The final installment of Informed Dissent.
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At this column’s end, American politics is so much dumber than it was at its beginning
The final installment of Informed Dissent.
Jeffrey C. Billman
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Guys like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis have nothing to offer but rage
Bullying as politics infected the right long before Trump, and purging him won’t get rid of it.
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Incidents like the death of Tyre Nichols happen because of the 1967 ruling that created ‘qualified immunity’
Immunity creates a lack of accountability that permeates police stations all over the country
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Evidence in suspended DA’s lawsuit shows that DeSantis simply wanted to target a ‘reform prosecutor’
Republican political operative Larry Keefe picked Andrew Warren after a Google search and a chat with a right-wing sheriff.
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Kevin McCarthy will be the least powerful and effective speaker in modern history
It would be funny, in a tragicomic way, if the stakes weren’t so high.
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The 10 most important American political stories of 2022: Part Two
The Woke War drags on.
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The 10 most important American political stories of 2022: Part One
The end of Roe, the Trump collapse and more.
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Democrats say so long to the Senate’s most attention-seeking member, Kyrsten Sinema
And don’t let the door hit you where the good Lord split you.
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Elon Musk’s Twitter purchase gives him the power of chaos, not the wisdom for governance
Let’s definitely let a South African narcissist define what our First Amendment rights mean
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Having a gun in your house increases suicides, it increases gun accidents, and it increases homicides
So miss us with the “guns don’t kill people” thing.
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When you elect a bunch of clowns, you end up with a circus
Reap the whirlwind, Republicans.
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Nancy Pelosi’s husband is expected to recover. American democracy may not
Although members of both parties attempt political violence, only one party openly and unrepentantly celebrates political violence.
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Swing voters can’t seem to connect present events to the instigating events that happened months ago
If the economy is struggling, if gas prices are up, the party in power is punished.
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Herschel Walker wasn’t Senate material even before his latest scandal
Informed Dissent
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Evangelical Christianity is no longer a theology — it’s a cultural identity in service to the party of Trump
Selling their souls
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Leave it to Florida’s Ron DeSantis to utilize overt racism and abject dehumanization as a national political strategy
The 2024 Republican presidential primary is shaping up to be a battle royale of bullying.
