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A blog of liberal, progressive ideas in politics, government, and social issues.
Saturday, April 9, 2016
News anchor stumps Trump on abortion question
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Last week, in a televised town hall with Donald Trump, MSNBC's news anchor Chris Matthews stumped Donald Trump with a line of questionin...
Friday, April 8, 2016
GOP establishment at war with Republican voters
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Josh Marshall at TPM m akes the point that the idea of a contested convention -- Trump losing on first ballot ; then, ig noring Ted Cruz ...
Thursday, April 7, 2016
Another big Obama win: Regulation to end "global tax avoidance" by corporate "inversion"
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Corporations have smart lawyers to figure out loopholes in the law that allow them to legally save money by avoiding taxes . This is one ...
Wednesday, April 6, 2016
Sanders and Cruz win big in Wisconsin primaries. GOP decides it "would rather lose with Cruz."
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Bernie Sanders had a decisive win over Hillary Clinton in the Wisconsin Democratic primary , by 5 7 % to 4 3 % ( final r esult ). It h...
Tuesday, April 5, 2016
SCOTUS unanimously upholds one person, one vote
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The U. S. Supreme Court released a decision in a voting rights case that originated in Texas. There was some worry, because the plaintiff...
Monday, April 4, 2016
Predictive factors in presidential election
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On e political scienti st's formula for predicting which party's candidate will be elected president is based on t hree factors as...
Sunday, April 3, 2016
Milwaukee newspaper: "Say No to Donald Trump"
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[Message to readers. I truly apologize for writing so much about Donald Trump , especially after blaming the media for doing exactly that ...
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