The Right-Wing Myth of American Heritage by Leighton Woodhouse

This is hardly the first time that the White House has been occupied by people whose decisions are driven by despicable history. Until recently, though, it did seem like we were largely beyond blatant prejudice as a prevailing trait of the rhetoric from such leaders. Using a toxic mix of ignorance and lies, the Grand Old Party is engaged in a campaign to erase actual U.S. history and replace it with propaganda that exploits deeply instilled veneration of the nation’s founding to prop up all their false idols. Writing for The New York Times, Leighton Woodhouse exposes their ugly game.

Why Centrist Democrats Keep Being Wrong About Elections by David Karpf

Writing for The New Republic, David Karpf uses the release of a new policy paper by a crew of painfully middle-of-the-road Democratic consultants to expound on the continuing ineptitude of party leadership. More specifically, Karpf correctly rails against those that cling to a tired notion that there’s a swarm of old Reagan voters just aching to switch parties if only the Democrats would stop saying that trans people should be allowed to live without persecution or climate change is a problem that should be addressed. After all the carnage wrought by this current presidential administration, if I have to go through another election cycle where the Democrats adopt a stance of tepid quasi-conservatism, I’m going to lose my mind.

The Art of Letting Trump Claim a Win, While Walking Away Stronger by Lily Kuo and David Pierson

I’d like to think this article, published on the front page of The New York Times, is a sign that the news media is finally starting to take seriously their responsibility for providing factual assessments of current affairs rather than parroting the consistently dishonest claims of the White House. Reporters Lily Kuo and David Pierson point out that the recent agreement between the U.S. and China did little more than restore the status quo of China’s strengthening position in the world. They simply allowed President Deals to pretend in public that he had done something momentous, fully content that reality favored them.