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McCain's "Farewell Address" Applies Right Now

By artappraiser on Tue, 09/25/2018 - 11:33pm |

It was a passionate tirade against not following traditional Senate rules. He was speaking to his colleagues more than anyone else and trying to warn them that the way things were going they were ruining the Senate and probably the country and they would not be proud of it at the end of their lives. That they are not the House and they have special responsibilities. Exactly against the type of thing McConnell et. al. are doing now to ram the Kavanaugh hearing and vote through. And what they were doing then trying to pass a half-assed mess of a bill without following rules and working with those across the aisle. I wonder if supposed dear friends like Jeff Flake and Lindsay Graham are going to betray him and make him roll over in his grave by going along with McConnell's ram- it-through-plan for the Kavanaugh hearing without a murmur? I wish some reporters would bring that up with them, try to nudge their consciences.

Ralph Ellison, The Art of Fiction No. 8

By artappraiser on Mon, 09/24/2018 - 1:19pm |

DOJ Coup talk from Trump's favorite media peeps

By artappraiser on Wed, 09/19/2018 - 7:36pm |

Maybe use this thread to keep track of stuff like this, which I saw only because it was retweeted by Media Matters:

"Vote Common Good"

By artappraiser on Sun, 09/16/2018 - 12:19am |

Interesting movement. Twitter feed here

Couple of recent tweets:

"Creative" bot's version of Trump rally

By artappraiser on Thu, 09/13/2018 - 8:06pm |

Wimmin could always do just as good boy stories as men!?

By artappraiser on Mon, 09/03/2018 - 3:36pm |

Marie Severin, who drew most of the greatest heroes in the Marvel pantheon at a time when few women worked in comics, has died https://t.co/uoKmM2dr0p

— New York Times Arts (@nytimesarts) September 3, 2018

Forget witch hunts. Do you believe in Magic?

By artappraiser on Fri, 08/31/2018 - 2:45am |

looks like a fabulous show, wish I could go, and for a museum with a fusty past reputation, they sure know how to do a good promo page:

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