Half time report: Warren won 1st quarter, Castro won 2nd quarter. Honorable mentions to De Blasio and Inslee overall and Gabbard for her Iran answer. Biggest losers were Beto, Booker, Klobuchar, and John Delaney’s time. What’s your take? … [Read more...]

Paul Krugman lays out a great case for why authentic populism is NOT Trumpism. Trumpism as its been practiced in reality, is Reagan era trickle down economics with a far more overtly racist appeal to the base instincts of downscale white … [Read more...]

The incomparable Elizabeth Bruenig methodically lays out the differences between Sanders and Warren. Revolution or regulation? Democratic socialism or democratic capitalism? Warren’s many plans for that are activist liberalism at its best. … [Read more...]

UPDATED: Read this great Twitter thread on the same theme. Something I predicted was possible a few years ago is now being reported by the Globe. Baker reported to say Baker says that he loves his job and that “some of the stuff … [Read more...]

I've been bearish on Sen. Warren's 2020 chances around here largely because she started the race on the awkward ground of personal identity rather than being the class warrior that first got her elected in 2012. Well-the class warrior is … [Read more...]

Data for Progress unsurprisingly has some interesting data on widespread support for Medicare for Kids. First off, the proposal is very popular-and not just with Democrats. whether or not Medicare-for-All ultimately comes to fruition, … [Read more...]

The European Parliamentary Elections were supposed to be about the collapse of the center to the emerging far right populist parties. While this happened in some countries (LePen outpolling Macron in France, the Brexit Party beating the … [Read more...]

Unity in essentials, diversity in non-essentials, charity in disagreement. I became familiar with this quote when I joined a friendly debating society after I graduated from college. The key modifier there is friendly. I have always … [Read more...]

Peter Beinart has a worthy piece in the Atlantic about Democrats too often echoing incorrect talking points on the danger of Iran. On the one hand, none of them are endorsing war and they are all supporting steps to stop President Trump … [Read more...]