Author: TarheelDem

The key point: Putin lies as a display of power. Only powerful people can lie and get away with it. The more blatant the lie, the greater the show of power when your listener cannot or dare not contradict you.  ...

More shenanigans: from Texas and North Carolina.  But coming to a red state near you soon. Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo: The only good local democracy As far as politicians are concerned, you know what the rest of that sentence...

Marcy Wheeler says succinctly one of the things I’ve been yammering about since last November but apparently not connecting either with Democrats or the Democratic establishment: That’s all the more true given the...

Andrew Bacevich, TomDispatch (via Informed Comment): What will Happen when Trump’s Dupes Find Out? Andrew Bacevich is an excellent national security analyst, good enough to be wrestle with when he has contrary opinions....

Tom Sullivan has a very thoughtful analysis of the outcome of GA-06. Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo: Collective Sigh This is on target. But there is also the improving “their electoral infrastructure” part of...