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My name is Jamelle Bouie. @nytopinion columnist, formerly of @slate and @theprospect. @CBSNews Analyst.
email: jamelle DOT bouie AT nytimes DOT com
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Virginia May Make All Children Eligible for Parole, a Major Shift for This Punitive State
If this reform is signed into law, its impact will hinge on Virginia’s parole board no longer denying most applications it receives.
Big dog becomes mayor of small Colorado town
Georgetown, Colorado elected a new mayor — and he’s a good boy! Clear Creek County swore in Parker the Snow Dog as the Honorary Mayor of Georgetown Tuesday. “It was a packed house Tuesday Night at …
The Meaning of Bloomberg’s Billions
Imagine Yankee Stadium filled with individuals worth $1 million each; Bloomberg is richer than all of them combined.
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you can have democracy or unrestrained capitalism, but not both, part infinity
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An early probabilistic forecast for the 2020 presidential election 📊 February 23, 2020
My models predict a close race fought across 11 swing states
Exclusive: Trump's "Deep State" hit list
The White House and its allies have assembled detailed lists of officials to oust and loyalists to replace them.
Pete Buttigieg’s PAC Was Supposed To Help Elect Democrats. It Mostly Touted Him.
The committee spent less than 10% of its funds supporting Democratic candidates.
US 'honor roll' of historic places often ignores slavery
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Antebellum Southern plantations were built on the backs of enslaved people, and many of those plantations hold places of honor on the National Register of Historic Places -...
What Bernie Sanders Is Doing Differently to Win Over Latino Voters
After faring poorly with Latinos in 2016, Tío Bernie created an entirely new approach for 2020.
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Sanders’ large and growing support with Latino voters might actually be the thing that wins him the nomination.
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Bernie Sanders denounces Russia's reported efforts to aid his campaign – live
Frontrunner condemns interference and says: ‘Unlike Trump, I do not consider Vladimir Putin a good friend. He is an autocratic thug’
Chappelle's Show - Hip-Hop News - Wu-Tang Torture
Method Man and the rest of the Wu-Tang Clan take a spiked bat and heated hanger to Tron Carter.
b-boy bouiebaisse
listening to the first wu tang record this morning at the gym and suddenly remembered this hilarious chappelle show bit
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The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Will Officially Become a Part of Oklahoma School Curriculum Beginning in the Fall
Growing up in Tulsa, Okla., I distinctly remember learning all about the Sooner State’s transition from a Native American territory to becoming the 46th state in 1907, Oklahoma City supplanting Guthrie as the state’s capital in 1910 and about the...
Paths Out of Dixie
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Also shoutout to @robmickey for his incredible book “Paths out of Dixie: The Democratization of Authoritarian Enclaves in America’s Deep South, 1944-1972.”
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The Authoritarian Stamp of Jim Crow
We don’t have to look overseas to find models that help explain where Trumpism may be taking us.
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most people of think of jim crow as just being about discrimination and exclusion, but it was also an authoritarian one-party system with elements that we would find very familiar today.
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Russia Backs Trump’s Re-election, and He Fears Democrats Will Exploit Its Support
A classified briefing to lawmakers angered the president, who complained that Democrats would “weaponize” the disclosure.
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oh what’s this? the president knows russia is trying to get him re-elected and wants to keep it under wraps? good thing we house democrats out here doing oversight and not mouthing the same generic message on health care we’ve heard for 10 years. right?
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Sally Rooney’s Attention Span Has Improved
“I found Henry James almost unreadable five or six years ago, and now I love him! Who knows what I might get into next?”
Was Leonardo DiCaprio Actually a Star Before Titanic?
An intra-Slate Gen X debate.
QU Poll Release Detail
Swing State Poll: Trump Up In Wisconsin While Dems Have The Edge In Pennsylvania, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; In Michigan It's Close
Winners and Losers of the Democratic Debate
Our columnists and contributors give their rankings.
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in retrospect i missed an opportunity for a “bah god that man has been snapped in half” joke
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Trump’s Beautiful Proposal for Federal Architecture
The classicists hope to address a problem that the architecture establishment does not see as a problem.
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would really like someone to actually make an argument that neoclassicism is intrinsically beautiful rather than just assert it.
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'Secret BBQ Sauce' Brings the Customers to Bo Daddy's BBQ
Sauce me up! Bo Daddy's BBQ sauce best in LA