Try to relax; today’s meme is all about discomfort. And there’s no one feeling more of it than Republicans, who were hit yesterday with the rhetorical stylings of their erstwhile hero Cliven Bundy-Nevada rancher, defier of laws, and racial philosopher. The Republican Party’s chief spokesperson, for instance, can’t figure out why anyone would associate Bundy […]
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Pardon Me, Mr. President?
By appointing an advocate for defendants’ rights as the new pardon attorney, the Obama administration has signaled it is serious about commuting drug offenses.
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Walmart Does Something Good
By getting into money transfers, they’ll offer low-income people a service with (slightly) more reasonable fees. Now why doesn’t the Postal Service turn around and do the same thing?
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Daily Meme: The Fall of Cliven Bundy
It’s media discovery day here at the Daily Meme. What’s being discovered? The story of the day is of course Nevada rancher and public property thief Cliven Bundy, who, to the surprise of pretty much nobody, turns out to be a stone-cold racist. When a guy holding a press conference starts a sentence with, “I […]
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With Cliven Bundy, the Right Is Reaping What It Sows
They may try to distance themselves from his racist comments, but they can’t escape responsibility for him and people like him.
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Let’s Get Together
The Fatah-Hamas reconciliation agreement further complicates an already flagging peace process.
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We Hate Obamacare (But Like What It Does)
On the Affordable Care Act, conservatives exhibit the paradox of American public opinion: They oppose big government, but support its actual programs.
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Daily Meme: The Court’s Faux Colorblindness
“A blinkered view of race in America won out in the Supreme Court on Tuesday when six justices agreed, for various reasons, to allow Michigan voters to ban race-conscious admissions policies in higher education … ” So starts the New York Times‘s righteous take-down of today’s Supreme Court ruling in Schuette v. BAMN, in which […]
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The Religion of Unreason
Liberals are exasperated with conservatives’ unwillingness to acknowledge fact about health care, and other things. But they’d better get used to it.
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Justice Sotomayor’s Powerful Defense of Equality
At heart, the dissenters in Schuette v. BAMN argue, a Michigan amendment outlawing affirmative action deprives minorities access to the political process.
