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Bernie Sanders and the Science of Smears

The satirist Ambrose Bierce, author of the Devil’s Dictionary, once defined radicalism as “the conservatism of tomorrow injected into the affairs of today.” What Bierce wittily captured — that today’s radicals are tomorrow’s normies — means that at any given moment, the current political establishment will be fighting off the …

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Criticizes Capitalism, Political Moderates at SXSW

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez spoke at SXSW on Saturday night, covering topics ranging from capitalism to automation and political moderates. The breakout star of the incoming freshman class of Democrats spoke with moderator Briahna Gray, senior politics editor atThe Intercept,at the “Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the New Left” event, where she criticized capitalism …

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What the Hell Is Going on in Virginia?

Ralph Northam is still the governor of Virginia. The Democrat has yet to step down in the wake of a bizarre blackface controversy that has led nearly every prominent party leader to call for his resignation, including his state’s two senators. But if and when Northam does step aside, the …

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