Joelcr

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How often is someone sentenced when a prosecutor doesn't recommend it?
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Regarding the theme of your post, one can only hope. I will say that I came to California at the…
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I always thought Paddy Hirsch did an admirable job of explaining the mess we were in. NPR ain't all bad:…
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Walls are great for imposing taxes (i.e. tolls). That's pretty much what the Romans used them for (and a whole…
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What struck me was that Schumer never made eye contact with Trump. It was clear from the outset that he…
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Buckley should consider the people that dont put up those signs. Speaking for some portion of that group, I can…
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Turgidson was probably based on actual guys that ran the Strategic Air Command. Curt Lemay is a famous one but…
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C'mon man, get with the times. Jacobin Correspondence Committees.
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Probably in reference to ostensible leftists like Glenn Greenwald and publications like the Intercept. Web visits probably don't reflect their…
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Beria was a serial rapist and mass murderer. Even by the standards of Stalinism he was something. There are (thankfully)…
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Beto could certainly crush Sanders very quickly. The temptation would be strong, even though I favor a local emphasis. Democrats…
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Looks like the gain is now probable D+39 thanks to Cisneros
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There's noise in interpreting this data, but the 2014-2018 data suggest a steadily aging cohort where yesterday's 18-29 is today's…
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Alf Landon got 36% of the vote. Thats about as big a margin as you'll ever see in electoral history.
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Our impending market correction has a lot to do with the tech bubble we've been in for the last few…
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Where have you gone, Maximilien Robepsierre, our nation turns its lonely eyes to you...
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Trump is the restored Bourbon monarch the right-wingers have long been clamoring for: "They learned nothing, and forgot nothing"
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After reading up on it Matt Whittaker really seems like we've got a real life Biff Tannen as our interim…
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Sounds like in the distribution of all possible outcomes based on pre-election poll/generic ballot aggregators, the Democrats got a 40th…
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D +10 national margin and yet the house pickup is ~50 seats. Should have been more Also came razor close…
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