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Category Archives: mid-term elections
The ‘millionaires against a $15 minimum wage’ club
“There’s a lot of peeps don’t mind believing the end is near, so long as it ain’t too near. The Apocalypse is a comfort to them. The alternative is to walk around thinking we might be able to patch things … Continue reading
Trump’s snake oil still potent
Yesterday I showed Swamp Rabbit a line from a pre-election news story: Two years of political volatility will culminate Tuesday, when voters for the first time since the stunning 2016 election render a nationwide judgment on whether Trumpism is a … Continue reading
Posted in history, humor, immigration, mainstream media, mid-term elections, Nativism, Politics, taxes
Tagged Donald Trump, EPA, midterms, Rick Scott, Snake oil salesmen, Ted Cruz, Trumpism, Valdimir Putin
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A referendum on Trumpism
Donald Trump’s unwitting accomplices in the media were at it again this weekend, helping spread the lie that Democrats may have tried to “hack” Georgia’s voter registration files. The accusation was made by Georgia’s Republican secretary of state, who also happens … Continue reading
If you’re going to lie, lie bigly
Republicans will totally protect people with Pre-Existing Conditions, Democrats will not! Vote Republican. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 24, 2018 I showed Trump’s tweet to Swamp Rabbit. “Do you believe this guy? Have you ever encountered such a low-down, … Continue reading
The Times’s Trump story is a few years too late
“I built what I built myself,” Mr. Trump has said, a narrative that was long amplified by often-credulous coverage from news organizations, including The Times. Certainly a handful of journalists and biographers, notably Wayne Barrett, Gwenda Blair, David Cay Johnston … Continue reading
Posted in casinos, humor, mainstream media, mid-term elections, taxes
Tagged casino owner, con man, David Cay Johnston, Donald Trump, Fred Trump, tax dodges, The New York Times
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A big victory for vile-but-discreet
Last week, after Roy Moore lost the race for a Senate seat in Alabama, I wrote “Old-guard Senate Republicans don’t like over-the-top vile. They like guys who are vile but discreet.” In other words, they prefer colleagues who are like … Continue reading
Jon Stewart, the Rodney King of TV pundits
Elias Isquith on Jon Stewart: It’s the shallowness of Stewart’s politics that leads to his other notable weakness as a political pundit… his tendency to fall prey to the trap of blaming “both sides.” Exactly. Stewart will end his run … Continue reading
Corbett pins hopes on deadbeat Democrats
I was telling Swamp Rabbit that the key to re-election of unpopular Republican incumbents such as Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett is to keep down the turnout among registered Democrats. That’s why the Republican Party, with help from the U.S. Supreme … Continue reading
Q&A on A.C. casinos that crapped out
Swamp Rabbit joined me in the shack to puzzle over an online obituary for Showboat, Revel and Trump Plaza: A time few could imagine during the not-too-distant glory days of casino gambling has arrived in Atlantic City, where two casinos … Continue reading
Posted in casinos, economic collapse, fiction, humor, mid-term elections, NJ, unemployment
Tagged Atlantic city, crap-out, fiction, Good Sal/Bad Sal, Odd Man Out, Revel, Showboat, Trump Plaza
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Wolcott: Tea Party’s brew is tepid
The “dreadful inevitability” of Mitt Romney’s candidacy has led James Wolcott to conclude that the wing-nut right, despite its blustering, packs a feeble punch: …The right blogosphere ain’t squat. It’s a hornet’s nest up in the attic whose noise can … Continue reading