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The esteemed liberal Brookings Institute just published a - well I'm not sure what to call it - white paper or hit job. Two of its senior fellows, Jonathan Rauch and Benjamin Wittes, make the argument that more democracy is bad because regular people are stupid and ignorant, and they should just let their betters the elite professional political class handle things. In other words, people like the two of them.

I have not disclosed this information before this essay, so this is an exclusive of sorts. I've been secretly conducting a secret experiment, secretly, subjecting myself to often intense and prolonged traumatic situations to test a theory regarding the total elimination of the effects of propaganda.

I am now completely immune to propaganda.

The NY Times didn't mince words. The progressives trying to overthrow the corporate Democratic establishment are “the party’s ascendant militant wing.”

It was the early-morning hours of Saturday. The place was Bushwick Brooklyn...specifically the gay bar that is Happyfun Hideaway.

Since the mass media (and therefore public opinion) is swamped with the Russia Russia Russia propaganda, here's a quick synopsis of all the *facts* you sadly can't find on our American television or "news" outlets:

Here's what we're dealing with regarding the United States of America national political system of government.

Hi all it's a Sunday and I didn't want to put this in an Open Thread.

This guy hit's it right on the head and is way funny doing it.

Gotta love the Brits.

This is skimpy as an essay...but it's funny.

It's only been a few days since the UK election, but the seismic shift in the political establishment is gaining pace.

Last Sunday Bishop Sally Dyck of the Northern Illinois Conference of the United Methodist Church commissioned M Barclay as a deacon.