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MAGA (Make America Great Again) was a campaign promise that sold Trump. Andrei Martyanov observes that "the real Donald J. Trump" consistently believed in MAAA (Make America Aggressive Again). Now that the campaign mask is off, his erstwhile supporters who voted for him expecting MAGA are wondering what happened to him. Nothing happened to him. He appointed the neocon cabal to power. He was always like that.Reminiscence of the FutureMAGA All The Way. Andrei MartyanovSee alsoMoon of...

Think there will be another shutdown? Who blinks? Hint: Pelosi is holding the cards.Washington ExaminerPoll: Trump voters will mutiny if the wall isn't built, faces 43 percent drop in support Paul BedardSee alsoThe wall may not make that much difference anyway. Fifty-six per cent of respondents in the Washington Post/ABC News survey said they would “definitely not vote for” Mr Trump if he secures the Republican nomination – double the number (28 per cent) who say they definitely would vote...

Likewise, Ocasio-Cortez has forced elites on both sides to at least grapple with the economic tenets of modern monetary theory. MMT, as it is known, suggests that a government with its own currency does not need to raise taxes in order to increase spending. So far MMT has faced strong pushback from elites of the left and right. But its basic contention, that deficit spending isn’t as bad as you have been led to believe, is gaining support. These two propositions — that the government...

What the Davos crowd is talking about.SFGateAmong some in Davos, debate over Ocasio-Cortez's proposed 70 percent tax on rich is overHamza Shaban, The Washington Post See also NY PostHow elite financiers feel about Ocasio-Cortez's proposed wealthy tax Jaron Steinbuch

So longer just "socialist"! Now it is "pseudo-communist." Some people are becoming really unhinged! No wonder she wants to criminalize Michael Bloomberg’s wealth (though not his politics or campaign contributions) and supports something called “Modern Monetary Theory” — which says that every time the government spends $10 but only collects $8 in taxes to pay for it, you’re actually up two bucks. MMT says that the government owes it to the people to just keep printing money to pay for all...

Americans are just fine with debt. When they fight about it, they're actually negotiating in code over something else: what programs are so important that it doesn't matter how you pay for them?A little more than a month ago, Howard Dean had breakfast at the Hotel Vermont in Burlington with Stephanie Kelton. Mr Dean has served as Vermont's governor, a candidate for President, and head of the Democratic National Committee. Ms Kelton, who teaches economics and public policy at Stony Brook...

Such positions on war and U.S. foreign policy effectively make her a pariah to establishment media pundits and the political class. But her anti-establishment politics do not end there.…“We have to dig a few layers deeper as people are running for office, say what do you actually stand for?” she said on “The Jimmy Dore Show.” “What is your vision for this country? That’s the debate that we will have to have in Congress should Democrats win over the House or win more seats in the Senate....

The HillFirst Native American woman elected to Washington legislature wears traditional regalia at swearing-in Aris Foley

This is legal in the US? If not, where was the line crossed? Even if legal, it appears that a line was crossed when participants lied to investigators and the press about it. There are also questions raised about politicization of the US intelligence services, perhaps assisted by British intelligence.Even if is legal, it proves that HRC was preparing to do exactly what she was accusing DJT of planning to do–contest the result if he lost.There is a very bad smell about this. In fact, it is...

Despite weeks of protests demanding Democrats to push for a Green New Deal, the Democratic leadership blocked Thursday a proposal by congresswoman-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to form a committee that would have drafted the New Deal project. Instead, they've decided to back a plan by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi to revive a global warming panel lead by representative Kathy Castor. The move sparked controversy because Castor has dismissed calls to bar people who accept money from...