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When Will Democrats Learn Unifying America Is for Suckers?

Centrists like Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg want to govern like Obama — which led to Trump.

Nov 25, 2019

When Will Democrats Learn Unifying America Is for Suckers?

Nov 25, 2019

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The Business Plot to Stop the Left Takes Shape

The wealthy look to Deval Patrick and Michael Bloomberg and to save them from Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders

Nov 13, 2019

The Business Plot to Stop the Left Takes Shape

Nov 13, 2019

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Kentucky Shows Making People’s Lives Hell Isn’t a Winning Strategy

This week’s elections have a lesson: even red states can reject right-wing government

Nov 6, 2019

Kentucky Shows Making People’s Lives Hell Isn’t a Winning Strategy

Nov 6, 2019

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The Problem Is You

This morning, a pair of researchers from the University of Houston and Boston University published a piece in the Washington Post about the…

Jul 15, 2017

The Problem Is You

Jul 15, 2017

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How America Enables Farm Labor Exploitation

And how Donald Trump is making it worse.

Jun 12, 2017

How America Enables Farm Labor Exploitation

Jun 12, 2017

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Yes, there is something “unseemly” about making lots of money

Former president Barack Obama is about to take $400,000 to speak to a group of Wall Street people at a conference sponsored by Cantor…

Apr 26, 2017

Yes, there is something “unseemly” about making lots of money

Apr 26, 2017

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The DCCC thinks you’re an idiot

The line from some Democrats in the wake of the closer-than-expected Kansas special election was fairly predictable: don’t cry because it’s…

Apr 12, 2017

Apr 12, 2017

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i’m just noting the political realities

There’s a certain kind of liberal thinker — not common, but common enough — who doesn’t just value compromise, but thinks the fact that…

Apr 4, 2017

i’m just noting the political realities

Apr 4, 2017

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Did Roy Cooper fully understand HB 2?

We already know that when Pat McCrory signed HB 2 last year, he didn’t understand what the hell was in it.

Mar 31, 2017

Mar 31, 2017

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Lawsuit: Raleigh police frisked man, then strip-searched man in a vacant commercial space at a…

The officers later settled out of court for $117,000, which was paid, along with over $90,000 in legal fees, by the city of Raleigh.

Mar 10, 2017

Mar 10, 2017

Paul Blest

Paul Blest

Journalist based in Raleigh, N.C., ex-Splinter and INDY Week. Bylines at GEN, The American Prospect, The Outline, VICE, The Nation. Twitter: @pblest

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