The major bipartisan infrastructure bill, which was passed by the Senate back in August, was passed by the House on Friday, with a handful of Republican votes. AP: Biden hails infrastructure win as ‘monumental step forward’. New York Times: House Passe…
It’s the patriarchy
In this interview in Jacobin, Calvin University’s historian Kristin Kobes Du Mez address the conundrum of evangelical support for Donald Trump. She points outs that much of modern liberalism (feminism, acceptance of alternatives to heterosexuality, etc…
people with little power or authority at work or when acting as citizens
I want a prominent media home that reflects our size and heterogeneity. I want stories about wealth as opposed to income inequality and its effect on intergenerational and social mobility. I want stories that aren’t just about our problems, but that ar…
2012 exit polls and the post-2012 narrative
“The popular narrative after 2012 that Obama won due to historic mobilization of young and non-white voters was completely wrong and the resulting consequences of that narrative have led to massive strategic errors that have put American democracy at r…
It’s spooky season for the Biden agenda
High drama on Capitol Hill this week as the slim Democratic majority struggles over President Biden’s “Build Back Better” plan. On one side: the $1 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework (BIF!), exhaustively hashed out this summer by a cross-part…
A fascinating profile of cognitive dissonance in American politics
The Fullbright Paradox: The Fulbright Paradox Race and the Road to a New American Internationalism (should be the paywall free link) , published in Foreign Affairs, is far more than the promised retrospective of J. William Fullbright’s career and how i…
Everyone loves collecting data, nobody loves analyzing it later
Denial was always untenable, for Zuckerberg in particular. The so-called techlash, a season of belatedly brutal media coverage and political pressure in the aftermath of Brexit and Trump’s win, made it difficult. But Facebook’s basic business pitch ma…
Filling The Void: MAGA After MAGA
Victor Berger IV, master video troubadour of our troubled digital age, microexpression microscoper and air horn tooter to the stars [previouslies 1234] has teamed up with VICE News to ask the pressing question: “MAGA Icons: Where Are They Now and Are T…
Bipartisan infrastructure deal reached
A bipartisan $550 billion infrastructure spending deal passed a test vote in the US Senate, with support from 17 Republican senators. New York Times. The deal includes $39 billion for public transit and $46 billion for climate adaptation; the $15 billi…
“The Capitol Police were very friendly, hugging and kissing”
What I Want to Bring to Light on the Jan. 6 Committee (Adam Kinzinger, R-IL, NYT) Shunned by G.O.P., Cheney and Kinzinger Seek Answers on Jan. 6 Riot (NYT)
Jan. 6 Commission, Prosecutions Could Yield Revelations Despite Partisanship (WSJ op-ed)
Chairma…