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Ohio’s GOP Senate Primary: the race to find out who can dog whistle the loudest

Less than a month before voters head to the polls in Ohio’s primary elections, a pair of frontrunners in a crowded GOP field seem to be in a battle to see who can dog whistle at Ohio’s racists most overtly. For his part, former Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel released a campaign ad Tuesday (4/5/22) in …

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Stacey Abrams is an Old Fashioned Public Servant

While the Republican Primary for Georgia’s governorship—featuring incumbent Brian Kemp vs the Trump-endorsed former-US Senator David Perdue—is off to a cutthroat start, Stacey Abrams, the de facto Democratic nominee, has quietly begun a marathon of classic, boots-on-the-ground retail politics across the state. Abrams, whose celebrity has skyrocketed since her narrow defeat in 2018’s Georgia governor’s …

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Infighting and Whining: Pennsylvania’s GOP Senate Primary Heats Up

“You let him attack me. … That is wrong,” Television personality and current GOP candidate for Pennsylvania’s open Senate seat Dr. Oz complained to the moderator of the state’s first GOP Primary debate on Wednesday. Oz had been put on the defensive over his former position on fracking–the controversial oil extraction technique that stole the …

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President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Part 1; Energy assistance for families in low income housing

Just over 100 million dollars to Alabama. Upwards of 175 million for Florida.  One of the little-publicized areas of government funding that’s being bolstered by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law signed by President Biden in early November is the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, (LIHEAP), which is critical to helping low income households meet their …

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A bridge too far: It appears [a few] Republican Lawmakers have [some] principles after all

It would seem that five years spent fawning over Trump, turning a blind eye to his overtures to fascism, and groveling at the feet of his extremist base, have put a few (slightly) more moderate Republican lawmakers in a bind as the Party edges ever closer to authoritarianism.  It’s an ongoing story in a Republican …

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Tornadoes in Texas and a Heat Wave in the Arctic: Keeping Track of Climate Change 

Evidently, it won’t take long for the climate to prove last month’s report by UN Scientists correct.  As Texas was hit early this week by an unseasonable run of tornadoes and increased wildfire risk, temperatures at both the North and South Poles hit all time highs, deeply worrying scientists who study temperature extremes at the …

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The Disingenuous Challenges to the Confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson

It’s a rallying cry being heard (and repeated) across the Right-Wing Propagandasphere:  Ah, yes. Remember the Alamo. Remember the Maine. Remember, Remember the Fifth of November. And, now, Remember the Supreme Court Nominee who was credibly accused of sexual misconduct by multiple women.  Confirmation hearings for Biden nominee to the Supreme Court, Ketanji Brown Jackson, …

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Biden puts Economy above Self-Interest as Fed Raises Interest Rates

For the first time since 2018, the Federal Reserve moved to increase its key interest rate Wednesday, (3/16/22), by a quarter of a percentage point. “The economy no longer needs — or wants — these, this very highly accommodative stance,” said Fed Chair Jerome Powell, as he signaled the Reserve’s intent to make six more …

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