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Historian of prisons & punisment, zombies & superheroes. "I’m NOT a zombie! I’ve got a healing factor! Stuff like this doesn’t happen to me!”
Diaries published: 46 (182 days since last diary on Mon Nov 11, 2019 at 03:00 PM PST)
Comments posted: 871 (55 days since last comment on Tue Mar 17, 2020 at 08:50 AM PDT)
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Most Recommended Diary: Just Now: Harry Reid Gives Up on Public Option (Update x 4), 623 comments, 415 recommends
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Move Left: Progressive Election Victories You May Have Missed As Election Night November 5th came and went, most of the focus was on big Democratic and progressive victories on the east coast. In Virginia, Democrats captured control of the state...
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on Mon Nov 11, 2019 at 03:00 PM PST
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I’m going to say it and keep on saying it:
Bernie Sanders is too damn old to both run for and be president.
I’ve seen a lot of positive reportingabout Sanders entering the race for POTUS. I understand some of this upbeat buzz. But Sanders is 77...
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on Wed Feb 20, 2019 at 03:59 PM PST
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In Another Flip: WA-08 CD is called for Dr. Kim Schrier (D) over Dino Rossi (R).
In another important bit of really really good news, the Washington State 8 th Congressional District was recently ...
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on Thu Nov 08, 2018 at 07:33 AM PST
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My big sister won this election for you. You’re welcome.
I am mostly relieved as I contemplate heading to bed tonight. It turns out there was a Blue Wave after all. And of course, there are ...
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on Wed Nov 07, 2018 at 02:30 PM PST
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Notes from the Campaign Trail: WA State’s 8th Congressional District
Washington is a very very blue state, especially the western-Pacific Ocean facing part of the state. This means Seattle but also Bellingham, Tacoma, and Olympia. For the most part,...
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on Sat Nov 03, 2018 at 04:25 PM PDT
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I haven't written a diary in a very long time. Mostly I lurk. But my conversation with my parents this morning about Hilary's testimony yesterday inspired me to jot down a few observations about ...
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on Fri Oct 23, 2015 at 03:04 PM PDT
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- Some very encouraging news today courtesy of Monmouth University’s latest poll :137 comments 135 Recs
- This story concerns the the consolidated Deutsche Bank and Mazars cases which are set for oral arguments before SCOTUS on May 12. In essence, the two cases concern the constitutional and statutory authority of US House committees to issue subpoenas...308 comments 311 Recs
- This is very good news. Washington is showing the way for other states to follow. As of Sunday Washington recorded 338 deaths from COVID-19 UW model predicts COVID-19 deaths in Washington state will decline after today SEATTLE -- New data from a health...133 comments 117 Recs
- On February 20, 2020, I returned from a business trip to Italy. This was before there was a lockdown of the country and everything there was normal. I was in Rome, which was not the epicenter of the outbreak there (that was in Milan about 250 miles...161 comments 348 Recs
- Just a short diary to remind folks that Obama was OK with nuance regarding praising what other countries do when it is worthy of praise, and condemning it when it deserves condemnation. This is part of what he said on his historic visit to the country...26 comments 7 Recs
- There’s great news from PPP regarding our quest to take back the US Senate, but before I share that info, I want you all to read this, which is part of the news release from PPP. www.publicpolicypolling.com/... PPP has been arguing that the key to this...256 comments 339 Recs
- As we all know, a man died of coronavirus infection near Seattle in Washington state yesterday. There are 6 confirmed infections in the state, including three cases from people who contracted the illness within their community. Two people from a...271 comments 316 Recs
- You’ll enjoy this. Ted Cruz likes to pretend he’s plugged into pop culture, but his efforts in that regard are, to put it mildly, clumsy. His latest Daffy Duck-worthy backfire came two days ago after he picked up on an old Jimmy Kimmel segment showing...305 comments 405 Recs
- Poor, poor Mark Halperin. Nobody loves him. (If you’ve forgotten who he is, he’s a former political director of ABC News, former MSNBC senior political analyst, and book author on US politics.) He appeared at an event on "the injustices of cancel...28 comments 24 Recs
- When political maven and American University history professor Allan Lichtman predicted Donald Trump would win the 2016 election, I laughed … nervously. When it turned out he’d been right, I wanted to crawl into a hole and die. When he predicted Trump...218 comments 230 Recs
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