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A strategy to "support and finance a cynical political strategy to support pro-Trump candidates in Republican primaries, on the theory that they would be easier for Democrats to beat in the fall general election" is being widely used by Democrats around the nation. That includes Illinois, "where Democrats were able to help a far-right Republican candidate for governor win his primary over a more moderate opponent backed by the G.O.P. establishment.... President Biden and party leaders should renounce this repugnant and risky strategy."
Summary and audio linked here.
Chicago’s political leadership is floating a pension buyout program as evidence it is seriously addressing the city’s thirty-six-billion-dollar unfunded pension liability, but Mark Glennon, founder of the Illinois policy research organization Wirepoints, said that the proposal moves debt from one column to another rather than reducing it, and that the broader fiscal picture facing the city continues to deteriorate across every measurable dimension. Audio here.
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.
Full interview and summary linked here.
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This may be behind a paywall for some, so here is the full text: A Cynical Low for the Democratic Party Aug. 3, 2022 By The Editorial Board “On the first anniversary of the Jan. 6 attacks at the U.S. Capitol, Roy Cooper, the governor of North Carolina, took to Twitter not just to condemn that day’s violence but also to warn that the dark forces behind it were still very much alive and still a threat to the future of American democracy. “We know that those who wanted to topple our democracy haven’t given up and they have moved… Read more »
The Democratic Party and principles hardly belong in the same sentence, similar to the NYT and journalism. The CNN of newspapers, the NYT is the stenographer for the Democrats, issuing uncritically all their talking points to their declining readership. The election is still being investigated and anyone who claims that there was no malfeasance found forgot the word ‘yet’. The documentary 2000 Mules did the mainstream media’s job (as it used to be known) by shedding light on the schemes that created 81 million alleged supporters, almost none of which can be counted today. The country is paying dearly for… Read more »