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Greg Dworkin's Profile
Daily Kos Staff
Real Name: Greg Dworkin
Gender: male
Location: CT, USA
Occupation: physician
Groups: Daily Kos Elections, Daily Kos, Nutmeg State Progressives, Daily Kos Labor, New England Kossacks, Firearms Law and Policy
Twitter: @demfromct
Diaries published: 4041 (0 days since last diary on Mon Jan 30, 2017 at 04:23 AM PST)
Comments posted: 63676 (0 days since last comment on Mon Jan 30, 2017 at 07:57 AM PST)
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Most Recommended Diary: On Short Diaries, 617 comments, 509 recommends
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It's becoming clearer that Steve Bannon is making policy while Trump watches TV. What next, press? How to cover? Pretend business as usual? We are still struggling to grasp what it means to have ...
by Greg Dworkin
 258 comments
on Mon Jan 30, 2017 at 04:23 AM PST
with 131 Recommends
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Jennifer Bendery /HuffPost:
The Democratic Base Is Marching Right Past Its Leaders
Newly minted activists want Democrats in Washington to actually fight against Trump — or get out of the way.
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by Greg Dworkin
 472 comments
on Sat Jan 28, 2017 at 04:20 AM PST
with 153 Recommends
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Journalists have trouble covering norm-breaking concepts and we have a few here: 1. the large degree of white nationalism in WH with Steve Bannon/Breitbart 2. Donald Trump’s mental status (he is not normal) 3. Trump as chaos agent. They need to step up...
by Greg Dworkin
482 comments
on Wed Jan 25, 2017 at 04:30 AM PST
with 174 Recommends
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Donald Trump is a chaos agent, not a change agent. Read on. Catch up with you later.
by Greg Dworkin
361 comments
on Mon Jan 23, 2017 at 04:20 AM PST
with 150 Recommends
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Charles P. Pierce /Esquire:
This was a sales gimmick, not an inauguration.
In theory, there's something admirably American in taking the piss out of the system's pretensions. When Jimmy Carter ...
by Greg Dworkin
365 comments
on Sat Jan 21, 2017 at 04:30 AM PST
with 127 Recommends
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WSJ :
The new poll marks the first time since June 2009 that the share of respondents saying the law is a good idea has outweighed the share who said it was a “bad idea.” The “bad idea” ...
by Greg Dworkin
306 comments
on Wed Jan 18, 2017 at 04:30 AM PST
with 112 Recommends
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- From the Guardian’ live coverage, just now, a transcript of Obama’s words spoken from Poland, regarding events in Dallas: I spoke this morning with Mayor Rawlings of Dallas to convey the deepest condolences of the American people. I told him that...49 comments 131 Recs
- Tonight’s tragedy in Dallas is bad in every way imaginable. We are naturally keyed up, upset, worried, sad and furious simultaneously. Such situations can make us incautious in how we interact with each other, what we say. Totally understandable. ...305 comments 569 Recs
