Turning The Ballot Box Against Republicans

Donald Trump, Kanye West, Chance the Rapper and Dragon Energy

Got to love a two faced bastard, right?

The KKK is a far greater threat in this country, to liberty and rule of law, than the majority of Muslim immigrants.

The KKK considers itself a Christian organization. Therefore, when will Trump institute a "Christian ban"?

And where should we deport our own homegrown Christian terrorists?

To ban people and countries based upon religious affiliation is unconstitutional and stands contrary to freedom of religion.

Norway had a right-wing Christian terrorist shoot up a whole school of kids!

Should Norway now have a Christian ban?

Any ban that includes the name of a major religion in its criterion is unconstitutional.

If a religion has racism and violence associated with it then we need to look no further than our own country.

Democrats are well-positioned for gains in the November midterm elections, according to new data from the Harvard CAPS/Harris Poll that shows a double-digit preference among voters for Democrats to control the House and Senate.

Fifty-six percent of registered voters told pollsters they would rather see Democrats controlling the House of Representatives after the 2018 midterm elections, while 55 percent of voters polled said they wanted Democrats to control the Senate.

Democrats also have a 9-point lead — 43 percent to 34 percent — when voters are asked whether they support a Democratic or Republican candidate in their district. And the Democratic Party has a slightly higher favorability mark, at 42 percent, than the Republican Party, which 38 percent of respondents viewed favorably.

Clean energy does not have to fight to remain viable because it is non-polluting but dirty energy needs to pay people to back-stab the environment so it can continue making money at the expense of our clean air, clean water and fragile ecosystems.

Dirty energy is the republican party's cash cow, it needs dishonest people to exist.

Clean energy only has to fight to thrive and exist in the face of the sheer profiteering by dirty energy and its negative effect on our electorate.

The KKK is a far greater threat in this country, to liberty and rule of law, than the majority of Muslim immigrants.

Islam is a decentralized religion.

the whole community of Muslims bound together by ties of religion.

Timothy Egan: To Beat Trump, Build a Better Biden

If the election were held today, Joe Biden would crush President Trump. Almost any other Democrat — including one named Generic Democrat — would also beat the man who runs an administration of kooks, quacks, criminals, drunks, wife-beaters and grifters.

Sadly, there remains a sizable constituency for incompetency on this scale — the look-the-other-way evangelicals, the get-yours-while-you-can corporate class, the-ditch-your-principles Republican office holders. They’re with Stupid, no matter how much Trump debases the office.

But you can’t beat nothing with better-than-nothing. Not-Trump is not enough. Quick: What are Democrats for? Continuity With Change? Stronger Together? A Better Deal? Two of those are actual slogans of the national party, and one is from the feckless politician on “Veep.”

Surprisingly, the Democrats are thinking big for once. The ideas being tossed around are risky enough to be called bold: a guaranteed-jobs program, universal health care, a public option for banking, free community college.

But the best-known carriers of that message have problems. Nancy Pelosi is toxic in many a targeted red-to-blue district. Chuck Schumer sounds too much like a party hack. The presidential contenders all have weaknesses.

If you were to go into a lab and create a perfect candidate for 2020, along with a popular policy prescription for this anxious decade, what would that look like? It would be a big-hearted, progressive person whose appeal crosses class lines. It would be someone very much like Biden — a younger Biden. Let’s ignore the age issue for now.

Surprisingly, the Democrats are thinking big for once. The ideas being tossed around are risky enough to be called bold: a guaranteed-jobs program, universal health care, a public option for banking, free community college.