Don’t Fear Trump–Fear the Next Republican President (Benjamin Studebaker)
Budget talks progress, as Senate Dems drop Dreamer demand (Politico) [ed. Dems = Charlie Brown = Football]
American democracy is failing. The courts are finally starting to notice. (Think Progress)
How the GOP Rigs Elections (Rolling Stone)
White House asks for Van Gogh loan – but Guggenheim offers gold toilet instead (The Guardian)
Democrats Paid a Huge Price for Letting Unions Die (New York)
Presidential Confusion (The Baffler)
[ed. Stay tuned for more.]
Budget talks progress, as Senate Dems drop Dreamer demand (Politico) [ed. Dems = Charlie Brown = Football]
American democracy is failing. The courts are finally starting to notice. (Think Progress)
[ed. Take-away line: And then there is in the single most frightening projection facing both large-D Democrats and small-d democrats in the United States. By 2040, according to Dean David Birdsell of the school of public and international affairs at Baruch College, “about 70% of Americans are expected to live in the 15 largest states.” That means that 70 percent of Americans “will have only 30 senators representing them, while the remaining 30% of Americans will have 70 senators representing them.”]
NSA Deletes "Honesty" and "Openness" from Core Values (The Intercept)
White House asks for Van Gogh loan – but Guggenheim offers gold toilet instead (The Guardian)
Democrats Paid a Huge Price for Letting Unions Die (New York)
Presidential Confusion (The Baffler)
[ed. Stay tuned for more.]
