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Reminder: "coastal elites" is a right-wing dog whistle meant to delegitimize anyone who lives in a cosmopolitan or racially diverse area, and claim that they are somehow less worthy of

The true evil of the Electoral College is that makes the vast majority of people's vote not matter, and by extension it makes their lives not matter to politicians.Trump has

When it comes to the Post Office, be angry, be vocal, but don't be defeatist.Louis DeJoy is one man. He has a lot of power, but no matter what he

Nope, this is still wrong. Democrats are not a "center-right party" by any measure.They are tied with the majority of European center-left parties on economic issues, and substantially MORE progressive

I beg your pardon, we don't "accept" automobile deaths.Automakers spend billions of dollars a year in technology to avoids collisions and protect passengers when they happen.Cities likewise spend billions mitigating

I think most people who don't live in Ohio don't get how big the Larry Householder scandal is.Yes, Householder allegedly laundered a $60 million bribe from lobbyists through a dark

THREAD: You might have noticed right-wingers all just sort of...stopped talking about Parler.That's because they realized it's actually a pretty crappy social network. To begin with the most obvious problem,

The main reason centrally planned economies tend to fail is that they reward failure.When countries like the USSR weren't satisfied with how a state enterprise was performing, they'd throw more

So, I've been studying the new #ProjectConnect transit plan for Austin. And overall I think it's far and away the best transit plan @CapMetroATX has ever offered. After years of

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