Nick Baumann |
I cover national politics and civil liberties issues for the Washington, DC bureau of Mother Jones. I have also written for The Economist, the Washington Monthly, the Atlantic, and Commonweal. Email me at nbaumann [at] motherjones [dot] com. |
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The Prince of Mansion Porn
How can Occupy Wall Street succeed if everyone in America thinks they’ll one day own a mega-mansion? Of course, if anyone will, it’s probably Kenny Forder.
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Notes"You claim to know something about us. You think we are rich beyond comprehension, that we can do anything we please at any time, go anywhere we want at a moment’s notice, wander the earth in a state of constant bliss, enjoying abundant and fabulous sex. Perhaps you do know us." -
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Notes"If you think that Democrats aren’t left-wing enough, then the exact same analysis obtains. You have to beat them. On Election Day. At winning elections."Exactly.
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Notes"[T]he truth is that it’s increasingly impossible to sell people transparently self-promoting fairy tales that plainly don’t reflect how the real world works…. That’s the lesson of Occupy Wall Street."Making Hard Work Fashionable Again, by Kevin Drum (via motherjones)
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Notes"Guess what? Thanks to Reuters, “Soros is secretly responsible for Occupy Wall Street” will become an official right-wing “fact” about the movement, forever."
