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America’s Painful Imperfection and its Inspiring Potential

The attack on the Capitol made me angry, but reminded me of our nation’s great hope. — Washington DC is a particularly cynical place and I’ve become numb to four-plus years of the Trump regime’s theatrics and tantrums. So my visceral reaction to images of Trump cultists mobbing the United States Capitol caught me off-guard last week. While watching such familiar corridors ransacked by group of delusional…

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America’s Painful Imperfection and its Inspiring Potential
America’s Painful Imperfection and its Inspiring Potential
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This is a True Story

About the time I met my hero. — April 3, 1993 (22 years ago today) was a pretty exciting day in my life. As a 13-year-old baseball fanatic, still convinced a MLB career lurked in my future, I got to be a bat boy during a spring training game between the Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox, in…

Bo Jackson

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This is a True Story
This is a True Story
Bo Jackson

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Eating Soup With John Lewis

The icon didn’t live to see his vision for racial justice achieved, despite what cynical politicians want us to believe — Many lovely and important tributes have been shared in the days since the passing of Rep. John Lewis (here is one, here is another). And rightfully so. He was a bonafide hero and selfless public servant. …

John Lewis

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Eating Soup With John Lewis
Eating Soup With John Lewis
John Lewis

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Dec 29, 2021

Harry Reid and Bananas

Two stories about my first boss — The two most well-documented idiosyncrasies of Senator Harry Reid were his shockingly dry sense of humor, and his abrupt endings to every phone call he’s ever been on. The stories from Reid World are legion. I’ll share just two. One day in 2005, a fruit basket was delivered to his…

Harry Reid

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Harry Reid and Bananas
Harry Reid and Bananas
Harry Reid

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Jan 21, 2021

The Bernie Meme is Proof We Need More Bernies in Congress

More regular humans being regular, please! — President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were inaugurated and sworn in to office yesterday. That was sure nice. People sang songs. Americans breathed a collective sigh of relief. Amanda Gorman recited a beautiful poem that was rightfully considered by virtually everyone watching to be the highlight of the…

Bernie Sanders

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The Bernie Meme is Proof We Need More Bernies in Congress
The Bernie Meme is Proof We Need More Bernies in Congress
Bernie Sanders

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·Feb 8, 2017

Democracy Online: A Record-Breaking January on Medium

Words matter. They’re critical tools for debate, inspiration, and understanding. We take them seriously at Medium. We know you take them seriously, too — 200 million words were published in January, Medium’s biggest month in history. Driving that growth are people well-known and unknown, sharing their insight into what’s happening…

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Democracy Online: A Record-Breaking January on Medium
Democracy Online: A Record-Breaking January on Medium
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·Jan 17, 2017

Politics on Medium

The last few weeks — give or take — 1. Senator Cory Booker shares his norm-breaking testimony against the nomination of Sen. Jeff Sessions for Attorney General. Senator Amy Klobuchar also expresses her opposition to Sessions. The Transition Team for President-elect Trump paints a different picture of Senator Sessions’ background and qualifications. 2. Pete Souza revisits his favorite photographs…

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Politics on Medium
Politics on Medium
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·Dec 5, 2016

It Happened on Medium

The last two weeks in politics — 1.Rep. Tulsi Gabbard shares the details of her unexpected meeting with President-elect Donald Trump. 2.After Fidel Castro’s passing, Senator Jeff Flake calls for a continued policy of engagement — not isolation — that will accelerate change in Cuba. 3. Rep. Keith Ellison makes his case for what he would do…

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It Happened on Medium
It Happened on Medium
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·Sep 20, 2016

It Happened on Medium

The last two weeks in politics — 1. Senator Tim Kaine shares a story on Labor Day about his experience growing up and working in his father’s ironworking shop in Kansas City. He also details a plan to address the mental health crisis. 2. Senator Pat Toomey and former Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge make the…

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It Happened on Medium
It Happened on Medium
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Politics Guide

·Sep 7, 2016

An Introduction to Politics on Medium

Medium is democratizing the op-ed page and changing the way people talk about politics and public policy. Medium is a place for the well known and unknown to share their expertise and insights. …

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An Introduction to Politics on Medium
An Introduction to Politics on Medium
Medium

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