Category: politics
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To address shootings, acknowledge Americans are moving to gun-friendly places
Americans are moving South in a big way, and a new analysis shows that Southern cultures are the most likely to experience shootings. We look at a breakdown of gun death by cultural region from Colin Woodard’s Nationhood Lab. Death by gunshot is most likely in the Deep South and Appalachia is No. 2 on…
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Is asking for a National Divorce inviting a new Civil War?
When a certain representative from Georgia says we need a “national divorce,” why do people take her so seriously?
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On the Biden and Trump classified document scandals
Glorious news in national politics, folks. We have two special counsels, two prosecutors conducting open-ended investigations into two presidents at once! Remember that special counsels have brought us such hits as Oliver North and the Iran-Contra affair, the Bill Clinton/Monica Lewinsky actual affair, and that Bob Mueller not-really-leading-to-anything affair. What is different this time? It’s…
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Kevin McCarthy’s speakership is blocked, but by where?
The Compass of Power Episode VIII Like you, I am deeply, deeply troubled by the events of this past week. There is no speaker of the United States House of Representatives yet, and I really don’t know what we’re going to do moving forward. I have started stockpiling my water. There have been many complaints…