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The eternal liberal wisdom of PlantyPall
I wasn’t thinking about politics when recently I re-read Anthony Trollope’s Palliser novels. I was considering the emotional risk in revisiting favorite fiction. To wit: I was in turbulent adolescence when I first read Wuthering Heights, so naturally Heathcliff became … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption, Culture, Government, Politics, The Facts of Life, The War On Workers, War
Tagged "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda", "The Prime Minister", Anthony Trollope, Congress, conservatism, Duke of Omnium, Eric Bogle, Gallipoli, Heathcliff, June Tabor, liberalism, Parliament, Plantagenet Palliser, PlantyPall, The Duke's Children, The Palliser Novels, World War I, Wuthering Heights
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Upset about those million pages on the Epstein Affair?
Worried that the volume (and DOJ redactions) make it impossibly burdensome for Congress’s investigative units to get through them, let alone find the smoking guns? Instead of worrying, watch Dark Waters, a brilliant legal thriller from 2019, starring Mark Ruffalo … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, climate change, Consumer boycott, Crime & Punishment, DOJ, Government, Journalism, Law, suits and order, Lawyers, News media, The Facts of Life, Trumpism
Tagged Congress, Dark Waters, discovery documents, DuPont, Elon Musk, Environmental Protection Agency, Epstein, Mark Ruffalo, PFOA, Robert Bilott, Teflon, timelines, Trump, Trump's Department of Justice
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Fearful historians. Combative lawyers. Everybody yelling at Democrats
Yesterday, I watched and listened to Paul Krugman having a penetrating conversation with a military historian, Phillips O’Brien, who teaches at the University of St. Andrews (Scotland). They were discussing us, i.e., America in the throes of today. It was … Continue reading
Posted in DOJ, Fascism, Government, Law, suits and order, Lawyers, MAGA, Politics, The Facts of Life, Trumpism, voting and voting rights
Tagged Adam Schiff, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, BlueSky, Chris Murphy, Congress, Democratic Party, Elizabeth Warren, executive orders, Florida House District 1, Florida House District 6, Hakeem Jeffries, Jamie Raskin, Jasmine Crockett, Jerry Nadler, Just Security, MAGA, Marc Elias, MSNBC, NY House District 21, Paul Krugman, Phillips O'Brien, Robert Garcia, Ron Wyden, Ryan Goodman, Sheldon Whitehouse, Tim Snyder, Trump
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