betrayal

Cinematic Sinema: ‘The Greta Garbo of Congress’

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Background: Greta Garbo was a Swedish-born American film star of the silent era. Louis B. Mayer, chief executive of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), brought her to Hollywood in 1925. With Garbo’s first “talkie” film, Anna Christie (1930), MGM marketers enticed the public with the tagline “Garbo talks!” Garbo’s most famous movie quote was delivered in the 1932 … Read more

Whose Side Are These Democratic Divas On?

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Lincoln Mitchell, who teaches in the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, writes at CNN, Manchin and Sinema are hurting their party more than any Republican ever could: After a failed, all-day scramble to get the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill passed on Thursday, President Joe Biden’s legislative agenda is in jeopardy … Read more

The Mendacity of Joe Manchin – Enough Already!

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David Gordon suggests “It May be Time for Democrats to Take Part of the Loaf Now and Come Back for More Later.” Back in the day when we had a government that worked in regular order, I might agree. Senator Hubert Humphrey taught me the value of the “half a loaf,” and it worked for … Read more

Corporate Democrats Should Not Be Rewarded For Their Bad Faith Obstruction

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Permanent musical accompaniment, A Matter of Trust, by Billy Joel (1986). Amanda Marcotte is exactly right: Centrist Dems broke a promise on infrastructure. They should not get their “bipartisan” victory now: When the two-track plan to pass President Joe Biden’s ambitious jobs and infrastructure program first emerged, many progressives understandably thought it was a trap. … Read more