Showing posts with label politics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label politics. Show all posts
Sunday, November 6, 2022

More on Pre-Election Dread: "There is a sizable movement in this country that seeks to literally vote out democracy"

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Greg Olear says a mouthful when he states,  This has been a week of profound unease. And as he notes, the primary source of our anxiety is,...

As U.S. Elections Near, Charles Pierce Notes: "Every twist and turn in every campaign is wrought by the money power"

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Sun parakeet in cage, photo uploaded to Wikimedia Commons by High Contrast As Perry Bacon Jr. notes , the reason U.S. elections are so clos...
Wednesday, November 2, 2022

Money Makes the World Go…. Commentary on the Role of Big $$ in Political Life (with Asides about Twitter and Covid)

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Joseph Keppler cartoon, "The Bosses of the Senate," from Puck, 1889, at Wikimedia Commons Robert Reich explains succinctly who e...
Friday, April 24, 2020

A Valuable Opportunity Tomorrow, April 25: "American Heretics: The Politics of the Gospel" — "In Oklahoma, You Can Be a Democrat or You Can Be a Christian. But You Can't Be Both"

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In Oklahoma, you can be a Democrat or you can be a Christian. But you can't be both.   ~ Rev. Robin Meyers, Mayflower United Church ...
Monday, November 25, 2019

Who Catechized Devin Nunes?

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Devin Nunes is Catholic. Who catechized Devin Nunes? Who normalizes men like William Barr and Devin Nunes (and Patrick Buchanan and Se...
Friday, November 1, 2019

If I Were a Young Person Seeking a Church Home for Myself, Why Would I EVER Want to Consider a Church in Which….

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If I were a young person seeking a church home for myself, why would I EVER want to consider a church in which
Thursday, December 13, 2018

As Polling Data from 2018 Elections Shows Quite Specifically White Evangelicals Are Trump Base, Valuable Recent Commentary

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This is a genius piece from @RonBrownstein . The Trump/GOP base isn't whites. It's white evangelicals. https://t.co/d4ityAc4yR ...
Friday, November 9, 2018

Election Aftertakes: "Democrats Led Republicans by More Than 12 Million Votes in Senate Races" — And Vote Count Problems from Arizona to Georgia to Florida

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Notice that the caravan totally disappeared as an issue as soon as the votes were cast -- not just Fox News, but mainstream media too. Gu...
Thursday, June 14, 2018

Southern Baptist Convention's New Smiley Face: What Really Lies Behind It, When We Get Beyond Media Spin?: "Wives, Submit to Your Husbands"

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Perhaps as a former  Southern Baptist, I should keep my mouth shut. In the view of the mainstream media, which love a both-sides-have...
Wednesday, July 5, 2017

Twitter Responds to NY Times on Overlooked (White) Conservative Voters in Northern California: "Rural Whites Are the Only Folks Who Matter"

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Conservative voters in the northernmost reaches of California feel alienated by the state's liberal urban majority https://t.co/N1McsL...
Wednesday, June 21, 2017

A Twitter Thread in Response to Franklin Foer on What's Wrong with the Democrats

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No mention at all of the significant role played by gerrymandering and voter suppression to lock in GOP control, as a minority. 1) https:/...
Friday, June 9, 2017

Chris Morley on UK Election Results and What They Mean: On-the-Ground Report from Manchester

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Guardian front page, 10.30pm edition: Exit poll shock for May pic.twitter.com/SN6Q5utBYD — The Guardian (@guardian) June 8, 2017 An...
Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Brittmarie Janson Perez, "On the Informal Powers Trump Brings to the Presidency"

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I'm honored today to have an outstanding, timely, minatory (as in, warning us of a threat we'd be foolish to ignore) essay to...
Monday, January 9, 2017

Robert Leonard on Why Rural America Voted for Trump: A Critique of the Argument

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Robert Leonard's recent op-ed piece in New York Times on why rural America voted Trump is receiving a lot of attention as a coge...
Friday, January 6, 2017

Tired Old "Discussion" of Democrats As Anti-Religious after 2016 Elections: Valuable Recent Commentary

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I've never seen a group of people so happy to do such evil as take healthcare away from 30 million Americans. pic.twitter.com/kJJv5vdT...
Thursday, November 3, 2016

Tweets on Eve of Historic U.S. Election: "Will Always Be Remembered as the Presidential Election in Which the KKK, the KGB and the FBI All Supported the Same Candidate"

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This will always be remembered as the presidential election in which the KKK, the KGB and the FBI all supported the same candidate. — Vic...
Monday, October 31, 2016

Helpful Links: Live-Streaming of PRRI-Catholic University Press Conference on Catholic Vote; Text of Father Martin's Bridge-Building Address

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A follow-up to what I posted yesterday about the media event PRRI is holding today with Catholic University of America, regarding the...
Friday, October 28, 2016

PRRI Finding That Six in Ten White Catholic Men Support Trump: What We Can Expect to Hear (and Not to Hear) Now in Catholic Discussions of This Finding

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Regarding PRRI's latest finding — that some six in ten white Catholic men intend to vote for Donald Trump — which I discussed br...
Thursday, October 27, 2016

PRRI's Latest: Nearly Six in Ten White Catholic Men Voting for Trump

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From PRRI today : 
Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Droppings from the Catholic Birdcage: Celia Viggo Wexler Calls on Tim Kaine to Embrace Label "Cafeteria Catholic" — "Jesus Was a Cafeteria Jew"

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Celia Viggo Wexler, a practicing Catholic and author of  Catholic Women Confront Their Church: Stories of Hurt and Hope,  calls on Ti...