PoliticsCentral: Top Trump campaign aide in Michigan guilty on 10 felony counts Brandon Hall, the controversial west Michigan blogger who served as a key figure in the Donald Trump campaign’s organizing efforts across the state, was … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2016
IT’s Time For BMGers To Pick Sides! Bubblers or Safe Spacers?
I foolishly made an observation that Ed Markey and Katherine Clark are vulnerable in a primary. Pablo, (probably an illegal) commented that I was completely wrong because they love Katherine in Arlington, Lexington, and parts of … [Read more...]
Mapmaker, Mapmaker, Make Me a Map…
(A note to the editors, if you wanted to embed this video to aid in the digestion of this post, 'twould be alright...) Louis C.K has a bit (referenced above) about 'Indians'... It goes something like this: White Man sails to … [Read more...]
On getting played.
Winning in politics consists of 1. Activating the persuaded; 2. Persuading the persuadable; 3. Discouraging and softening the opposition. Not converting, not even "defeating", per se. Ideologically-committed people don't really change their … [Read more...]
How to Beat Trump in 20 Tweets
View the original tweetstorm here 1) Recognize that HRC already maximized the anti-racist and anti-sexist vote as far as it will go 2) Ditto the pro-Nato, pro-immigration, pro-civil liberties and pro-BLM vote 3) This coalition will not … [Read more...]
Taking The President-Elect Seriously, Not Literally
Another piece cross posted from my blog at thevibesman.com. Hope you like it. Yesterday a column was posted on CNN.com by a fellow named Brad Todd, titled "Dear journalists: Stop Taking Trump Literally". Mr. Todd says that while … [Read more...]
Issues Are the Way Forward
In 1964, conservatives were out of power. They coalesced around Goldwater, and all of their successes seem to follow from that campaign. We forget now, but before Goldwater (and during), “conservative” was an insult. He rallied them around … [Read more...]
Stephen Lynch (D-MA-8th) Backing Tim Ryan (D-OH) for Minority Leader-And so should his colleagues
In a press release, Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA-8th) officially announced he was coming on board the Tim Ryan challenge to Nancy Pelosi's leadership. The Boston Democrat said Monday he respects Pelosi, but believes Democrats need to change … [Read more...]
BMGer says Arlington is Home To “The Everyman” of the MA 5Th – Globe Needs Another Co-Conspirator As Next US Attorney – Globe Practices Transparency Through Incompetence
So the other day I brilliantly make the case that the elite liberals have to get out more and see what the rest of the country is up to. Otherwise they have nobody to blame but themselves for the Trump vote. Then I astutely observed that … [Read more...]
Resiliency in the age of Trump
Part of living in the Trump era is to find the points of resiliency -- the parts of government we can still influence for the better, amidst the onslaught of bad faith, disenfranchisement, and kleptocracy that will issue from Washington. … [Read more...]
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