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Strato But the Resistance is getting up. I do hope so. But another oligarch, whom Reich doesn’t name, is owner of News Corp(oration), and son, even upstaging the old man. Sir media magnate has devoted h […]

Me too, Aroundtown. I can only imagine the stress you and your family are going through right now. So glad your daughter is getting the care she needs, and from the best possible specialists. We’ll all be rooting […]

Another on-the-nose post by Robert Reich: https://www.facebook.com/RBReich/posts/pfbid02prpCcEdMjaFQ7r3EtYKF9tvtKeKuHezDY2ZEevXGAbvZ2LyDuTC6ZoX4oHya1FFsl Everything below the line is his words, not mine. […]

Laurie, Strato, Aroundtown, Sean I wasn’t planning to comment further on this, but each of you has raised valid points that make me realise I need to clarify some of my own. Let me start with Nicholas K […]

Ok, so let’s recap what we know so far. 1. All the electoral analysis carried out so far shows that Trump voters were predominantly driven by anger at being worse off now in economic terms than they were 4 y […]

Aroundtown, Nov 9, 2024 at 10:06 pm Nickolas Kristof and his capitulation to accept the brutality that has befallen us. The first thing I want to say is that I totally – totally – get your anger and bitt […]

Original version: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/06/opinion/trump-democrats-loss.html Alternatively: https://archive.is/ZnWl5 (no paywall) My Manifesto for Despairing Democrats – by Nicholas Kristof So wh […]

Aroundtown It’s great to see you back. I’m just sorry it’s taken this to bring you. For what it’s worth, we all share your despair. I know the depths of my own, and I won’t be anything like as directly […]

Strato Very seriously loving these Empire podcast episodes Marco. Fabulous, aren’t they? I’m so glad you’re getting as much out of them as I am. For anyone else who’s interested to see why Strato and I […]

Michael Trump’s first term, I did well. I got paid, I put away savings. For years that’s all been gone. Costs have risen, gas has gone up, life is harder. Yes. This is the verdict in a BBC News website rep […]

Zeug Here’s the thing, though: what were we going to do about it to begin with? I would argue that here’s the thing: how can we do anything about “it” if we don’t first make the effort to understand what “it” […]

Strato I think overall that social media is net detrimental to democracy. Because people tend to be mentally, or intellectually lazy. It’s such a shame, because in many ways it has been wonderful, […]

Zeug Marco made a point about understanding the other side’s arguments and perspective, and good grief more power to him. Because, hand on heart, I don’t think I can do it without losing my temper. It’s like […]

Michael Pollster Ann Selzer has vowed to review the data after her weekend poll on the presidential race in Iowa turned out to be wrong by 16 points. Yes, please do keep an eye on this and let us know if you […]

Political historian and commentator Heather Cox Richardson posted this analysis on her Facebook page yesterday. This is the link […]

And another Must Read from the New York Times: Stop Pretending Trump Is Not Who We Are

New York Times:

In fact, it’s a full Mozart Requiem kind of day:

Strato/Michael Dies irae indeed. No one has ever expressed it as well as Mozart:

Strato I am too numb to express my thoughts today. But it turns out I don’t need to, because Moira Donegan has done it for me. From the bottom of my heart – thank you for sharing.