Category Archives: Politics

Tim Walz’s Sudden Rise in the Democratic Party Was No Accident

Posted on August 8, 2024 by Jim deMaine

More than a year ago, Tim Walz and his aides decided to be ready in case an irresistible opportunity arose. Their tightly held strategy helped them catch political lightning in a bottle. By Reid J. EpsteinLisa LererShane Goldmacher and Theodore Schleifer (thanks to … Continue reading →

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Trump Claims Walz Was Never White Before (according to the Borowitz Report)

Posted on August 6, 2024 by Jim deMaine

PHILADELPHIA (The Borowitz Report)—Responding to Vice President Harris’s choice of Tim Walz as her running mate on Tuesday, Donald J. Trump claimed that the Minnesota governor  “was never white before.” “I saw him on television many, many times, and, quite … Continue reading →

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Is Tim Walz the Midwestern Dad Democrats Need?

Posted on August 6, 2024 by Jim deMaine

Ed note:  Kamala Harris announced that Tim Walz will be her running mate. This interview with Ezra Klein covers many issues and hopefully will help VP Harris waltz with Walz into the White House. By Ezra Klein in the NYT (listen … Continue reading →

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JD Vance’s ‘Weakest Moment’ Remark About Simone Biles Draws New Scrutiny

Posted on August 5, 2024 by Jim deMaine

The gymnast won a second Olympic all-around title on Thursday in Paris, three years after stepping away from competing because of a mental health issue. By Neil Vigdor in the NYT (thanks to Ann M.) Senator JD Vance of Ohio, the … Continue reading →

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US voter registrations surge — even as Republicans try to limit ballot access

Posted on August 5, 2024 by Jim deMaine

Ed Note: Please check out Vote.org for more information. Thanks to Pam P. The group behind a popular get-out-the-vote technology platform said Friday that it’s registered more than 100,000 new U.S. voters since President Joe Biden withdrew from the 2024 … Continue reading →

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WA’s ‘bloody mess’ of a primary is something else: A bellwether

Posted on August 3, 2024 by Jim deMaine

By Danny Westneat Seattle Times columnist (Thanks to MaryLou P.) “A trickle of ballots so far for Washington’s primary,” read a concerning headline this week. Immediately on opening a mail-in ballot for Tuesday’s election, you can see a problem. There are an eye-glazing 48 … Continue reading →

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The Christian Case Against Trump

Posted on August 2, 2024 by Jim deMaine

By Eliza Griswold in the NYT Ms. Griswold is the author of “Circle of Hope: A Reckoning With Love, Power, and Justice in an American Church.” In the aftermath of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump on July 13, a video with images … Continue reading →

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Remembering Charley Royer, Seattle’s only three-term mayor

Posted on August 1, 2024 by Jim deMaine

Helping the city reinvent itself after the Boeing bust, Royer pushed for a Westlake Park makeover, the Convention Center and low-income housing. by Knute Berger in Crosscut Charles “Charley” Royer during his first year as Seattle Mayor in 1978. Royer died … Continue reading →

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People With Children Horrified to be Praised by JD Vance

Posted on July 31, 2024 by Jim deMaine

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (The Borowitz Report)—Sen. JD Vance’s effusive praise of people with children has caused millions of American parents to recoil in horror, interviews with parents reveal. “I love my kids, but I must admit that Vance’s endorsement … Continue reading →

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David Brooks critique–“Making Peace With the Kamala Harris Nomination”

Posted on July 27, 2024 by Jim deMaine

By David Brook Opinion Columnist in the NYT At the beginning of 2019 I wrote a column enthusiastically arguing that Kamala Harris was the Democratic Party’s strongest candidate to take on Donald Trump. My core argument was pretty simple: If Democrats hoped to … Continue reading →

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Cats and JD Vance

Posted on July 27, 2024 by Jim deMaine

As editor not sure which cat-egory I should file this story about JD Vance in my cat-elog. The cat-calls he’s receiving seem to cat-ch him by surprise. He must be having cat-fits.

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Just One Question for Trump and Vance: What Is Wrong With You People?

Posted on July 25, 2024 by Jim deMaine

By Thomas L. Friedman Opinion Columnist in the NYT (thanks to Diana C.) Ever since President Biden’s Sunday announcement that he would not seek re-election, clearly because of age, I keep thinking about Donald Trump’s and JD Vance’s contemptuous reactions to … Continue reading →

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What Kamala Harris Believes (WSJ Opinion)

Posted on July 23, 2024 by Jim deMaine

Ed note: Peeking out from my bubble, I read the WSJ today. There is an opinion piece blaming Barack Obama for orchestrating the exit of President Biden from the race. The editorial below outlines the criticisms of both Biden and … Continue reading →

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Heather Cox Richardson comments about Kamala Harris

Posted on July 23, 2024 by Jim deMaine
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Biden Drops Out of Race, Scrambling the Campaign for the White House

Posted on July 21, 2024 by Jim deMaine

By Peter Baker Peter Baker has covered the past five presidents and written multiple books about the presidency. President Biden abandoned his campaign for a second term under intense pressure from fellow Democrats on Sunday, upending the race for the White … Continue reading →

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Trump explaining religion & being good

Posted on July 20, 2024 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Mike C.

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The gaslighting makeover

Posted on July 19, 2024 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Pam P.

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To Donald with love

Posted on July 16, 2024 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Janet M. and Pam P.

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Why is the pundit class so desperate to push Biden out of the race?

Posted on July 14, 2024 by Jim deMaine

Rebecca Solnit in the Guardian (thanks to Pam P.) Yes, Biden had a bad debate – but so did Trump. The media is once again repeating the mistakes of 2016. I am not usually one to offer diagnoses of people … Continue reading →

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For Biden, a Race Against Time

Posted on July 13, 2024 by Jim deMaine

By Maureen Dowd Opinion Columnist, reporting from Washington in the NYT When my mom got into her 80s, we had to deal with periodic medical issues. Fainting. Falls. Broken bones. Luckily, she was in good stead with the local rescue squad … Continue reading →

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What is Project 2025?

Posted on July 6, 2024 by Jim deMaine

Yet Trump Disavows Project 2025 Transition Plan BY ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON / AP from Time Magazine Miami — Donald Trump distanced himself Friday from Project 2025, a massive proposed overhaul of the federal government drafted by longtime allies and former officials in his administration, days … Continue reading →

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The second of July 1776

Posted on July 3, 2024 by Jim deMaine

by Heather Cox Richardson

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President — or King

Posted on July 2, 2024 by Jim deMaine

Commentary by Heather Cox Richardson

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The loneliness of the woman voter

Posted on July 1, 2024 by Jim deMaine

By Danny Westneat – Seattle Times columnist (thanks to Bob P.) In the fire hose of news this past week, the airlifts are an image that needs more attention. “We are now living in two very different United States,” was how one … Continue reading →

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Presidential debate analysis by Heather Cox Richardson. Trump’s lies, the Gish Gallop and the failure of the media to call him out.

Posted on June 28, 2024 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Pam P., MaryLou P., and Diana C.

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