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If you still don't believe the Republican candidates are all about the Benjamins, think on this piece from a couple months ago in Salon. It turns on the Mike Huckabee kerfuffle in March where he was endorsing and selling his "good name" on behalf of…

Former NY governor George Pataki is expected to announce his 2016 presidential bid tomorrow.  His governorship added depth and nuance to the word "bland," and his presidential platform is just as inspiring.  The usual mix of sops to big money and careful dog-whistles to bigots…

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Your idea of what caused the Baltimore riots seems to depend pretty heavily on who you are. This Pew Research survey includes a fairly stark breakdown of the causes asserted by black and white respondents.  Note the White-Black difference column. And here is the same question again,…

Congressman Mo Brooks (R - AL) knows that the violent protests in Baltimore following Freddie Gray's death were not caused by the decades of abusive policing, or the economic devastation of the entire working class of a major city by taxpayer-subsidized job exports.  No sir.