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Democrats–Boehner–conservative thought–Mueller investigation–Kevin Spacey–social media
theme of political identity and integrity, and hopefully renewal
A Post-Obama Democratic Party in Search of Itself
On Nov. 9, 2016, about 12 hours after Hillary Clinton conceded defeat to Donald Trump, Nancy Pelosi, the House minority leader, convened a conference call with her fellow House Democrats. Most of them were still back home in their respective…
great article—TK
He swings the golf club like a right-hander, which he is, but putts as a southpaw. Maybe it's a metaphor for a conservative politician who often turned to liberals in crunch time, but I'm too busy losing $20 on this hole…
I love these articles. Boehner is missed today—TK
Reports of conservatism's brain death are greatly exaggerated. The right is more intellectually vibrant today than it has been in decades—at least since the early 1990s, when Pat Buchanan and Jack Kemp enlivened the conservative debate, and…
A great overview of the conservative landscape by the always insightful Daniel McCarthy—TK
Mueller Probe Appears to Hit Democratic Powerhouses, Too
The indictment of former Trump campaign boss Paul Manafort is likely causing bipartisan headaches. While it alleges that President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman was a tax-dodging money-launderer in cahoots with an authoritarian Ukrainian…
very interesting—TK
Robert Mueller's Show of Strength: A Quick and Dirty Analysis
The first big takeaway from Monday morning’s flurry of charging and plea documents with respect to Paul Manafort Jr., Richard Gates III and George Papadopoulos is this: The president of the United States had as his campaign chairman a man who had allegedly served for years as an unregistered foreign agent for a puppet government of Vladimir Putin, a man who was allegedly laundering remarkable sums of money even while running the now-president’s campaign, a man who allegedly lied about all of this to the FBI and the Justice Department.
Dimensions Of Kevin Spacey's Creepiness
The New York Times, on its webpage, buries the Kevin Spacey sexual assault of a male minor allegation waaaaaay down at the bottom. The Guardian gets proactive, outpacing the actor's coming-out story, laying down the right-thinking line: Kevin…
House Democrats Release All Known Russian Troll Farm Facebook Ads and Twitter Accounts
The ad was highly specific—and specifically Russian. It was for a Facebook group called Defend The 2nd. Above an image showing a cornucopia of bullets, it billed itself as “The community of 2nd Amendment supporters, guns lovers &…
Inside Hillary Clinton's Secret Takeover of the DNC
Before I called Bernie Sanders, I lit a candle in my living room and put on some gospel music. I wanted to center myself for what I knew would be an emotional phone call. I had promised Bernie when I took the helm of the Democratic National…
She's clearly got an axe to grind so take with a grain of salt. But the fact that she published it at all is strong evidence that the Democratic primary was not honest—TK
The last few weeks have not been good ones for the large internet platforms—Facebook, Google, and Twitter. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg asserted after last year's election that it was “crazy” to think that his company had…
Rod Dreher is the combative, oversharing blogger who speaks for today's beleaguered Christians
Rod Dreher's life is an open book. Several, actually. 'The Little Way of Ruthie Leming,' about his late sister. 'How Dante Can Save Your Life,' about his love of the Italian poet. His latest, 'The Benedict Option,' is a call to…