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Fourth of July Open Thread [7.4.2016]

Dylan Matthews makes a provocative point in a recent Vox column: that the American Revolution and independence from England was a mistake! But we will hear him out…

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Saturday Open Thread [7.2.2016]

The draft of the Democratic Party platform is inside. The platform won’t be finalized until the Platform Committee meets in a week, followed by a vote at the party’s convention in Philadelphia. The proposal includes a host of liberal policy ideas, including raising the minimum wage to $15 nationwide; opposing an increase in the retirement age and cuts to Social Security; taxing top earners more to pay into the Social Security trust fund; securing equal pay for women and 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave for all workers; and abolishing the death penalty. Whether the inclusion of a host of progressive policy throughout the document will be enough to appease Sen. Bernie Sanders remains to be seen. If Bernie were a smart tactical politican, he would declare victory. Why? Because look at what he has won in terms of concessions….

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Friday Open Thread [7.1.2016]

BuzzFeed: “At Mar-a-Lago, the Palm Beach resort he runs as a club for paying guests and celebrities, Donald Trump had a telephone console installed in his bedroom that acted like a switchboard, connecting to every phone extension on the estate, according to six former workers. Several of them said he used that console to eavesdrop on calls involving staff.”

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Vote in the New Poll

Our General Assembly was in session until the 5 am hour this morning. The reason for that is that June 30 is the last day of the session and there are some bills that have to pass, like the Bond Bill and the Budget Bill. Which brings to mind, why does the General Assembly wait until the last literal second, and then some few more early July hours, to pass legislation that have six months to pass?

Vote in the poll.

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Thursday Open Thread [6.30.2016]

Former McCain Campaign Advisor Mark Salter: “He’s an ignoramus whose knowledge of public issues is more superficial than an occasional newspaper reader’s. He casts his intellectual laziness as a choice, a deliberate avoidance of expert views that might contaminate his ill-informed opinions. He excused his failure to consult professionals before commenting on the Brexit vote by dismissing foreign policy advisers in general, including his own… He’s a charlatan, preposterously posing as a business genius while cheating investors, subcontractors, and his own customers. He’s rich because his father left him a great deal of money… He possesses the emotional maturity of a 6-year-old. He can’t let go of any slight, real or imagined.”

“Whatever Hillary Clinton’s faults, she’s not ignorant or hateful or a nut. She acts like an adult, and understands the responsibilities of an American president.”

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Wednesday Open Thread [6.29.2016]

These polls are utterly disastrous for Trump and his Republican Party. The Wave is here.

FLORIDA–PRESIDENT–CNN/ORC—Clinton 51, Trump 37
IOWA–PRESIDENT–CNN/ORC—Clinton 45, Trump 41
MICHIGAN–PRESIDENT–CNN/ORC—Clinton 50, Trump 33
NORTH CAROLINA–PRESIDENT–CNN/ORC—Clinton 48, Trump 38
OHIO–PRESIDENT–CNN/ORC—Clinton 46, Trump 37
PENNSYLVANIA–PRESIDENT–CNN/ORC—Clinton 49, Trump 35
VIRGINIA–PRESIDENT–CNN/ORC—Clinton 45, Trump 38

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