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Rappaport
Oct 2, 2013

Here's the book list from the old USPol if anyone cares; the list is a bit old by now so if this goes in the OP then fresh suggestions are probably welcome.

Oh, and sorry about the formatting, but :effort:


Books

Punishment and Inequality in America by Bruce Western
The First Civil Right: How Liberals Built Prison America by Naomi Murakawa
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich

Matt Taibbi's
The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap and
Griftopia: A Story of Bankers, Politicians, and the Most Audacious Power Grab in American History

Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power by Rachel Maddow

Rick Perlstein's trilogy on the history of the modern conservative movement:
Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus
Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America
The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan

Rule and Ruin: The Downfall of Moderation and the Destruction of the Republican Party, From Eisenhower to the Tea Party by Geoffrey Kabaservice
Dog Whistle Politics: How Coded Racial Appeals Have Reinvented Racism and Wrecked the Middle Class by Ian Haney López
Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right by Jane Mayer
The Price of Inequality: How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future by Joseph Stiglitz
Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea by Mark Blyth
Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2003 to 2005 by Thomas Ricks
Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic by Sam Quinones
Why the Right Went Wrong: Conservatism—From Goldwater to the Tea Party and Beyond by E.J. Dionne Jr.
America's Bitter Pill: Money, Politics, Backroom Deals, and the Fight to Fix Our Broken Healthcare System by Steven Brill
Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools by Jonathan Kozol

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Rappaport
Oct 2, 2013

There is already a thread devoted entirely to Dem issues, friends.

Rappaport
Oct 2, 2013

Welp.

quote:

Senate Republicans do not intend to vote on the Graham-Cassidy bill, putting an end to their Obamacare repeal effort for now.

The decision was reached Tuesday after it became clear the bill would fail. Three Senate Republicans had said they would vote against the measure, and the GOP could only afford two defections.

Rappaport
Oct 2, 2013

Ytlaya posted:

The Democrats should have just named their platform "Eternal Euphoria."

Chuck Schumer: It's time for a new Democratic platform. It's time for Americans to experience Eternal Euphoria.

So opiates in tap water?

Rappaport
Oct 2, 2013

JeffersonClay posted:

Same but for $20 minimum and getting paid to go to college.

"lol US isn't Scandinavia there's only four people there" and all that, but you do realize this is a thing some industrialized nations do, right?

Rappaport
Oct 2, 2013

Xeom posted:

For me personally the fight is over. The question is how fast do I have to get out, and where do I flee too? What society is literally not teetering at the edge?

I have bad news for you, friend

Rappaport
Oct 2, 2013

stone cold posted:

abolish caucuses
only primaries
vote by mail like washington with voting centers open for eighteen business days before the election
stop white people from disenfranchising minority dems

All of this with the intensity of a hundred supernovas, Jesus Christ America you gotta pull yourself together.

Rappaport
Oct 2, 2013

Koalas March posted:

yeah.. people tend to like you when you aren't a racist/sexist shitrag.

Rappaport
Oct 2, 2013

Grouchio posted:

So every successful candidate has needed to shower the DCCC with excessive amounts of fundraising cash just to get out the door? Is life for the average congressman miserable because of this, always being on the phone for fundraising (instead of having someone paid to do that for them?) and never having the energy to banter and support policy?

Here, have a late night funnyman explain this to you. Includes interview with a congresscritter.

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Rappaport
Oct 2, 2013

Skex posted:

What do you think the message that is sent to democratic strategist when Republicans are getting more votes?

I'll tell you, they are hearing that the public favors Republican positions. So boycotting Democrats in order to push them to the left is the exact wrong loving strategy. It's as stupid as anything the elected democrats are doing.

Others have criticized the rest of your points, but this stood out to me as particularly bizarre. If this is the level of ~game theory~ the voters can expect from the top Democratic strategists, why would anyone ever vote for such a pack of mouth-breathing miserable morons? It doesn't take much more than a cursory look at what drove (young) people towards Bernard Sanders the Crazy Grandpaw, or in a more recent example Ocasio-Cortez, to suss out that maybe people want that hopey and changey stuff they were promised way back in 2008, and will turn out for that. If your take-home message from depressed turnout for Abuela is to court Romney-voting soccer moms even harder, I have some real estate ventures you might be interested in joining!

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