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Political Beast: Justin Amash and Why He Left The GOP Oh, the big "WHY?!"

UNITED STATES – MAY 22: Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich., walks to the Rayburn House Office building on Wednesday, May 22, 2019. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Justin Amash, Representative, 3rd Congressional District, Michigan, announced in an open letter on Independence..................   read more

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Political Beast: Democratic Debate Night 1 Round 2 Dembate!

Dembate 1!

Here are the contestants again (in brief):

-Senator Cory Booker, New Jersey

-Julian Castro, former Secreatary of Housing an Urban Development

-Bill de Blasio, Mayor of NYC

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Political Beast: Democratic Debate Night 1 Round 1 Dembate! [Or: "...our first round of candidates and the members of the inquisition..."]

Dembate 1!

We at Political Beast aren’t known for breaking news, thus the delay in reviewing the performance of the Dem candidates at Night..................   read more

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INTERVIEW: Is It Just Us

Is It Just Us (http://IsItJust.Us)

DeViney, J. (ModState): Hello, Mr. Alford, and..................   read more

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Political Beast: Three-Year (Leather Anniversary) Retrospective

“Get on the ready line, Marines! Get some today!”

On this, the third anniversary of the founding of the (multi) media beast that has become ModState, let’s take a quick look back at what we’ve accomplished this year, and what has kicked..................   read more

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Political Beast: Two-Year (Cotton Anniversary) Retrospective

And somewhere, weeping in the still of the night, came bleating The Carpenters’ “We’ve Only Just Begun”

The following contains references to articles published by ModState over the past two years. If you don’t get it, then you didn’t read it. Tradition tells
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The Living and The Dead: Dystopia as Pastime [or: “The Road to Megiddo”]

Norman Reedus as fan favorite Daryl Dixon from “The Walking Dead”

If you’re awake and at all oriented to the world at large, you needn’t go far from the comforts of your mobile phone, laptop or television-hub to see that post-apocalyptic
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Political Beast: Police Procedures [or: “Gee, does this sound boring?”]

[ACLU-Mississippi/Blake Feldman (right-bgd.)]

When Political Beast decided to go back to the subject of police-community relations, we were a bit hesitant, since we’ve covered this pretty thoroughly in a former
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“Doctors and Mahers and Sessions…oh MY…”

“There is a sort of excess that is interesting, don’t
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With One-Year Anniversary the Event Horizon, ModState Embraces Smooth Transition into Year #2

Not everyone foresaw just how thoroughly successful the first year of ModState would end up being on any given metric, let alone that it
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