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The Mahablog · 3d ago

Stuff to Read Over the Fourth

Some articles I want to comment on before they scroll out of memory — Lindy West, “Save Free Speech From Trolls“ West calls out the Right for “weaponizing” the concept of freedom of speech t...
The Mahablog · 3d ago

Freedom’s Just Another Word for State Authority

After a fight of several years, St. Louis passed a law that would gradually raise the minimum wage to $11 per hour, and after that it would increase with inflation. The first stage, a raise ...
The Mahablog · 3d ago

What Really Happened With the California Single-Payer Bill?

Let me begin by saying I have never lived in California. I don’t know exactly how the state government works, and I don’t generally pay close attention to California news.  If that’s true fo...
The Mahablog · 1w ago

A Tweet Too Far?

By now you’ve heard about the infamous Bleeding Mika tweets — I heard poorly rated @Morning_Joe speaks badly of me (don’t watch anymore). Then how come low I.Q. Crazy Mika, along with Psycho...
The Mahablog · 1w ago

Trump’s Got No Mojo on Health Care

I’ve had some kind of stomach bug for the last few hours, but have decided I will survive. So, back to work. So today the so-called President said this: President Trump promised a surprise o...
The Mahablog · 1W ago

SCOTUS Drops Two Mini-Bombs

I’m calling them mini-bombs, because I suspect they will turn out to be less significant than they seem right now. First, SCOTUS agreed to review Trump’s “travel ban,” and in so doing they a...
The Mahablog · 1W ago

Saving Nancy Pelosi?

Part of the fallout of the John Ossoff loss is that a number of people are now calling for Nancy Pelosi to step down as Minority Leader in the House. I understand Handel used the terrifying ...
The Mahablog · 1W ago

Give ’em Hell, Dems!

Let’s start on a positive note, which is a campaign advertisement for Randy Bryce, who is running as a Democrat for Paul Ryan’s House seat: I like this ad, and I like this guy. He seems auth...
The Mahablog · 1W ago

America: Less Exceptional Than It Used to Be

The Social Progress Imperative is a U.S.-based nonprofit that produces an annual index of countries, ranked by their social and environmental standing. Well, according to this index, WaPo sa...
The Mahablog · 2W ago

What Makes Fake News Fake: Another Example From Palmer Report

There continues to be confusion about what makes fake news fake. So I’d like to demonstrate with a new story from Palmer Report. I’ve been using Palmer Report as an example of a fake news si...
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