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View From the Cheap Seats – The Toll is Starting to Add Up

By Paul S. October 11, 2020 October 11, 2020

We used to be able to agree on the facts and work out compromises based on those facts. That is no longer the case and is very dangerous.

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Trump Decided to Kill a Bunch of Gold Star Mothers

Trump Decided to Kill a Bunch of Gold Star Mothers

By Chris Ladd October 7, 2020 October 7, 2020

How many of these families, who already paid the ultimate price for their patriotism, will pay with yet another loss?

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Facebook May Be Democracy’s Best Hope

Facebook May Be Democracy’s Best Hope

By Chris Ladd October 5, 2020 October 5, 2020

From polarization to spam, the problems of social media are the problems of democracy.

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What if a Candidate Dies Late in the Election Cycle?

By Chris Ladd October 3, 2020 October 3, 2020

There’s a short, simple answer.

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Highlights From the NYT’s Trump Tax Return Bombshell

By Chris Ladd September 27, 2020 September 27, 2020

The Times published their review of two decades of tax returns from Trump and the Trump Org, and it is glorious.

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Picking a Thread From the Yarn Pile

By Chris Ladd September 20, 2020 September 20, 2020

These are some of the concepts vying for my attention. Which ones do you think are most relevant/interesting right now?

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Republicans Love Abortion

By Chris Ladd September 19, 2020 September 19, 2020

If Americans come to believe that their most fundamental rights to medical care and reproduction depend on political engagement, rather than on the wisdom of some robed council of elders, the impact to Republicans’ minority governing strategy will be catastrophic.

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View from the Cheap Seats – No Shit, I’m Scared

View from the Cheap Seats – No Shit, I’m Scared

By Paul S. September 15, 2020 September 15, 2020

Chris wrote a post in June 2018 that was borderline apocalyptic. He noted that we needed to get our heads straight because we need to prepare for interruptions and inconveniences in our lives and confront them. At the time, I thought he might be a little over the top in …

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Suckers and Losers

Suckers and Losers

By Chris Ladd September 6, 2020 September 7, 2020

In a mafia worldview, service to a country is a bargain for suckers and losers.

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Link Roundup, 8/29/2020

By Chris Ladd August 29, 2020 August 29, 2020

A political orphan’s guide to current events.

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