Tag: Greenwald
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There’s a Reason People Think the Democratic Primary Was Unfair and Undemocratic: It Was
Journalists have been cautioning Bernie Sanders against “suggesting the entire political process is unfair,” insisting that doing so could have “negative and destabilizing consequences.” They contend that he must “argue to his supporters that the outcome of the [Democratic primary] process was legitimate” so that he can convince them to…
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Lessons About Gay Rights and Business from Arizona Bill’s Veto
On Wednesday, February 26, Republican Governor Jan Brewer vetoed S.B. 1062, a bill that would have helped Arizona businesses deny service to gay customers on religious grounds. Brewer’s veto and the political controversy surrounding the bill illustrated several important developments in the gay rights movement. First, US society is finally…
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The Shutdown: Blame Republicans but Watch the Democrats
I wrote an email to my political mailing list on August 21, 2011 entitled “Does the White House have Power?” At that time, many mainstream Democrats insisted that Barack Obama was an innocent victim of an intransigent Congress, that he ardently supported progressive priorities like a public health care option…
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Objectivity and Credibility
Most of the people reading this post will be friends and family who have received my political emails for the past five years. If you don’t fall into that category, however, you have most likely stumbled across this blog by accident. Maybe 34 is your favorite number and your dog’s…
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