Left-Right is virtually meaningless.
AOC is not an outlier.
The divide is between the War Party and the domestic spending party, between the neoliberals and the New Dealers, between the 1%-ers and the rest of us.
The policies endorsed by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Sen. Bernie Sanders and their allies are supported by the vast majority of American voters.
There are plenty of people to their left -- see Ralph Nader, Jacobin, Noam Chomsky, Cornel West, Jimmy Dorn, Robert Reich, anarchists, Socialists, Bill McKibben, Naomi Klein, Chris Hedges, Richard Wolfe, Paul Buhle, Rev. William Barber, countless more -- who are, at least for the moment, limited to the power of persuasion.
The divide is between the War Party and the domestic spending party, between the neoliberals and the New Dealers, between the 1%-ers and the rest of us.
The policies endorsed by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Sen. Bernie Sanders and their allies are supported by the vast majority of American voters.
There are plenty of people to their left -- see Ralph Nader, Jacobin, Noam Chomsky, Cornel West, Jimmy Dorn, Robert Reich, anarchists, Socialists, Bill McKibben, Naomi Klein, Chris Hedges, Richard Wolfe, Paul Buhle, Rev. William Barber, countless more -- who are, at least for the moment, limited to the power of persuasion.
Where did it get Obama?
“‘Right on,’ Ben Labolt, Obama’s 2012 campaign press secretary, said sarcastically of former Vice President Joe Biden’s “call to renew bipartisan cooperation. ‘Mitch McConnell and Mark Meadows will rush to form the Woke Caucus. And Nelson Rockefeller will be revived from his grave.’” -- Daily Beast
Sorry, Joe
With polls showing Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, Pete Buttigieg and even Cory Booker beating DonaldTrump, the Joe Biden campaign has lost its only rationale.
Hi Ho, Hi Ho, It's Off to War We Go
For those too young to remember, the draft had nothing to do with wind (although, if you were troubled by too much intestinal wind, that might have kept you out of the draft).
The Rule of Memo
The so-called prohibition against charging a sitting president with federal crimes is not a constitutional mandate. It's a Justice Department policy formulated in memos by lawyers who happened to be employed by Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton when the matter came up.
Reading List:
✓ Trump’s strategy to declare himself above the law and escape accountability by Paul Waldman (The Washington Post)
✓ Trump's Lawyer Says He Can't Be Guilty of Obstructing Justice: Is the President Above the Law? by Dale Eisman (Common Cause)
✓ The Supreme Court once rejected Bill Clinton’s claim of presidential immunity. Courts should now do the same with Donald Trump. The President Is Not Above the Law by Stephen B. Burbank, Richard D. Parker and Lucas A. Powe, Jr. (Politico)
✓ How Do We Keep a Criminal President From Running Out the Clock? One Possible Solution by Joshua A. Geltzer (Slate)
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