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The Democratic Party is giving far right extremist crackpot Tom Cotton a free ride this cycle, not bothering to run an opponent against him, although Dan Whitfield, who calls himself a "progressive independent," is running on an independent line. Cotton has raised $7,583,447 for his reelection campaign. Whitfield hasn't raised the $5,000 that would trigger an FEC report.

Rhapsody in Blonde by Nancy OhanianThe new ABC News poll by Ipsos (Nov 17) indicates that 51% of Americans believe Trump’s actions in Ukraine were wrong and he should be impeached by the House and removed from office by the Senate, while 19% say his actions were wrong but he should not be removed from office an

The House Republicans' clod-like Minority Leader, Kevin McCarthy, went running to Fox yesterday to complain to Maria Bartiromo about Justin Amash. "Those who know Justin Amash," whined McCarthy, "this is exactly what he wants. He wants to have attention. Now, you have got to understand Justin Amash. He's been in Congress quite some time. I think he's only ever asked one question in all the committees that he's been in. He votes more with Nancy Pelosi than he ever votes with me. It's a question whether he's even in our Republican Conference as a whole.

I wish that crazy Trump would just settle down and go spend his days playing golf again so AOC could get Congress working on a sensible agenda. You know who's work I'm really enjoying? Eric Levitz at New York Magazine. Once a poetry lecturer at Johns Hopkins, this guy has been writing excellent essays on the nexus of where politics meets the world of finance.