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TweetPinShareColumn By John Young  I’ve seen this voter before. It was 1988 when the nation considered Michael Dukakis and George H.W. Bush for president. I don’t know how the conversation …

TweetPinShareColumn By John Young “I will destroy you.” When my kids were of cartoon age, this TV line often rang through the den on weekday mornings – a lower-than-low voice …

TweetPinShareColumn By John Young I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. But not to the Republican of the hour for whom he thinks it stands. …

TweetPinShareColumn By John Young I’ve loved Steve Kornacki. Loooved Steve Kornacki. As the MSNBC election numbers guy, he’s one of the most amazing talents on television. He can recite more …

TweetPinShareColumn By John Young When a whistle-blower reported that then-President Trump had dangled military aid to Ukraine like a cat toy in an extortive bid to get President Zelensky to …

TweetPinShareColumn By John Young Let’s dispense with the “Are you better off today than four years ago?” pitch. Most people for whom this might matter only see the price of …

TweetPinShareColumn By John Young “People in the Republican Party feel very comfortable disenfranchising people, throwing out their votes. Anyone who thinks the opposite has been purged from the Republican Party.” …

TweetPinShareColumn By John Young Jon Stewart didn’t let Bill Adair finish his sentence, so I’ll do it. Adair, the father of Pulitzer Prize-winning fact-checker PolitiFact, was discussing his book “Beyond …

TweetPinShareColumn By John Young If you ever wondered what makes a snake slippery, it’s not spray tan. That goo comes from a thin coat of fatty lubricant in a network …

TweetPinShareColumn By John Young I had just turned off MSNBC when the doorbell rang. A dark-skinned man stood outside. He pointed a menacing weapon at my head (later Googled as …