Worth it: Nader in Salon on Ds/Rs: "If you see Nader as prophet w/o honor or vainglorious failure, here r the facts: Few living Americans responsible for saving so many lives; few have spoken truth to power so consistently & so long. None have done both"bit.ly/2Pwjjzt

1/2 Like Haley's Comet arriving rarely but regularly, a bill eliminating the Public Advocate has been introduced. The handful of proponents should read my history of the office, "An Analysis of the Country’s Only Elected Ombudsman,42 N.Y.L. Sch. L.Rev. 1093(1998).@NYCSpeakerCoJo

2/2 Despite an undying cliche that it's ineffectual, we produced 400 investigations/bills/lawsuits improving laws & practices. Yes it's sometimes a "stepping stone" for officials - from LaGuardia & Al Smith to de Blasio & James. Which is a bad thing because...?@NYCSpeakerCoJo

1/2 Handicapping 2020 w/o names: AN ECONOMY FOR ALL. Two astute economic minds - Robert Kuttner ,David Leonhardt - conclude best econ approach not race-based but class-based focusing on widespread hardships. nyti.ms/2QIuBF bit.ly/2LxaCny Who's best populist?

2/2 Handicapping 2020 without names: QUALITY COUNTS. To all mediates & kibbutzers: what's the best way to size up the Dem field?

Nate's view oddly shallow...voice, gender, MA margin, DNA, 'likability',ditto most comments. Everyone's a pundit The best way to crystal-ball '20 is quality over a lifetime. Elizabeth Warren is a grounded/tough/brilliant/relentless plain-talking prog leader - Okla to Hvd. Works 4 me.

.@RossBarken explains Scott Stringer path to City Hall -- Steady Eddie in Center-Left Lane. Indeed, these races akin to Short Track Speed Skating: for 9 laps all glide together..then a frantic, elbowing, tripping sprint in final lap till someone wins by an inch. Ben Max

South Carolina is pro-choice!

Wow. South Carolina is now a pro-choice state.

.Josh Barro, you misread poll given ranked choice. True, Garcia's ahead of Wiley for 3d place by 2 pts on Round One but what really matters are the later match-ups. Wiley's ahead of Garcia in rounds 9 & 10 + on heels of Adams/Yang to get into final 2. x.com/jbarro/status/…

If 10k protestors agst cop killings lawfully gathered at WH, then 2k marched to Capitol to vandalize it & stop Elect College certificatn of Trump to install HRC, how many of these 175 Rs would be demanding the death penalty? When is it ok to call these *patriots* anti-American?

Shorter: Will the GOP kill Roe? They're trying to mandate pregnancy...because of "freedom"? Orwell would understand.

Who could have guessed that a man who took a job at HUD he was absurdly unqualified for because Trump saw his black face and thought "Housing projects!" would be trotted out to criticize Biden's "identity politics."

"first they came for the gypsies..."

This obituary of Edgar S. Cahn captures the essence of a pioneer of public interest law in America. Cahn & Ralph Nader were the Washington & Jefferson of this historic movement for justice. nyti.ms/3rabfcT

With this rant, Trump a) locked up the domestic terrorism vote & b) dared DoJ and State prosecutors with civil unrest. Will they be scared off? bit.ly/3ucdluJ Maybe before. Not now.

.@shadowingDC