Pluralistic: Working class Dems who campaign on economics beat Trumpists in elections (20 Mar 2024)

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Working class Dems who campaign on economics beat Trumpists in elections: But they rarely beat the Dem establishment in primaries.
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Pluralistic: Biden should support the UAW (18 Sept 2023)

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Biden should support the UAW: Get the Democratic Party's mind right.
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Pluralistic: 14 Oct 2022 Medieval Times invents a modern union-busting tactic; Billionaire dilletantes vs good Democrats

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Medieval Times invents a modern union-busting tactic: Trademark, like all "IP," is a tool to control critics, customers and competitors.
Billionaire dilettantes vs good Democrats: Even the best Democratic candidate is no match for the worst Republican when wealthy "Democratic" donors meddle.
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Pluralistic: 06 Mar 2022

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Student debt strike called for May 1: If Biden won't fulfill his campaign promise, we'll do it for him.
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Pluralistic: 10 Jan 2022

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Personnel are policy: The Dems may do something to materially improve voters' lives. Maybe.
Podcasting "Science fiction is a Luddite Literature": My last pre-op podcast.
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Pluralistic: 18 Nov 2021

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This is your Congress on drugs: Corruption kills.
Harvard is full of rich, white low-achievers: 43% of white Harvard students didn't get in on merit.
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Pluralistic: 28 Sep 2021

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Democrats can pass the reconciliation today (sorta): A bet on the 'endowment effect.'
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Pluralistic: 13 May 2021

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The Democratic establishment: Rahm Emanuel is why we can't have nice things.
Uber (Ch)eats: Innovation in tax evasion.
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Pluralistic: 28 Apr 2021

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Dems want to give $600b to the one percent: Repealing the SALT cap is not a middle-class issue.
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