February 17, 2017
Cartoon: Baby Donald’s Decision
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February 17, 2017
Cartoon: Baby Donald’s White House
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February 15, 2017
Republicans Win Presidential Popular Vote Once In 28 Years
Since 1988, when Taylor Dayne sang “Tell It To My Heart,” Republicans won the presidential popular vote just once. It’s twice if you include 1988. That’s over 28 years!
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February 15, 2017
Will Trump-Era Protests Lead To Sustained Activism For The Left?
Large-scale protests outnumber weeks on the calendar since Donald Trump’s inauguration. From the swiftly planned Women’s March, to spontaneous demonstrations at airports protesting Trump’s “travel ban,” it seems every few days there’s a new protest against Donald Trump, his policies, or his cabinet picks.
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February 14, 2017
Trump’s ‘Extreme Vetting’ Irony
Donald Trump’s national security adviser, Michael Flynn, was forced to resign yesterday in disgrace because he lied to the administration and the country over talks with Russia. Maybe not qualifying as irony, but it is poetic justice that Flynn was caught in a web of lies, and potential illegality, considering he led the “lock her up” chants against Hillary Clinton at the Republican National Convention.
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February 13, 2017
The Trump-Republican Voter Fraud Fiction
With Donald Trump’s continued vanity project, winning the electoral college and the presidency wasn’t enough. It must really stick in his craw that he lost the popular vote. So, he must do as all autocratic leaders do. Lie. And so Trump spins a tale about millions of people who voted illegally, and amazingly all for Hillary Clinton.
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February 13, 2017
Republicans Lost At Sea On Obamacare Repeal
Over the years, Republicans have voted for a variety of Obamacare repeal bills. This time last year the repeal count was over 60. These repeal votes were red meat for their rabid base, a dog and pony show for the rest. Because Republicans knew they had the cover of an Obama veto, they never had to do the hard work. Turns out this governing thing isn’t so easy when it really matters.
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February 8, 2017
Reader Emails: O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Email conversations with Left Call readers. Published with consent.
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January 26, 2017
Trump’s Loyalty Test: This Is What Authoritarian Regimes Do
When President Donald Trump -shudder- ordered Press Secretary Sean Spicer to the podium on Saturday for his first newspeak, it wasn’t just about Trump’s vanity or ego, it was also a test. “This was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period,” Spicer claimed. Regardless of Spicer’s politics, you know this man does not believe what he said. You know Spicer does not believe Trump’s inauguration crowd was larger than President Obama’s 2009 inauguration crowd. Anyone still clinging to the last smoldering shreds of reality knows this.
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November 13, 2016
A Raging Orange Clown Named Donald Trump: A Shocking Win: An Election Post-Mortem
I have struggled to write this article. Long ago I decided not to incessantly cover the 2016 horse race. I did write a few articles here and there about one or more of the candidates, but from early on this election season drained the creative well.
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