Tag Archives: Elections

Democratic Presidential Clown Car Update for February 18, 2019

Sort of a static week in the Clown Car update, with no one getting In or Out. Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders and Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke all inch closer to the starting line. Update: Bernie Sanders is In. This week’s … Continue reading →

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Kamala Harris Is A Damn Liar

Hey, remember all the way back to four days ago, when Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris decried identity politics? Or maybe all the way back to last week, where she declared: We, as Democrats and progressives, cannot afford to be … Continue reading →

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Democratic Presidential Clown Car Update for February 4, 2019

This week in the clown car update: Spartacus is In and LA mayor Eric Garcetti is Out. Oh, and Oprah’s spiritual advisor joined the race, because why the hell not? This is the point in campaign cycles when key campaign … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for February 1, 2019

I know many of you don’t want to hear it, but here in Texas we’re enjoying a comparatively mild winter… Why President Donald Trump will win the wall fight: Trump has, however, suggested that he may well go the emergency … Continue reading →

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Democratic Presidential Clown Car Update for January 28, 2019

This week in the clown car update: South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg is In, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is All But In, and Bobby Francis O’Rourke is sounding a lot more Hamlet-like than heretofore. And a very, very familiar … Continue reading →

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How Texas Oilmen Made LBJ

There’s a fascinating piece by LBJ biographer Robert Caro about how he pieced together how powerful Texas oilmen, through the insistence of Brown & Root and speaker Sam Rayburn, made Lyndon Baines Johnson’s career by making him the conduit for … Continue reading →

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Two Essays: Workers Vs Elites

Here are two pretty interesting essays on the “revolt of the masses” currently roiling world politics. The first is from Christopher Caldwell about France from two years ago, and which prefigures the “yellow vest” riots: In France, a real-estate expert … Continue reading →

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Democratic Presidential Race Clown Car Update for January 14, 2019

More Presidential race news popping up left and right, mainly that Tulsi Gabbard and Julian Castro are both officially In, Tom Steyer is Out, and that some of the people I had down as probably out are already grubbing for … Continue reading →

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Your Obligatory 2020 Democratic Party Presidential Horse Race Roundup

I hope you appreciate my extreme laziness restraint in not putting a 2020 Presidential Race Roundup up until now. Here’s the list of Democrats widely contemplated as be willing to climb into the clown car. I’ve divided them into two … Continue reading →

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Theresa May Survives No Confidence Vote

Theresa May survives: Prime Minister Theresa May has won a vote of confidence in her leadership of the Conservative Party by 200 to 117. After securing 63% of the total vote, she is now immune from a leadership challenge for … Continue reading →

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