
Sam Ben-Meir: A new despotism in the era of surveillance capitalism
There is a fascinating chapter toward the end of Alexis de Toqueville’s Democracy in America titled “What Kind of Despotism Do Democratic Nations Have to Fear?”

There is a fascinating chapter toward the end of Alexis de Toqueville’s Democracy in America titled “What Kind of Despotism Do Democratic Nations Have to Fear?”

Bernie Sanders will run for the Democratic Party presidential nomination in 2020. The Vermont senator made his candidacy official Tuesday in an interview on CBS This Morning.

Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton issued the following statement on the passage of a government funding bill.

Another brainfart article about what Democrats should do inserted itself into my newsfeed this morning.


I’ve written, recently and extensively, about my naivete on race issues, specific to the explosion of outright racist views in the marketplace since the beginning of the 2016 presidential campaign.

Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) will be bringing air traffic control employee Linda McCray as her guest to the 2019 State of the Union.

Word at this writing, late Saturday morning, is that Gov. Ralph Northam is working the phones with Virginia Democrats, trying to find a way to survive the day politically.

So, Gov. Ralph Northam, awkward question for you: were you the one in blackface, or the KKK hood?

Wow, yeah, Ralph Northam stepped into it with his dumb comments on late-term abortion.
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