The answer goes like this: Republicans are actually two groups of people: the amoral rich (~20%) and the poorly educated working class (~80%).
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I Believe That’s All We Need to Hear from William Barr
From this piece in Mother Jones: In his forthcoming memoir recounting his time in the Trump White House, Bill Barr is clearly eager to shed the image of a doggedly loyal attorney general. “Off the rails” is how Barr describes …
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Scientists’ Logos
This is a little esoteric, and definitely off-topic, but I thought it was cool. I had to look up Norman Borlaug. He was an American agronomist who led initiatives worldwide that contributed to the extensive increases in agricultural production termed …
Stupidity and Betrayal
What a terrible shame. Betrayal is such a sad affair. Just kidding. What do you say to someone who is so stupid?
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After a Horrifying Experience for America, Trump Is on His Way Out
Conservative intellectuals like George Will were a hard sell on Trump from the beginning. They saw that this package of lies, racism, and buffoonery was a catastrophe in the making, causing some, like Will himself, to leave the Republican party …
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Why Can’t We Remove Human Swine from Congress?
We all need to admit that there are extremely intelligent people at both ends of the political spectrum. George Will, archconservative is about as far to the right as a person can be. American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, and …
American Politics Is Upside Down
Now everything’s a little upside down As a matter of fact the wheels have stopped What’s good is bad, what’s bad is good You’ll find out when you reach the top You’re on the bottom – Bob Dylan There …
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Fox News Kills Controversial Ad
The anti-Trump group MeidasTouch made this TV commercial on the January 6th insurrection and did an ad buy on Fox News. At the last minute, Fox refused to air it. And that somehow comes as a surprise?
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What’s the End Game for Putin
Of course, it’s far too early in the Russian invasion of Ukraine to know where this whole thing is going to land, but it’s interesting to note that the International Criminal Court has already set its sights on war criminal …
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It’s Justice Time for Trump
My 95-year-old mother and I speak on the phone frequently, and most of these conversations, when we’ve exhausted family matters, turn to politics. I try to tread lightly here. Mom is a Fox News acolyte (though she reads mainstream media …
