Category: politics
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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 […]
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Donald Trump, midterms results and defining “winning”
The Compass of Power Episode 5 Winning is the primary motivator in politics. It may seem obvious that winning is important. Everyone wants to win, right? I live in Washington state, and let me tell you, there were Mariner fans here the whole time. But seeing as they hadn’t made it to the post season […]
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Midterm results: Elites rule (even more)
It’s time for the hot take on Midterms 2022. It’s the day after, Wednesday. And everyone’s like, What happened? It’s a mix of results. Folks have tried to find a theme, have said maybe Democrats staved off the red wave. On the other hand, maybe Republicans still get control of Congress. Was it a blue […]
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How the West Coast became the “Left Coast”
Happy 4th of July! I hope you are out there enjoying yourself and celebrating being an American. But it seems like that is harder for some folks to do these days. Just this weekend, I saw articles in the paper questioning, what can bring America together? Can we really say we are “E Pluribus Unum”? […]
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Leadership when the boss is indicted
Jan Jutte steered the Washington State Auditor’s Office through a major crisis when the then-elected State Auditor Troy Kelley was charged with federal financial crimes.
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A New Civil War and the Compass of Power
Is America ;in a new civil war? Are we headed there? In this episode, I take on the question posed by Politico recently: “We are in a new civil war … about what, exactly?”
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Our Politics Aren’t As Red vs. Blue as You Might Think
Massachusetts and South Carolina represent the seed beds of the two most dominant of those cultures, the former founded by priggish Puritans, and the later by slave-holding planters from Barbados.
Adam E-H Wilson 