Advertisements Matthew Yglesias, the blogger and journalist at Vox, sent out a twitter storm on Sunday that was one of the best summaries of the current state of the Democratic primary I can imagine. In fifteen quick tweets, he really nailed crucial points. Yet, despite Yglesias’ skills with concision, it’sContinue Reading
These are absolute political minefields, and Bernie is challenging them. He is betting that the support he has built, and the basis on which he has built it, will mean his challenges to these powerful forces are boons, rather than hindrances, to his campaign. At the least, if he isn’t hurt by them, he will have shown conclusively that the electability argument is simply wrong. After all, the Cuba comments speak directly to his alleged affinity for left-wing authoritarians (which is nonsense).
One way or another, we will have the best evidence one could ask for in the next eight days, in the debate and then in South Carolina and Super Tuesday.Continue Reading
Defeating Trump is not hard. Any honestly nominated Democrat (except maybe Biden, who’s just too horrible a campaigner, as I’ve pointed out in the past), conservative or progressive, could beat him. But by giving people a choice between Trump and a thoroughly dishonest party machine (and let’s recall, Republicans have not done similar things. They don’t have to because they don’t give their voters any options outside of oligarchs and kleptocrats), combined with their sheer incompetence, Democrats will re-elect Trump.Continue Reading
If you’re supporting Biden only because you think he has the best chance or is the “safe” pick, you couldn’t be more wrong, and that notion is the most likely path to the unthinkable: four more years of Donald Trump’s racism, stupidity, nastiness, and ineptitude. We can’t afford it.Continue Reading
In order to pursue a progressive foreign policy, the United States cannot afford to turn a blind eye to Saudi crimes, to ignore the denial for decades of the rights of Palestinians, or to continue to demonize Iran. It’s not enough to demand an end to the war in Yemen, although that’s the starting point. Otherwise, there will just be more Yemens, more Gazas, and more Khashoggis while U.S. politicians dance around reality.Continue Reading
