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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Notes This Place Is Called DCThis place is called DC
Everyone Instagrams
Legislating bills
On Capitol Hill
And their Tumblrs are deleted
and reposted, again and again
There’re guards at the airports
Armed to the teeth
And you may join the crowds at Black Cat, hear music pound
But you are not permitted to leave
We know there’s a big world out there but we only see it on tv
At the Tune Inn late last night
It was Boehner, Paul Ryan, and me.
And we know it’s not a party if it’s not Dem or GOP
Pretending there’s glamour in committee hearings
When Republicans get filibuster-y
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Notes"The Republican negotiating objective is low taxes, but the Democratic negotiating objective is bipartisan agreement."The pathetic truth: Baseline Games
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Notes Police called after man takes picture of his own daughter in mallThis is where we’re at now, people.
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Notes USA Today Is Too Dumb for Words When It Comes to TaxesI cannot believe that professional journalists still make this mistake.
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Notes"Theo did ignore one of the most valuable rules in professional sports, namely, “Never spend big money on a free agent if there’s a good chance the fans from his old team will be giggling in disbelief as soon as they hear about the contract." -
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Notes"[I]t is “more of a challenge” to find jobs now than when I graduated, no matter how crazy your qualifications. I invite anyone who doubts this to browse the resumes of Mother Jones’ most recent crop of interns, who between the seven of them speak Russian, Farsi, Dari, Arabic, Italian, French, Spanish, and Hebrew and have worked at places like PBS’ Frontline (two of them), NPR, NBC, New York Press, the Miami Herald, Washington Monthly, The Nation, Sierra, the ACLU, the FTC, and the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction."From Mac McClelland’s latest, in which she visits a career-exploration workshop and discovers she’s essentially unemployable. (via motherjones)
(via motherjones)
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"Rumors that the “Harry Potter” actress was bullied and subjected to dumb teasing — students yelling out ‘Three points for Gryffindor!’ in her classes, for example — began circulating."
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Notes City of Dallas steals $2,000 from childLesson learned!
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"We’re explaining who Osama Bin Laden is,” she wrote. Her child was born several months after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks."
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Notes Jacksonville City Council candidate criticized for remarks on Jews, slavery and demonsOh, Florida.
