This said, the trends bedeviling Democrats have been in motion for decades and are rooted in America’s most durable political divides. To summarize the party’s predicament: As a result of 19th-century efforts to gerrymander the Senate, the middle of our country is chock full of heavily white, low-population, rural states. This has always been a problem for the party of urban America — by boasting stronger support in rural areas, Republicans have long punched above their weight in the race for control of state governments and the Senate. But for most of the 20th century, this advantage was mitigated by the Democrats’ (1) vestigial support in the post-Confederate South and (2) ability to render local issues more salient than national ones in Senate elections. Over the past two decades, however, urban-rural polarization in U.S. politics has reached unprecedented heights, while the collapse of local journalism and rise of the internet has made all politics national. … [Read more...] about The Democrats’ Civil War Over the Filibuster Has Barely Begun
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Enslaved Native Americans Played Central Role in 1600s New England Households
Women and children were taken into households, sometimes as slaves, other times as indentured servants for set terms. Males over the age of 14 were shipped to sugar plantations in Bermuda and the West Indies, where some of their descendants have been identified today. … [Read more...] about Enslaved Native Americans Played Central Role in 1600s New England Households
Rob Reiner: Senate Must Convict Trump, ‘New Leader of the Confederacy,’ to Win ‘Our Continuing Civil War’
“Donald Trump has essentially shot and killed 100s of thousands Americans on 5th Ave, continues to do it every day, and he’s right, his cult doesn’t care,” tweeted Reiner. “But the rest of US do. In 42 days we will arrest the killer.” … [Read more...] about Rob Reiner: Senate Must Convict Trump, ‘New Leader of the Confederacy,’ to Win ‘Our Continuing Civil War’
Joe Biden takes action to address new threat of domestic terrorism
Violent extremism is not the war our parents fought. It is not even the “global war on terror” of more recent times. It is an international guerilla conflict with tentacles in the United States, accelerated by a collision of problems, including economic anxiety, the tribalization of communities, online platforms that sow division and stoke fear, news media fueled by algorithms of bias, even gerrymandering that fences in ideologies, and perhaps worst of all, a former president who did nothing to curb violent extremism but instead looked for ways to incite it. … [Read more...] about Joe Biden takes action to address new threat of domestic terrorism
‘We Have A New Mission’: Aunt, Uncle Take In 5 Nieces Whose Mom Died From Coronavirus
“I tell my mom I love her, I tell her at least you’re not hurting no more [sic]. When she was hurting she couldn’t tell me that she loved me, but she blowed [sic] me a kiss while that mask was on her,” said Trujillo’s daughter, Jazlynn. … [Read more...] about ‘We Have A New Mission’: Aunt, Uncle Take In 5 Nieces Whose Mom Died From Coronavirus