D.C. Memo: I want my, I want my MFP
Climate strike; the situation in Jammu and Kashmir; payments to farmers; and more.
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Fatih Guvenen on why Trump struck a chord with white working-class males
“Tens of millions of white males are poorer than their fathers were. And they heard nobody [in the political realm] speaking to them or about them.” Guvenen said. Trump offered solutions.
What do Trump’s Obama-era tweets on Iran tell us about his thinking?
On Oct. 22, 2012, two weeks pre-election, Trump’s thumbs said: “Don’t let Obama play the Iran card in order to start a war in order to get elected – be careful Republicans!”
Eric Black Ink
Erika Lee on the enduring history of American xenophobia, drawn ‘from a place of fear’
“You cannot understand Trump’s America, or the history of how we got here, without specifically understanding the role of immigration in our history, and the history of its use as a political issue,” Lee says.
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At Houston debate, Klobuchar opposes Medicare-for-All plans
As in prior debates, Klobuchar mostly refrained from calling out other candidates by name.
D.C. Memo
D.C. Memo: Something in the water
3M in the hot seat; Minnesota delegation on gun legislation; protecting Florida’s coastline; and more.
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Howard Lavine on ‘democratic inversion’: When party loyalty is stronger than a person’s values or beliefs
Instead of having values and beliefs and policy instincts that determine which party or candidate one will support, the theory of “democratic inversion” suggests that more and more voters have turned over what you might call their values and priorities calculator to their party.
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3M grilled over PFAS chemicals at congressional hearing
On Tuesday, a House oversight panel asked: What did the company know about cancer-linked compounds — and when did they know it?
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Trump as TV character: Here’s help in understanding him
Check out this op-ed in the Sunday New York Times by its chief TV critic, James Poniewozik, the author of a book titled “Audience of One: Donald Trump, Television and the Fracturing of America.”
D.C. Memo
D.C. Memo: The Picture of Dorian’s Stray
Climate change forum; Collin Peterson gets a challenger; Vin Weber resigns from lobbying firm over Ukraine work; and more.
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At CNN town hall, Klobuchar lays out her moderate approach to the climate crisis
On fracking, coal and nuclear power Klobuchar outlined a more cautious approach than some of her rivals for the Democratic nomination.
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‘Need for chaos’ theory focuses on a subset of Trump supporters
Check out the latest column by the great Thomas Edsall of the New York Times, headlined “The Trump Voters Whose ‘Need for Chaos’ Obliterates Everything Else.”
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The feds want Minnesota to adopt an opioid program that duplicates a system the state already has. Not doing so could cost the state millions
The program was the subject of a recent letter signed by Minnesota’s entire congressional delegation.
