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For Democrats, the loss in 2016 might prove a blessing in disguise. During the administration of Barack Obama, the party declined at the state level with a massive amount of Republican governors and 60 legislative houses controlled by the GOP.
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Gov. Chris Christie said on a radio show this week that he's the only thing standing in the way of legalization of recreational marijuana in New Jersey. Well, maybe not.
One of the more salutary outcomes of the recent election is that Democrats are finally beginning to question the wisdom of basing their fortunes on identity politics. Having counted on the allegiance of African-Americans, Hispanics, gays, unmarried women and the young - and winning the popular vote all but once since 1992 - they were seduced into believing that they could ride this "coalition of the ascendant" into permanent command of the presidency.
Established Republicans can learn from Donald Trump's victory in the presidential election and should build on his success, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush argues in The Wall Street Journal . Bush, who was part of the crowded field of 17 Republicans vying for the presidential nomination, was often the target of Trump's arguments that Washington was broken - a point Bush makes in his opinion piece.
In the message, Google began with a straightforward, disconcerting warning: "Government-backed attackers may be trying to steal your password." This message has been delivered into the inbox of prominent reporters and high-profile individuals in the United States including Politico's Julia Ioffe, The Atlantic's Jon Lovett and former US diplomat Michael McFaul.
Rockaway Beach: Brooklyn College Professor Ron Howell's Op-Ed was a bunch of nonsense. Are progressive liberals now mind readers? Are their thoughts of what another person may, or may not be thinking, now considered fact? What makes it acceptable for African-Americans to vote 95% for a black man, largely in part because he's black, but simply ruled an act of racism for whites who voted for Donald Trump? Which by the way, are some of the very same whites who pulled the lever for Obama - twice! Howell states that it was the educated whites as well as the ignorant ones who voted for a race-baiter.
The reason why you have been unfriended is because the failings of social media presents no common ground for a real dialogue. A dialogue happens when two people exchange opposing ideas with the shared understanding that mutual respect, logic, reason and compassion is a fundamental part of the exchange.
After a polarizing election season marked by economic unease, there's at least one issue that inspires bipartisan optimism: Americans are pretty happy about leading the world in oil and natural gas production. Average gasoline prices are just over $2 per gallon, and because of low prices, households saved $1,337 in utility and other energy-related costs last year.
Along with too few others, I am mortified that President-elect Donald Trump is successfully fooling the custodians of democracy once more. This time there is virtually no resistance.
In many families, including mine, the raw emotions stemming from the 2016 election are likely to create some awkwardness at this week's Thanksgiving get-togethers. Keeping the conversation away from politics seems like a worthy, though difficult, goal.
IT was just past midnight on Nov 9, and there I stood in the middle of Times Square in New York City, among hundreds of Americans transfixed by the live election results that were flashing across the giant screens every few seconds. A strong sense of anticipation and nervousness had filled the chilly air.
Words matter. As a writer, I may feel that truth more keenly than most. There are those who resist the idea, growing up on the reasonable belief that "actions speak louder than words."
Keith Ellison Supported the BDS Movement and Admired Louis Farrakhan. So Why Are Jewish Democrats Supporting Him for Chairman of the DNC? Support Migdal Ohr by purchasing letters in the Torah Scroll that will be written in honor of Rabbi Grossman's 70th Birthday.
This summer, opining on the presidential election, I considered the plight of those whose jobs in steel or in coal, generally in middle America, had been lost and were not likely to return. I wondered whether Democrat Hillary Clinton or Republican Donald Trump had more to offer these individuals, who, to me, seem to be 21st century Joads, like the characters from "The Grapes of Wrath."
President-elect Donald Trump's flirtation with Mitt Romney as a possible pick for Secretary of State has injected a sliver of hope and change into an evolving administration that could use some. If ever there were a rarer pair -- think Doberman and Labradoodle -- I can't think of one.
Nancy Pelosi may or may not remain House minority leader when Democrats make their leadership decision at the end of November. Tim Ryan of Ohio is not a particularly promising challenger, and Pelosi probably remains popular with most of the Democratic caucus.
In his fine column of Nov. 19, Robert Lee described a society in peril, that has lost its way, and touched upon divisions in American society. He may be right, but - at least politically - citizens are not sending their leadership clear signals for finding a way forward.
In 1937 - flush after his landslide re-election campaign and frustrated by a conservative Supreme Court - President Roosevelt came up with a plan. For each justice older than 70, he'd appoint an "assistant," raising the high court's membership from nine to as many as 15 and assuring a majority of liberal Democrats.