Martin Longman
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OG Liberal Blogger (BooMan): worked for ACORN, Democracy for America and Washington Monthly. Founded Booman Tribune and Progress Pond. Was once internet famous in India. Podcasting the Progress Pondcast. https://martinlongman.substack.com
“I don’t speak politician,” says the candidate yammering on about her state’s imaginary problem with trans athletes.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayperfect synopsis of modern Republicanism
Was Vindman Actually A Stronger Candidate Than Nixon? martinlongman.substack.com/p/was-vindma... Freebie.
Was Vindman Actually A Stronger Candidate Than Nixon?
Yes, the Democrats probably blew a chance to win a Senate seat in Florida, but Nixon deserves a shot to prove herself.
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This district just swung nearly 20 points toward Democrats, proving that when we organize everywhere, we can win anywhere. With this win, Democrats have now flipped 31 state legislative seats since Trump took office. Republicans have flipped 0. Congrats, Rep.-elect Dukes!
Democrats@democrats.org · yesterdayHUGE WIN: Brandon Dukes has won the special election for Pennsylvania House District 12, flipping the seat from red to blue. Republicans have held this seat since 1999.
America Was Never As Powerful As Trump Thinks martinlongman.substack.com/p/america-wa... America is and has been powerful, but it’s partly a mirage.
America Was Never As Powerful As Trump Thinks
Winning so much at so little cost gave Americans like our president a false sense of national strength.
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History Rhymes in Saxony-Anhalt As The Neo-Nazis Ready for Power martinlongman.substack.com/p/history-rh...
History Rhymes in Saxony-Anhalt As The Neo-Nazis Ready for Power
The AfD is on the cusp of winning power where the Nazis had their first success.
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Another reminder that we're paying $46 billion for the wall Trump promised that Mexico would finance. apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump administration briefly pauses contentious border project in Texas' Big Bend National Park
The Trump administration says it is temporarily pausing construction of a controversial border construction project in the Big Bend National Park while the head of the agency tasked with building the ...
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History Rhymes in Saxony-Anhalt As The Neo-Nazis Ready for Power martinlongman.substack.com/p/history-rh... There’s really nothing unique about Nazis. They emerge under certain conditions whatever names they might use or particular grievances they might exacerbate and exploit.
History Rhymes in Saxony-Anhalt As The Neo-Nazis Ready for Power
The AfD is on the cusp of winning power where the Nazis had their first success.
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Lashing out at critics is much more newsworthy than being debanked for money laundering apparently.
Someone caught a piranha in a nearby suburban Philly lake and now I am reassessing my life choices.
Democratic Voters Have No Coherent Message of Change Except Change Itself martinlongman.substack.com/p/democratic...
Democratic Voters Have No Coherent Message of Change Except Change Itself
Socialism isn't driving the conversation as much as age and anti-incumbency.
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I think Mystal is. He lays out his case for increasing the number of justices and other systemic changes that should be made in his book 'Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guys Guide to the Constitution.'
Is Mystal Right to Chastise El-Sayed on SCOTUS Reform? martinlongman.substack.com/p/is-elie-my... I’m not sure the idea is more popular in the abstract than when FDR proposed it in the 1930’s, and I am almost certain it’s not what Michigan voters will be thinking about when they go to the polls
Is Elie Mystal Right to Chastise El-Sayed on SCOTUS Reform?
It's good to keep this critical issue on the agenda, but maybe let the politicians do the politics.
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Is Elie Mystal Right to Chastise El-Sayed on SCOTUS Reform? martinlongman.substack.com/p/is-elie-my...
Is Elie Mystal Right to Chastise El-Sayed on SCOTUS Reform?
It's good to keep this critical issue on the agenda, but maybe let the politicians do the politics.
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Rep. Ralph Norman, who’s in a Senate runoff with Lindsey Graham’s sister Darline, secretly urged a military-backed coup in 2021 to keep Trump in power. But the NY Times thinks it’s no big deal. In its last 92 stories mentioning Norman over 3 years and 7 months, it hasn’t stated that fact once. 1/7🧵
I guess at one time I was aware that a national reporter had compared Bob Casey Jr. to oatmeal, but all I retained was my close friend's comparison of him to a warm bag of Vaseline and crushed valium.
With God as my witness, I thought turkeys could vote.
Is he sleeping or receiving a message from his home planet?
