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Bold argument. House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (S.C) said in an interview on Thursday that Democrats need to make the way Republicans on the Judiciary committee treated Jackson part of their argument in the coming months, conveying the message that the GOP is not the party of Lincoln.  “Would Lincoln have treated her that way?”…

The only consistent thing about the science here is that it’s political science. U.S. service members who are HIV-positive cannot be discharged or barred from becoming an officer solely because they’re infected with the virus, a federal judge in Virginia ruled. Advocates say it’s one of the strongest rulings in years for people living with…

… just when you thought it was safe to go shopping. Is the public health security state gone? Not so far. Early on I predicted that, contrary to some conspiracy theory predictions, it would not be permanent. People would get tired of it and the system, as if often does, moves on before sufficient resistance…

I know Russia is exploring some extraordinary technology, but I don’t think they have time machines. Nonetheless future MSNBC commentator Jen Psaki, lying right to the faces of the press, while expecting the public to have no memory of anything that happened before February, pushes that bizarre lie. White House press secretary Jen Psaki said…

A little but premature, but not at all surprising. Former ABC News anchorman Peter Jennings compared Americans to “a nation of two-year olds” for voting for Republicans during the midterms. “Some thoughts on those angry voters. Ask parents of any two-year-old and they can tell you about those temper tantrums: the stomping feet, the rolling…