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Trump won politics. But can he win again?

You can say anything you like about Trump, but he has won politics. And he's probably going to try again, to most likely avoid jail, because let's be honest: he certainly doesn't need it to achieve anything political. He will never ever top this

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Could a SCOTUS Roe v. Wade reversal really help the Democrats?

Last night, a Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) draft opinion was leaked, showing they have voted to overturn the 50-year legal precedent of Roe v Wade, the 1973 ruling that established the right to abortion. Justice Samuel Alito wrote a draft, which was circulated in February, and was

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Texas More Democrat Than Florida?

Discuss. Beto O'Rourke has a lot to answer for, too (in a good way).

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The GOP Sustained Assault on Democracy

There are some really terrible moves being made by the GOP at all levels of politics in the US. This has arguably been going on for decades, but most pointedly so since Trump's election in 2016. There is a very good case to suggest that the GOP is

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Kinzinger's Family Letter: God, the GOP and Conservative Media

There are three legs to the stool upon which public opinion over Trump and the impeachment sits: God, the GOP as a tribal entity, and conservative media in its incurably rabid form. Nothing exemplifies this more acutely than the letter that Adam Kinzinger, an Illinois Republican House Representative who voted

Crime & Punishment

Unpicking the Capitol Fiasco

[caption id="attachment_32491" align="alignright" width="407"] Tyler Merbler - https://www.flickr.com/photos/37527185@N05/50812356151/[/caption] The last few days weeks years five years have been incredibly damaging to US democracy, the soft power and reputation the US has in

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The Republicans Smashed It

Pennsylvania has just flipped Blue and some people are even calling it. Biden is looking to be President. The Republicans smashed it. This is why Trump's claims are completely incoherent. There can be no fraud because, ostensibly, the Republican Party absolutely destroyed the Democrats outside of the presidential

2020 Election

Some More Election Reflections (Messaging & Electoral Reform)

Here are a few more nuggets to discuss: 1. It makes not one substantive jot of difference whether Biden wins in a landslide or by the skin of his teeth. The only thing that really matters past whether Biden gets in or not at all, is the Senate. That the

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US Politics for Beginners

Okay, for my British and non-US readers. If I get anything wrong, let me know. US POLITICS FOR BEGINNERS Here is my US politics for beginners, for those of you British people who might not understand the US election system. The system has a trifecta (3) of elements: President and

Crime & Punishment

Dark Money and Selecting a Conservative Catholic Judge

This performance from Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse is stunningly good. And this should make anyone interested in far and honest politics utterly ashamed of what the GOP is doing right now. Vested interests. $250 million spent why? "If you find hypocrisy in the daylight, look for power in the shadows.

2020 Election

Poll Analysis: Clinton vs Biden in Swing States; Grassroots Texas

I am interested in the polls for a host of reasons, not least because they supposedly got it so wrong in 2016 (they didn't nationally, though Wisconsin was inaccurate and some other states to a degree) and, if you look at present polls with a squint, they look

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Katie Porter Rules

This here is the difference between Democrat and Republican politicians. Katie Porter is amazing. She fights for what is right and she fights for her constituents, not for vested interests. She not only eviscerates the US healthcare system (and the problem with no centralised procurement on behalf of citizens such

Crime & Punishment

Ginsburg and Her Replacement

Ruth Bader Ginsburg sadly passed away and there seems to be little that the Democrats can do to stop her replacement being installed. This meme points out some potential hypocrisies: Here are a few more for  you: This last one is interesting for me as it evokes the need to

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Quote of the Day: Republicans and the Economy

I had a rant about the Republicans earlier and there were some interesting comments on the thread worth dwelling on. Here are a few. These are from (((J_Enigma32))): And they don't even represent monied interests well, because what the Republicans are doing is utterly unsustainable. Their economic

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Democrats Ignoring Young Nonreligious Voters

I've always been interested in the demographics of the nonreligious (hence my massive fanship of The Nonreligious: Understanding Secular People and Societies by Zuckerman, Galen and Pasquale). As a result, this FiveThirtyEight article is of particular interest. The main point has been pretty obvious for some time: the

2020 Election

White Evangelical Support Through the Pandemic, and Going Forward

The coronavirus has caused all sorts of changes in behaviour over its course, but one demographic that is always interesting to look at is the support white evangelicals have for Trump. This is because Trump, if he had been a Democrat, would have been absolutely eviscerated for his moral behaviour

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Bitecofer on Republicans' & Democrats' Election Strategies & Predictions

If you're going to watch anything today, watch this. Bitecofer has really created a reputation for herself to be one of the most reliable and interesting pollsters and analysts around. Here, there are loads of nuggets and I only wish that she was interviewed for longer: Lots to

Coronavirus

Coronavirus Chat with Andrew Hall: Philosophy, Politics & Health

Here is an interview chat I did with fellow Patheos Nonreligious blogger Andrew Hall. We touch on health, pandemics, politics (such as the Democratic primaries), psychology and philosophy in a genial chat. Let me know what you think: Check him out at his fellow Patheos blog: https://onlysky.media/ahall

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Democrat Candidates and the Religiosity of Their Supporters

Pew Research Center have been at it with their data collection concerning the Democratic candidates for the primaries. The synopsis is interesting if hardly surprising: On the whole, among registered voters who identify with or lean toward the Democratic Party, Protestants and Catholics are most likely to name Joe Biden

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Republican Commenters Defend Impeachment Witness Scenario

In my recent article about the trumps impeachments, I challenged Republican commenters here at my blog to defend not calling forward witnesses to testify. Now, I'm not asking them to pull down the impeachment as a whole, but just to give their best justifications as to why, given

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Responding to a Critic: "Democrats/Liberals/Progressives/Labour Don't Care"

I recently posted my analysis of the UK elections in what I thought was a fairly objective and sensible manner. A number of comment threads broke out, but one particular commenter (Spike2Heart) was pretty damning. Here is his initial comment: As usual, the real reasons the Democrats/Liberals/Progressives/Labour

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The Christian Right Is Helping Drive Liberals Away From Religion

The political and religious - indeed almost any - landscapes have been polarising for a number of years. Days of nuanced centralism seem to be somewhat distant, now. Recently, FiveThirtyEight published a fascinating article, "The Christian Right Is Helping Drive Liberals Away From Religion", discussing how liberals are

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Democratic National Committee Resolution Regarding Religiously Unaffiliated

"Religiously Unaffiliated" is a bit of a catch-all term that can be used to refer to those who are still religious or believers but who do not adhere to a particular orthodoxy or religious institution or denomination. However, in this case, given the language used, I think we

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The Party Switch (and PragerU)

I had not been aware of who PragerU were. It amazes me how insidious the disseminators of supposed information are, particularly in the US. For those who don't know, PragerU (Prager University) is not a university but an online "educator" funded by right-wing, conservative organisations and

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Trump, his Racism, and the Reaction

I'm sure that everyone who reads this will know exactly what has happened over the last few days. But in case you have been on holiday to Antarctica, here it is. Donald Trump, as President of the United States of America, and as most powerful man in the