"This was the voice of moderation until 13 Sept, 2025"
by Eric Martin I don't vote for Republicans often – as in, almost never. However, I did vote for Mike Bloomberg (twice), the last time because he has done a solid overall job managing the NYC behemoth and, with respect to both occasions, because the Democratic Party nominated duds to oppose him. Further, importantly to me, Bloomberg has actually been … Read more
by Jacob Davies If you, like me, were completely dumbfounded by the way Democrats jumped on board the Iraq War train prior to the invasion, seeming to have lost their minds in their blind acceptance of the blatantly fabricated evidence and deeply unconvincing threats that were being put out by the administration, this little snippet … Read more
by Eric Martin Nicole Belle attempts to beat back some of the misinformation surrounding the GOP's recent cause celebre: opposition to the expansion of the community center run by a moderate Muslim group a few blocks from the World Trade Center. First and foremost, the Cordoba House is not a mosque as Muslims generally use the … Read more
-by Sebastian The Three-Day Work Week Matthew Yglesias focuses on one of the real reasons why the Senate can't possibly be bothered to spend a fews days or a week to even attempt to break a real filibuster–if they even bothered to make the minority party mount one: All this activity is crammed into a … Read more
by Jacob Davies There’s an op-ed in the NYT today by David Stockman with what Barry Ritholz calls a “brutal critique” of recent Republican fiscal policy. Ritholz provides a convenient summary of it: • The total US debt, including states and municipalities, will soon reach $18 trillion dollars. That is a Greece-like 120% of GDP. … Read more