob Boss
SUCH an apt comparison (watch the video):
Friday, May 11, 2018
High School Students Convinced Utah Republicans to Accept Climate Change
But here's some good news: Republicans CAN be persuaded by education:
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2018/05/10/high-school-students-convinced-utah-republicans-to-accept-climate-change/
It takes a lot, though....
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2018/05/10/high-school-students-convinced-utah-republicans-to-accept-climate-change/
It takes a lot, though....
Trump White House quietly cancels NASA research verifying greenhouse gas cuts
To ignore science-based evidence should be considered a crime:
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/05/trump-white-house-quietly-cancels-nasa-research-verifying-greenhouse-gas-cuts
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/05/trump-white-house-quietly-cancels-nasa-research-verifying-greenhouse-gas-cuts
Thursday, May 10, 2018
Republicans Fill Court Seat They Denied To Obama For 6 Years
This kind of underhanded, hypocritical bullshit pisses me off more than almost anything else:
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/michael-brennan-ron-johnson-trump-judges_us_5af47bcbe4b04d3b2c91818f
If Democrats tried that, Republicans would go insane.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/michael-brennan-ron-johnson-trump-judges_us_5af47bcbe4b04d3b2c91818f
If Democrats tried that, Republicans would go insane.
Donald Trump gave a huge gift to Vladimir Putin, and may have saved the Russian government
Here's an interesting idea based on the fact that Trump violating the Iran nuclear deal has significantly increased oil prices:
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/5/9/1763198/-Donald-Trump-gave-a-huge-gift-to-Vladimir-Putin-and-may-have-saved-the-Russian-government
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/5/9/1763198/-Donald-Trump-gave-a-huge-gift-to-Vladimir-Putin-and-may-have-saved-the-Russian-government
Trump is no longer the worst person in government
Whose ass will be left to kiss if Pense replaces Trump? (From George Will, no less.):
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-is-no-longer-the-worst-person-in-government/2018/05/09/10e59eba-52f1-11e8-a551-5b648abe29ef_story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-is-no-longer-the-worst-person-in-government/2018/05/09/10e59eba-52f1-11e8-a551-5b648abe29ef_story.html
Wednesday, May 9, 2018
'The Americans Cannot Be Trusted.' How Iran Is Reacting to Trump's Decision to Quit Nuclear Deal
Unless Trump backs down, this surely won't end well:
Ohio Voters Pass Gerrymandering Reform Measure
I'm hoping this gains traction around the whole country:
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ohio-gerrymandering-reform_us_5af1a93ee4b0ab5c3d6a0bd2
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ohio-gerrymandering-reform_us_5af1a93ee4b0ab5c3d6a0bd2
The Incredible Fragility of Young Earth Creationist Evangelicalism
A very interesting perspective: by hitching YEC to the validity of Christianity, creationists set themselves up for failure:
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/lovejoyfeminism/2018/05/the-incredible-fragility-of-young-earth-creationist-evangelicalism.html
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/lovejoyfeminism/2018/05/the-incredible-fragility-of-young-earth-creationist-evangelicalism.html
Snowflake Scott Pruitt spent $3 million on security over three threats—and they were ridiculous
Yet more reason to despise Pruitt:
https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2018/5/8/1762794/-Scott-Pruitt-spent-3-million-on-security-over-three-threats-one-a-drawing-of-mustache-over-his-pic
https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2018/5/8/1762794/-Scott-Pruitt-spent-3-million-on-security-over-three-threats-one-a-drawing-of-mustache-over-his-pic
Trump's Approval Rating Makes Me Hopeful For Our Country: Tuesday's Good News
A longish article, but filled with encouraging signs for those not enamored with Trump or the GOP:
https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2018/5/8/1762551/-Trump-s-Approval-Rating-Makes-Me-Hopeful-For-Our-Country-Tuesday-s-Good-News
https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2018/5/8/1762551/-Trump-s-Approval-Rating-Makes-Me-Hopeful-For-Our-Country-Tuesday-s-Good-News
London's Top Trauma Doctor Hits Back At Trump's "Ridiculous" Knife Remarks to NRA
I've had conservatives try to pull this one on me:
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/5/5/1762231/-London-s-Top-Trauma-Doctor-Hits-Back-At-Trump-s-Ridiculous-Knife-Remarks-to-NRA
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/5/5/1762231/-London-s-Top-Trauma-Doctor-Hits-Back-At-Trump-s-Ridiculous-Knife-Remarks-to-NRA
Monday, May 7, 2018
American Conservatives Have A Raging Hypocrisy Problem
This is a great anti-Trump rant...from a very CONSERVATIVE, pro-Trump source:
https://www.redstate.com/kimberly_ross/2018/05/04/american-conservatives-raging-hypocrisy/
https://www.redstate.com/kimberly_ross/2018/05/04/american-conservatives-raging-hypocrisy/
North Korea calls U.S. claims about upcoming summit "misleading"
Of course they have to say this, but I'm glad they deny Trump had "everything" to do with the peace overture:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/north-korea-calls-us-claims-about-upcoming-summit-misleading-today-2018-05-06/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/north-korea-calls-us-claims-about-upcoming-summit-misleading-today-2018-05-06/
Saturday, May 5, 2018
The epic mistake about manufacturing that’s cost Americans millions of jobs
US manufacturing could be a lot worse off than we thought:
https://qz.com/1269172/the-epic-mistake-about-manufacturing-thats-cost-americans-millions-of-jobs/
https://qz.com/1269172/the-epic-mistake-about-manufacturing-thats-cost-americans-millions-of-jobs/
Friday, May 4, 2018
Big Business Wants to Stop Trump From Leaving This Other Climate Deal
Well, if government won't enact sane policies, I guess it's up to businesses:
http://time.com/5264800/donald-trump-kigali-amendment-hfcs/
http://time.com/5264800/donald-trump-kigali-amendment-hfcs/
President Trump has made 3,001 false or misleading claims so far
When lies are this demonstrable, it takes a special kind of stupid to continue to believe anything he says:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2018/05/01/president-trump-has-made-3001-false-or-misleading-claims-so-far/
And here's the interactive database:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/trump-claims-database/?utm_term=.b210b243837a
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2018/05/01/president-trump-has-made-3001-false-or-misleading-claims-so-far/
And here's the interactive database:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/trump-claims-database/?utm_term=.b210b243837a
Is the Trump-Fox News-Wall Street Journal Unholy Alliance Starting to Crack Under the President’s Lies?
Finally, the Trump-fellators are beginning to acknowledge his lies:
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/05/is-the-trump-fox-news-wall-street-journal-unholy-alliance-starting-to-crack-under-the-presidents-lies.html
(Watch the video)
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/05/is-the-trump-fox-news-wall-street-journal-unholy-alliance-starting-to-crack-under-the-presidents-lies.html
(Watch the video)
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