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Colorado crosses the billion dollar mark in marijuana tax revenues
It has been five years since Colorado legalized recreational marijuana sales. In that time, the state’s seen a rise in its revenues from taxes on cannabis, voted to use some of that tax money for public education and fighting opioid addiction, while also lowering highway vehicular fatalities. All around it’s been a big success. Colorado’s “experiment” […]
“There is hard data that shows that a centrist Democrat would be a losing candidate:
“There is hard data that shows that a centrist Democrat would be a losing candidate: Economist Thomas Piketty wrote a paper about this in 2018, though the Democrats paid no attention. The Republican Party has earned a reputation as the anti-science, anti-fact party — understandably, perhaps, given the GOP’s policy of ignoring the evidence for […]
Elizabeth Warren wrote AOC’s entry in the Time 100 & The Biden entry for AOC that Time didn’t use
Elizabeth Warren wrote Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez entry in Time Magazine’s list of 2019’s most influential leaders. Below see Biden’s write up for AOC that Time decided not to use.
The Post-Trump GOP?
Even if he manages to steal the next election, Trump can’t live forever, and as Alby said, it is hard to imagine how the GOP survives beyond Trump.
You can’t go from a “Crush our enemies: Nothing is illegal for the winner” strategy back to a “The other side has rights too: The rules matter” strategy. That dial only turns in one direction.
But here is another view. Writing at The Federalist, some guy thinks the glorious future includes faith-based populist conservatism, and looks like Josh Hawley and Rick Scott.
Don’t blame the 1% for grabbing all the money
How can you be mad at the 1%, when half of the remaining 99% basically say, “Go ahead…take it!” It is the broke-ass Republicans who think they are on the “winning team” that I have a problem with. It is the broke-ass Democrats who have swallowed all the pernicious economic nonsense about capitalism that I have a problem with.
Saudi Arabia, or Israel, or China, or the CIA, or Iran attacked a tanker near the Strait of Hormuz
I don’t trust Trump. If he says Iran attacked the tanker, it is a safe bet that it wasn’t Iran.
Highlands Bunker – E19 – I Welcome Their Hatred
Highlands Bunker – E19 – I Welcome Their Hatred Karl the producer joins RE Vanella in the bunker to talk about some of the disingenuous attempts to stop the minimum wage increase as well as their field trip down to DC to see Bernie Sanders speak about democratic socialism. Show Notes: Report on minimum wage […]
Trump Tweeted “Prince of Whales”
Funny! Trump is stupid! Prince of Whales. Meanwhile he is still in charge, appointing judges and generally fucking up our democracy. But, sure, point and laugh. It’s more than what congress is doing.
How the fuck is Elaine Chao still Transportation Secretary, and why is Carper/Coons Silent?
Seriously. how the fuck is Elaine Chao still Transportation Secretary. and seriously why are Carper and Coons silent on this gross corruption? The Transportation Department under Secretary Elaine Chao designated a special liaison to help with grant applications and other priorities from her husband Mitch McConnell’s state of Kentucky, paving the way for grants totaling […]
Trump’s “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” 2020 strategy
Why wouldn’t Trump want to continue to break the law by working with Russia, and bring North Korea into the fold? Accepting help from foreign governments is proven to work. He was rewarded with the Presidency and continues to be rewarded by a do-nothing congress.
In a new interview released this afternoon by ABC News, President Trump tells George Stephanopoulos that he’d take information from a foreign government if one offered dirt on his 2020 opponent. “I think you might want to listen, there isn’t anything wrong with listening.”
President Trump rejected the idea that such foreign government interventions amounted to election interference. “It’s not an interference, they have information — I think I’d take it. If I thought there was something wrong, I’d go maybe to the FBI — if I thought there was something wrong. But when somebody comes up with oppo research, right, they come up with oppo research, ‘oh let’s call the FBI.’ The FBI doesn’t have enough agents to take care of it. When you go and talk, honestly, to congressman, they all do it, they always have, and that’s the way it is. It’s called oppo research.”
Joe Van Winkle
If I did a Joe Van Winkle post everytime JVW says something that was homey and cute 30 years ago, but sounds gross and icky today, I’d do nothing but Joe Van Winkle posts.
Good Ol’ Joe Van Winkle Just Keeps Fucking Embarrassing Himself
Joe Van Winkle fell sleep under a tree 30 years ago. When he nodded off Republicans were reasonable partners in democracy who he could “disagree with without being disagreeable.” He’d often say ” it’s always appropriate to question a Republican’s judgment, but never appropriate to question his motives because you simply don’t know his motives.” […]
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