Secession: a rough beast whose hour has come round at last?
I’d like to begin by showing you a picture and asking you what you see.
Good. With that in mind, have a look at this one and tell me what you see. Read more
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Democracy & Elitism 3: burning down the straw man, and who are these out-of-touch “liberal elites,” anyway?
Let’s begin with a quick trivia question. What legislator’s Top 20 donor list includes the following?
- Blackstone Group (Financial Services)
- Bain Capital
- FPL Group (Energy)
- DLA Piper (Corporate law firm, representing Global 1,000 and Fortune 500 companies)
- Kindred Healthcare
- Beacon Capital Partners
- Comcast Corp
- Brownstein, Hyatt et al (Corporate law firm)
- Venable LLP (Corporate law firm)
- Hummer Winblad Venture Partners
- Apollo Advisors (Private equity firm)
- River Terminal Development
- Time Warner
We’ll have the answer for you at the bottom. Read more
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