New Republic Deputy Editor Jason Linkins says Democrats must brace themselves for a much bigger enemy than Jeffrey Epstein if they want to truly show the public they are taking on U. S. corruption.“The time to pummel these crooks is nigh, and they needn’t be precious about it,” Linkins said. “Think of it like this: Trumpism is the culmination of a crooked scheme that began nearly a half-century ago, in which the rich and powerful looted our wealth and tore up the civic fabric of this nation. Yes, like the Epstein affair suggests, it really is one big thieving cabal of plutocratic reprobates that has done us dirty. There is an opportunity now for Democrats with guts to crush these scumbags, and take back what they stole.”Linkins said a massive partywide attack on the root of corruption must also include deep scrutiny inside the Democratic Party itself if the public is to be convinced that Democrats are serious about this.“Conservatives have darkly warned their liberal counterparts: ‘Be careful what you wish for; what if this implicates a bunch of crusty old Democrats?’ To which I say, ‘Don’t threaten me with a good time,’” Linkins said. “As I’ve watched the Epstein story unravel across the media through the shouting of lawmakers and the flood of tawdry emails dumped in the press I’ve not been able to ignore how it’s all one big pile of rot at the center of polite society.”Linkins said he is “less worried about whether some Democratic Party luminary catches an Epstein stray and more concerned about whether Democrats bungle the opportunity to attack these corrupt arrangements and the presidential administration that has made them its North Star.”The iron for this, said Linkins, is “particularly hot” right now with the American public.“A fresh Reuters/Ipsos poll released Wednesday found that Trump’s approval ratings had hit startling new lows, with respondents particularly “unhappy about his handling of the high cost of living and the investigation into the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.”Epstein and the economy are the “twin albatrosses around Trump’s neck,” said Linkins, but the question remains whether Democrats “will have the stomach and the sense to exploit both avenues to Trump’s ruin.”“It may not seem like a problem, but Democrats seem pathologically averse to multitasking, which explains why they’re making the salience of grocery prices their priority to the exclusion of all other matters,” Linkins said. “So monomaniacal is this approach that at various times over the past year, Democratic lawmakers have called other concerns “distractions”-up to and including Trump’s rampaging paramilitary forces.”Abandoning the moment would be a travesty considering mounting public disgust and anger. According to the most recent NPR/PBS News Marist poll, Democrats have attained a 14-point lead over the GOP on the generic congressional ballot. Read the New Republic report at this link.
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And the lesson that our professional betters in Washington have drawn over the past few weeks is that means they are as bad as Nick Fuentes. They are Nazis too! Tucker Carlson: “But of course, they are not Nazis by and large. They are just American young people. And so the question is-and it is a pressing question if you care about the future of the country-why have they been listening to Nick Fuentes? Sincerely, like what is this? Why aren’t they listening to somebody from the Heritage Foundation or the Daily Wire? Why do they believe Nick Fuentes more than they.
National support for the death penalty is at an all-time low, with younger adults from both major political parties spurning capital punishment. But in Texas’ execution chamber, the pace of lethal injections has not let up, even as some condemned Texans-including Melissa Lucio and Robert Roberson-have had their high-profile executions halted with only days or [.] The post Pro-Life, Anti-Death Penalty appeared first on The Texas Observer.
Louisiana prison guards cut a Rastafari inmate’s dreadlocks. Supreme Court will decide if he can sue
Louisiana prison guards cut a Rastafari inmate’s dreadlocks. Supreme Court will decide if he can sue
WASHINGTON (AP) The Supreme Court on Monday wrestled with whether a former Louisiana inmate can sue prison officials who cut off his dreadlocks in violation of his Rastafari religious beliefs. The justices heard arguments in the case of Damon Landor, who wants to sue for money damages under a federal law designed to protect [.].
Gavin Newsom Admits Democrats Have Lost Touch with Men and Boys [WATCH]
‘Unity’ with Nazi sympathizers: An ugly problem within parts of the political Right
O’Reilly Confronts Tom Homan About ABC Smear, Homan Claps Back Hard [WATCH]
WASHINGTON (AP) For a generation of young Americans, choosing where to go to college or whether to go at all has become a complex calculation of costs and benefits that often revolves around a single question: Is the degree worth its price? Public confidence in higher education has plummeted in recent years [.].